Is Newfoundland Putting CETA At Risk?

• 23 janvier 2015

On January 19, the Newfoundland government issued a news release that indicated that it was suspending its participation in existing trade agreements as well as trade agreements currently being negotiated by the Federal government. This means that the government of …

French Intelligence to Blame?

• 14 janvier 2015

All terrorist outrages are inevitably followed by soul-searching and blame-seeking. Last week’s terrible events in France have followed the inevitable trajectory. While the French Republic’s security manhunt for the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo and Jewish supermarket killings involved an …

15 propositions pour l’aide canadienne

• 11 janvier 2015

Ce texte a été publié dans Un seul monde du Huffington Post Québec, le 8 janvier 2015.

Lorsque le gouvernement Harper a aboli l’Agence canadienne de développement international et transféré ses fonctions au nouveau ministère des Affaires étrangères, du Commerce …

The Greatest Risk to UN Peace Operations

• 17 décembre 2014

The greatest risk to United Nations peace operations is not operational failure, but the growing divergence of opinion among countries that mandate, finance and supply personnel to these operations regarding the purposes and practices of peacekeeping itself.

The UN currently …

All I Want for Christmas…Is for Bob Geldof to Be Quiet

• 10 décembre 2014

When Sir Bob Geldof re-released the song ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ to raise money for Ebola victims, I decided against writing a blog about it. Bob does not need me to do his promotion, I thought, and sure enough …

The UNFCCC and Beyond: Transnational Climate Change Governance

• 6 décembre 2014

The world’s attention (or at least that bit of it thinking about climate change at all) is focused again on the annual UN negotiations that convene for two weeks every December. This year in Lima, increasing attention is being given …

Limiting Foreign Fighting by Canadians: Stop-Gap Legal Measures

• 6 décembre 2014

Published on the National Security Law blog, December 4, 2014

I have opined here and here about the troubles associated with foreign fighting. I do not limit my concerns about these troubles to fighting with a listed terrorist group. I …

25 Years After the Fall of the Iron Curtain, a Changing Face of Europe

• 2 décembre 2014

On December 1, Herman Van Rompuy stepped down as European Council President, the post that oversees meetings of the 28 EU leaders. In the past, that role was held on a rotating basis, but it became permanent under the Lisbon …

L’Amérique du Nord : elle compte de plus en plus!

• 30 novembre 2014

Le Council of Foreign Relations vient de publier son tout dernier rapport sur l’Amérique du Nordinvitant ses pays membres à se repositionner. Nuls autres que le célèbre général Petraeus, ancien directeur de la CIA, et Robert Zoellick, ancien directeur …

Three Missing Pieces in the Canadian Security and Intelligence Debate

• 27 novembre 2014

The Harper government has been forced to introduce amendments to the CSIS Act, following another in a series of government set-backs in the courts on security and intelligence issues. This has triggered comments on the proposed legislation, most of which …