• Crash or Burn? The Conservatives’ F-35 Dilemma

    by Philippe Lagassé Publié dans le Globe and Mail, 3 avril 2012 In the wake of Tuesday’s expected report by the Auditor-General, the Conservative government’s hedging about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is likely to accelerate. After nearly two years of bold rhetoric and confident pronouncements, Canada’s procurement of 65 of these “fifth-generation” aircraft is

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  • Quels chasseurs pour le Canada?

    Quels chasseurs pour le Canada?

    par Justin Massie Une version raccourcie de ce texte a été publiée dans La Presse le 27 mars 2012. Le recul du gouvernement Harper à l’égard de l’acquisition de 65 F-35 témoigne des malheurs entourant le développement du programme multinational d’avions de combat interarmées et des contraintes budgétaires au ministère de la Défense nationale. Dans un

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  • Bringing Russian ‘Liberal-Conservatism’ to the Fore

    Bringing Russian ‘Liberal-Conservatism’ to the Fore

    Russia is back in the news again this week, due to the overheard conversation between Presidents Medvedev and Obama about missile defence, and Mitt Romney’s subsequent denunciation of Russia as America’s “number one enemy”. Former presidential candidate Senator John McCain, meanwhile, has leapt on the bandwagon, proclaiming, “[i]t maybe could be, say 1920, where we

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  • Exploring the Potentials of NGO-Corporate Partnerships for Development

    Exploring the Potentials of NGO-Corporate Partnerships for Development

    A recent article by Princeton professor Anne-Marie Slaughter about new diplomatic initiatives at the U.S. State Department may induce an acute case of policy envy in many Canadian readers. Under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as Slaughter describes, U.S. diplomacy is executing a ‘pivot to the people’—an approach consisting of “policies, programmes and institutional reforms

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