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 …

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 …

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 …

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…

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Greek Elections: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

• 20 juin 2012

All eyes were focused on the Greeks on Sunday. Even German Chancellor Angela Merkel was sitting in her plane on the tarmac in Berlin waiting for the results of the elections before she could take off for the G20 meeting …

Renseignement, politique, et la guerre en Irak

• 20 juin 2012

Note du CÉPI no. 18, juin 2012.
Par JOSHUA ROVNER, U.S. Naval War College.

• Il est normal que des frictions surviennent dans les relations entre les agences de renseignement et les décideurs politiques.
• Toutefois, les relations entre renseignement et