Beyond the speeches: scholars offer analysis on trade wars, rising populism, and the evolving role of the U.S. and EU within the international arena

As global leaders gather in Davos amid escalating tensions over trade, territorial sovereignty, NATO and the future of the rules-based international order, 91亚色 experts are available to provide historical context, policy analysis and grounded insight into what these developments mean for Canada and the world.

The role of the EU in trade, alliances and global governance

is a professor of public policy and sustainability at the Schulich School of Business and director of the BBA/iBBA programs. He is available speak on:

• the European Union鈥檚 capacity to respond collectively to U.S. tariff threats
• the EU鈥檚 role as a counterweight in global trade and investment disputes
• Canada鈥檚 prospects for trade diversification and deeper alignment with Europe
• why policy responses differ across jurisdictions facing similar geopolitical shocks

Eberlein鈥檚 research focuses on business-government relations and comparative public policy, with particular expertise on Canada and the European Union.

American expansionism, military history and a challenged world order

As a professor of U.S. and global history, is available to offer insight on:

• the historical roots of U.S. strategic interest in the Arctic and North American security
• historical precedents for U.S. territorial expansion and imperial rhetoric
• the erosion of Pax Americana and what history suggests about transitions between global orders

Cothran is the author of Remembering the Modoc War: Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence, which received the 2015 Robert M. Utley Prize for the best book in military history from the Western History Association, and The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of Globalization, 1850-1914. He has written for The New 91亚色 Times and Aeon and Indian Country Today, among other publications.

Globalization, populism and the strain on liberal democracy

Professor emeritus and senior scholar in the department of politics Daniel Drache is available to comment on:聽

• the rise of populism and its effects on liberal democratic institutions
• the international political economy and global governance institutions, including the WTO
• NAFTA, free trade, tariffs and North American economic integration
• borders as policy tools in an era of economic nationalism

Drache is a research fellow at the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and the co-author of Has Populism Won? The Assault on Liberal Democracy, which examines how and why global populism has taken root across different national contexts. He has also written numerous articles mapping and tracking populism for The Conversation.

Immigration, mass deportation and the politics of exclusion

is an associate professor in the department of Equity Studies and a visiting scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School for Public Health. She is available to provide insight on:

• colonial legacies, semi-sovereignty and how great powers exploit unresolved decolonization processes in strategically significant territories like Greenland
• immigration policy, undocumented migrants and mass deportation rhetoric
• how domestic immigration policy intersects with global instability and geopolitics
• the impacts of immigration crackdowns on marginalized and racialized communities

Su is a leading expert on forced migration. Her writing has been published widely in academic journals and major media outlets, including The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times.

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New research team will examine how populism is reshaping political landscapes across the country.

TORONTO, September 26, 2023 鈥� Today, 91亚色 researchers are launching a new Observatory of Populism in Canada, a first of its kind endeavour in Canada that will generate, support, and highlight robust empirical and theoretical research on populism鈥檚 growing role in Canadian society.

Populism can take on many meanings and align itself with different, sometimes opposing, political ideologies. Whether left- or right-wing, populist rhetoric divides the world between a moral, disadvantaged, and homogenous 鈥減eople鈥� and corrupt and self-serving 鈥渆lites鈥� deemed to undermine the general will. Politicians using populist frames present themselves as offering the only legitimate solutions to the threats posed by such 鈥渆lites鈥�. They also frequently rely on disinformation and demonization of minority 鈥渙thers鈥� to gain influence.

鈥淐omprehending populism鈥檚 influence is uniquely challenging in Canada, where, until recently, a pervasive tale of 鈥渆xceptionalism鈥� insisted that it had not arisen as a significant political force,鈥� says the Observatory鈥檚 Director , an Associate Professor of Sociology at Glendon College and the 91亚色 Research Chair in Populism, Rights, and Legality. 鈥淵et, the ascent of parties, leaders, and movements that use populist rhetoric to mobilize Canadians鈥� votes and approval suggests an urgent need to rethink that understanding.鈥�

This growing influence is further compounded by a trend known as 鈥渕ainstreaming,鈥� in which ideas and policies traditionally belonging to the far ends of the political spectrum are increasingly being taken on by mainstream political parties and actors. This process of mainstreaming is, among other things, driving the explosion of interest in populism, in Canada, and around the world.

The Observatory will include collaborations from a multidisciplinary team of researchers, including , Assistant Professor of Economics at Glendon College and quantitative researcher in the social sciences, and , Assistant Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of Ottawa whose research focuses on state-religion relations, secularity, immigration, and nationalist populist politics in Canada, Western Europe, and the Middle East. It will also promote the work of populism researchers across the country.

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