International Day of Climate Action in *Halifax*

Join friends and neighbours in HRM for a family-friendly get-together. Festivities will begin at 2 p.m. and at *3:50 p.m.* we will join together for a collective action to show our support for strong government leadership and action on climate change. *Bring a sign* with a drawing or painting of what/who you’re concerned about. Come join us on the Common! Megan Leslie will be speaking, Mayor Kelly and Premier Dexter have been invited to speak, and music will be playing.

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– Halifax, NS” (join for updates!)

Since the election of Barack Obama, mainstream observers have commented on the turmoil in the backrooms of the White House and the Pentagon. Apparently, the new President is trying to repair the damages done by the irresponsible and reckless moves of the Bush era and refocus the U.S. around a new set of policies. It is going to be very tough. On a parallel track, many think that the long-term decline of the U.S. is inevitable, partially because of its own internal fractures (economic crisis, military overstretch), partially because of the rise of emerging powers. All of this leaves the impression that U.S. elites are in disarray. Is it the case?

An ‘inevitable’ decline?

A joint event between Carleton University and the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies about transatlantic relations and the geopolitics of the high north.

Guest speakser Petra Dolata-Kreutzkamp from the departmant of war studies at King's College, London.