What a week...Jody Wilson-Raybould delivers a bombshell in Ottawa on the same day Michael Cohen calls out Donald Trump as a racist, conman and cheat ...while the president is trying to negotiate a peace pact with North Korea.
In case you didn't get a chance to keep up with all the developments, I've assembled some of the best political reads from around the global network of The Conversation.
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Top political stories of the week
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Joanna Harrington, University of Alberta
Until recently, paying a bribe or kickback to secure a contract abroad was seen as the cost of doing business in a foreign land. The SNC-Lavalin case has underscored the need to rethink the approach.
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Randy Boswell, Carleton University; Jonathan Swainger, University of Northern British Columbia
Sir John A. Macdonald fused the jobs of justice minister and attorney general as Canada's first prime minister. So is he partly to blame for the SNC-Lavalin controversy?
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Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Cohen's sudden and stark transformation from 'blind loyalty' to utter betrayal says a lot about broader changes in how Americans view their employers.
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Stanley M. Brand, Pennsylvania State University
Michael Cohen will soon testify before Congress about his work for Donald Trump. But the hearing's subject goes far beyond the committee's jurisdiction, which is government operations and activities.
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Benjamin Habib, La Trobe University
Any meaningful breakthrough in the relationship between the US and North Korea is once again stalled by the insistence on denuclearisation.
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Hussein Kassim, University of East Anglia
Even if parliament votes to delay Brexit beyond March 29, the EU27 would have to unanimously agree. Would they?
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Marius S. Ostrowski, University of Oxford
Plans for the Irish border come in to force after Brexit. But there is no plan for the rock after that date.
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Colin Murray, Newcastle University; Ben Warwick, University of Birmingham
The Brexit agreement between the UK and Ireland that few people are talking about – and why it's still not enough.
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Andrew Edward Tchie, University of Essex
Fed up with the high cost of living, and an oppressive state, the people of Sudan are rising up against their president.
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Joseph J. Gonzalez, Appalachian State University
The Trump administration says President Maduro's 'days are numbered' after Venezuelan security forces killed four protesters. But any US-led operation to oust him is likely to be extremely unpopular.
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