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The Measure of a CDS
- 3 septembre 2012
by Philippe Lagassé
Publié sur le site web du Canadian International Council.
A new Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) was appointed by the Governor-in-Council last week. Following a few months of speculation about who would be named, Cabinet …
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The Olympics, and the Rise and Dangers of Private Security
- 17 juillet 2012
Today, Nick Buckles, the CEO of the world’s biggest private security company, will be questioned by the UK House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, which is attempting to explain how G4S managed to bungle the Olympic contract quite so …
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Kenney’s Reforms Make More Sense Than His Rhetoric
- 14 juillet 2012
Publié dans le Ottawa Citizen, 11 juli 2012.
If you were throwing an open house party, would you trash-talk the guests to your neighbours? Probably not. It’s strange, then, that even as the Harper government aims to sustain Canada’s …
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Is Corruption the Cost of Saving Afghanistan?
- 12 juillet 2012
Publié dans le Globe and Mail, 11 juli 2012.
It was fitting that last weekend’s international donors’ conference on Afghanistan took place in Tokyo: The event resembled the city’s famous kabuki theatre, with its ritualized drama of grand gestures …
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The Future of Flying: A View from Farnborough
- 11 juillet 2012
All eyes are turning to the London Olympics—but for people in the aerospace industry, Britain’s biggest event this summer is the Farnborough International Airshow. At this event (the 48th iteration of the biannual show run by Britain’s defense and aerospace …
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Bev Oda’s Real Legacy at CIDA
- 10 juillet 2012
Media commentary has been remarkably lenient regarding Bev Oda’s record at the end of her five-year stint as Canada’s Minister of International Cooperation. Coverage has by and large ignored how, under her watch, the government systematically undermined both the fundamental …
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Towards an International Agreement on Syria?
- 29 juin 2012
Following a long conversation between Presidents Obama and Putin at the recent G20 Summit in Mexico, U.S. officials claimed that progress had been made in identifying areas where U.S. and Russian interests coincide. “We agreed that we need to see …
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Don’t Blame Obama for ‘Losing’ Canada
- 29 juin 2012
Derek Burney and Fen Osler Hampson have well-deserved reputations as level-headed observers of Canada-U.S. relations. How, then, did they come to write an article so full of misjudgments on this subject?
The article in question, “How Obama Lost Canada…
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Thoughts on the Future of Intelligence Accountability in Canada
- 29 juin 2012
The decision of the Harper government to close the Office of the Inspector General of CSIS and end its 28-year history opens a new and challenging chapter for the process of keeping watch over the Canadian security and intelligence community. …
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Eliminating Accountability and Masking the Intent at CSIS
- 26 juin 2012
In the early 1970’s, the Director of the CIA used to tell fellow Americans, “trust us”. That turned out to be bad advice – bad for the CIA and bad for the reputation of a country ostensibly dedicated to the …
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Europe’s Alleged ‘Failure’, Harper’s Certain Gain
- 21 juin 2012
Prime Minister Harper’s pointed criticism of the dithering of European leaders at the G20 summit over the weekend was widely reported, and so too the angry riposte it received from EU Commission President Manuel Barroso. But too few sought to …
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The Engaged Academic: Why the Old Ivory Tower Won’t Stand
- 20 juin 2012
The latest issue of the journal Perspectives on Politics, published by Cambridge University Press, includes an important article by Lisa Anderson, an American political scientist who is currently president of the American University in Cairo. Anderson argues that …
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