Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation
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- 18 décembre 2018
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Wesley Wark
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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Liberals’ Bold Bill C-59 Would Redraw the National Security Landscape0
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- 21 juin 2017
The Liberal government has finally introduced long-awaited reforms to national security legislation, fulfilling a promise to roll back the Harper government’s anti-terrorism measures and put its own stamp on security policy. These reforms are part of a last-minute surge of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTheresa May’s use of “critical” threat level is a double-edged sword0
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- 14 juin 2017
In the wake of the vicious suicide bombing in Manchester, the British government under Prime Minister Theresa May has temporarily suspended an election campaign and done two extraordinary things. It has raised the terrorism threat level to “critical” — something …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTrump should try on the velvet glove in dealing with Moscow0
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- 15 avril 2017
Every country in the world, Canada included, is scrambling to catch up to some breathtaking changes in the fundamental approach of the United States to global politics. These changes were prompted by the Trump administration’s reactions to the use of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTrump and Syria: After Cruise Missiles, What?0
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- 7 avril 2017
The United States has moved swiftly and dramatically to punish the Syrian regime for its use of chemical weapons against civilians in a recent attack on a rebel-held town in Northern Syria. On Thursday evening, US warships off the coast …
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Wiretrap: Trump’s Tweet War with US Intelligence0
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- 21 mars 2017
Early one Saturday morning, March 4, President Trump took to his favourite bully pulpit to issue his most infamous tweet — that President Obama had wiretapped his Trump Towers residence during the 2016 election — using various trigger words, including …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTrump’s victory means major security shocks for Canada0
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- 16 novembre 2016
The shock effect of Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential campaign will reach and shake the bedrock of Canadian national security policy. Maybe not right away, maybe not always visibly, but a Trump presidency has enormous implications for Canada’s …
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At one year in power, the Liberals have yet to face a major national security test0
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- 18 octobre 2016
The Liberal government, in its first year in power, has enjoyed the benefit of a highly advantageous environment for national security policy making: a majority in Parliament; ineffective political opposition; no terrorist attacks; a public whose attention is largely elsewhere. …
EN SAVOIR PLUSObama’s “ghost camp” haunts him still0
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- 29 février 2016
The infamous Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, built by the U.S. after the 9/11 attacks to house captured terrorists, is fast becoming a ghost camp. Over the years, some 800 detainees have been held at Guantanamo; the number …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhere’s the government’s longer-range vision on ISIL?0
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- 9 février 2016
Prime Minister Trudeau wants to put a new Liberal stamp on the Canadian mission to Iraq and the region. His press conference on Monday marked an expected shift away from a direct Canadian contribution to air attacks against Islamic State …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada’s spy watchdogs: Good, but not good enough0
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- 5 février 2016
The tabling in Parliament this past week of the annual reports of Canada’s two spy watchdog agencies conveys a hidden message. The message is that the existing system to hold intrusive intelligence gathering agencies to account is working; in fact, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada increasing its intelligence efforts against terrorism a good idea0
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- 25 janvier 2016
There was nothing said on the campaign trail, nothing promised in the election platform, nothing laid down in the ministers’ mandate letters made public after the Trudeau government came into office.
But as the Liberals struggle to define a revamped …
EN SAVOIR PLUSNational Security: The Election Issue that Wasn’t0
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- 16 octobre 2015
It has been a long and tumultuous federal election campaign in Canada, now coming to an end with a bang not a whimper. Whatever the result on October 19, one promised election ground was largely, and strangely, vacated by all …
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- 26 février 2018
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