Category Global Concerns

Weaponized Clarification: How LAC Obstructed a Privacy Act Request Through Contradiction, Misquoting Law, and Strategic Delay

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Weaponized Clarification: How LAC Obstructed a Privacy Act Request Through Contradiction, Misquoting Law, and Strategic Delay I. Introduction: A Clerical Farce with National Implications There is a specific kind of Canadian scandal—quiet, paper-based, deniable. It does not involve suitcases of


The Fluids Will Find Their God: Backyard Gain-of-Function and the Next Untraceable Pandemic

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The Fluids Will Find Their God: Backyard Gain-of-Function and the Next Untraceable Pandemic Executive Summary God Is a Basement Tinkerer Now There will not be a mushroom cloud.There will not be a satellite snapshot of a high-security lab in Xi’an.There


Core Beliefs: How the Darlington BWRX-300 Reactor Was Licensed on Faith, Not Fact

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Core Beliefs: How the Darlington BWRX-300 Reactor Was Licensed on Faith, Not Fact I. Tea at the End of the Regulatory World There is a peculiar kind of peace that descends when you realize no one is steering the ship


Conflict by Design: How the CNSC Greenlit a Radioactive Timebomb at Chalk River

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Conflict by Design: How the CNSC Greenlit a Radioactive Timebomb at Chalk River I. Executive Summary – When the Watchdog Wags Its Tail The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) would like you to believe it is Canada’s impartial guardian of


The Empire That Forgot It Was One: JD Vance, Greenland, and the Death of the Rules-Based Order

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The Empire That Forgot It Was One: JD Vance, Greenland, and the Death of the Rules-Based Order I. INTRODUCTION: THE EMPIRE IS NO LONGER SUBTLE This isn’t a drill. This isn’t a weird headline you laugh at and scroll past


America Unlearned: Strategic Risks of Dismantling the Education Department

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America Unlearned: Strategic Risks of Dismantling the Education Department Executive Summary The dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education by executive order marks a watershed moment in federal governance. As of March 20, 2025, the Trump administration has taken active


The Velvet Glove of Colonialism: USAID’s Road from Altruism to Absolution and the USAID Collapse

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The Velvet Glove of Colonialism: USAID’s Road from Altruism to Absolution The Velvet Glove of Colonialism: USAID’s Road from Altruism to Absolution Report by Kevin J.S. Duska Jr., Margot Lanihin and Lucas Nyemcsik Aesthetic Over Aid: The Performative Theatre of