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Premium Edition Teaser: 51st State of Mind, You Bloody Bastard, Wanging On

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主持人: 加拿大联邦大选结果与之前的民调预测大相径庭,保守党领袖Pierre Poilievre的失利令人意外。这引发了人们对加拿大政治走向的诸多猜测,例如加拿大是否受到了特朗普总统任期内巨大贸易引力的影响,以及加拿大人为何认为选择一位温和的前央行行长就能避免美国对其国家的影响。此外,印巴冲突的加剧也显示出该地区日益重要的地位以及其成为大国博弈棋子的现实。 Philip Pilkington: 我认为加拿大这次大选并非正常选举,其背后存在一些长期性的因素。自由党在选举中的转变,从“觉醒”转向某种形式的加拿大民族主义,实质上是参与美国的文化战争。加拿大历史上的两种主要文化认同(魁北克法裔和英裔)都经历了美国化的过程,如今加拿大试图在与美国的对抗中重建民族认同,但这实际上是通过反映美国自由主义文化政治来实现的。美国不会容忍加拿大或墨西哥变得比现在强大得多,或不听从美国的命令。美国强大的海军实力是其维持北美地区影响力的基础,其经济实力和地理位置也对此起到了关键作用。即使加拿大构建了一种虚假的加拿大认同,最终仍将与美国对抗。马克·卡尼当选加拿大总理具有讽刺意味,因为他曾反对脱欧,是全球主义者的代表,如今却成为加拿大民族主义的象征。

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Three months ago, Pierre Poilievre was going to take 50 per cent of the total vote, a historic generational landslide. Now, he’s a pub trivia question. 

What happened in Canada? 

Did it warp beneath the enormous trade gravity of the Trump Presidency? 

And why did Canadians think that turning to a milquetoast former central banker would turn off the US electromagnet dismantling their country one bolt at a time? 

India and Pakistan are at it again. 

Early in the week, reports were of World War 3. Vishnu and Allah duking it out with nukes at the gates of hell. 

So far, it’s all sparks and no light, but this week’s rift shows how the region is both increasingly important and ever more a pawn of bigger powers. 

Finally, on Saturday Foreign Ministers from five central Asian countries met with China’s Wang Yi to talk over deepening trade ties.

It may seem like just a bunch of bros jawing over the agree-to-agree communiquê, but this is the dawning of the Middle Corridor. 

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