Blayne Haggart

@bhaggart
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University.
#IPE, #techgovernance #platformgovernance #copyright #datagovernance #SydneySwans tragic.

Co-author, with Natasha Tusikov, The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023).

Bloghttps://www.blaynehaggart.com
Book: The New Knowledge (2023, OA)https://blaynehaggart.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/haggart-tusikov-the-new-knowledge.pdf
Edited volume: Power and Authority in Internet Governance (2021)https://www.routledge.com/Power-and-Authority-in-Internet-Governance-Return-of-the-State/Haggart-Tusikov-Scholte/p/book/9780367726621
Edited volume: Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World (2019)https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-14540-8

New from me: Trump's invasion of Venezuela and threats against Greenland are forcing a reckoning for the international community. For Canada, it forces us to ask the question: Are Mark Carney's "Canada Strong" policies actually up to the task of protecting Canadian independence?

http://blaynehaggart.com/2026/01/07/canadas-economic-maginot-line/

Canada’s economic Maginot Line

The US invasion of Venezuela and threats against Greenland are forcing world leaders to get real about the US threat to the international order. Here in Canada, it’s highlighting how Mark Car…

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New from me: A presentation I gave Wednesday assessing PM Carney's record to date. My argument: his rhetoric disguises a pedestrian, status quo-oriented agenda that's preventing Canadians from having an honest debate about both the costs of deeper integration and of resisting US authoritarianism.

http://blaynehaggart.com/2025/10/24/carney-vs-carney-desperately-seeking-certainty/

Carney vs Carney: Desperately seeking certainty

Canada is trapped in an unacknowledged debate over the nature of the US crisis, with PM Carney’s words on one side and his actions on the other.

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Canadian leaders have been conspicuously silent on the vulnerabilities created by governance links between Canada and the US. Regulatory cooperation, as @NTusikov highlights, is a big part of the problem. We need to start taking it seriously.

http://blaynehaggart.com/2025/08/28/guest-post-natasha-tusikov-on-why-canada-needs-to-rethink-its-regulatory-dependence-on-the-us/

Guest post: Natasha Tusikov on why Canada needs to rethink its regulatory dependence on the US

For all of Mark Carney’s talk about how Canada needs to reduce its reliance on the United States, he’s been conspicuously silent on the governance links that create and maintain our int…

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New from me: Neither PM Mark Carney's pursuit of a comprehensive agreement with the US nor his domestic minimal government policies are fit for purpose to deal with an authoritarian US. It's time to get real.

http://blaynehaggart.com/2025/07/24/canada-us-relations-reality-rears-its-head/

Canada-US relations: Reality rears its head

Mark Carney’s pursuit of a comprehensive agreement with the United States, which sought an unattainable certainty in Canada-US relations, is colliding with reality. This wild goose chase has …

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New from me: A Grand Bargain between Canada and the United States was a bad idea in 2002. It's an even worse one today.

http://blaynehaggart.com/2025/07/11/a-proposal-for-a-grand-bargain-with-the-united-states-its-2002-all-over-again/

A proposal for a “grand bargain” with the United States? It’s 2002 all over again

I had to laugh when I heard yesterday that the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and the Center for North American Prosperity and Security is pitching a “Grand Bargain” between Canada and the United Stat…

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New from me: In which I consider the arguments defending the strategy of seeking a comprehensive trade and security agreement with Trump. And even suggest a better way forward.

http://blaynehaggart.com/2025/07/11/unpacking-the-defences-of-mark-carneys-us-strategy/

Unpacking the defences of Mark Carney’s US strategy

Do arguments defending Mark Carney’s strategy of seeking a comprehensive trade and security agreement with Trump’s US make sense? Let’s find out! And since it’s easy to simp…

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New from me: The government's decision to axe the DST to keep comprehensive trade and security negotiations with the US alive sends a worrying message about how Carney understands the Canada-US crisis.
Photo: A metaphor, or just a cute cat in a box?

http://blaynehaggart.com/2025/06/30/its-far-past-time-canadians-assessed-carneys-us-strategy/

It’s far past time Canadians assessed Carney’s US strategy

The Liberal decision to axe the digital services tax (DST) on large tech companies, set to go into effect today (June 30), is important not so much on its own terms, but what its elimination tells …

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godDAMN

Our library has access to a book published by Springer, _Advanced Nanovaccines for Cancer Immunotherapy: Harnessing Nanotechnology for Anti-Cancer Immunity_. Credited to Nanasaheb Thorat, it sells for $160 in hardcover: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-86185-7

From page 25: "It is important to note that as an AI language model, I can provide a general perspective, but you should consult with medical professionals for personalized advice..."

None of this book can be considered trustworthy.

(h/t @peterpur )

Advanced Nanovaccines for Cancer Immunotherapy

This book discusses how nanomedicine can be used for better drug delivery, to overcome resistance and to boost anti-cancer immunity.

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