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Episode #10: Dialogue with Sean Roberts

Season 1, Ep. 10

Hub Dialogues (part of The Hub, Canada’s daily information source for public policy – https://www.thehub.ca) are in-depth conversations about big ideas from the worlds of business, economics, geopolitics, public policy, and technology.

 

The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad.

 

This episode features Sean Speer in conversation with Sean Roberts, an associate professor of international affairs and anthropology at George Washington University, on his fascinating and thought-provoking book, The War on the Uyghurs: China’s Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority.

 

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