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Transitional Justice As Subterfuge
- 10 mai 2012
Transitional justice is trendy. After a civil war or political transition, the new government will often announce one or more of a variety of mechanisms for dealing with the past, such as a special tribunal or a truth commission.
What …
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A Role to Reclaim: Canada as Honest Broker
- 8 mai 2012
Speaking on Middle East issues at an Ottawa synagogue in April, interim Liberal leader Bob Rae noted that the current impasse in peace talks between Israel and Palestinians offers an opening for constructive Canadian engagement. On his recent trips to …
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Fewer Eyes on the Spies: Going Backwards on Accountability
- 8 mai 2012
By now it has been widely reported that the Tory government will be abolishing the Office of the Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. This astonishing development appeared suddenly from the ether, buried in the government’s now notorious …
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Archive des certificats annuels de l’inspecteur général du SCRS
- 7 mai 2012
Le Bureau de l’inspecteur général du Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité (SCRC) a été crée en 1984, en vertu de la même loi qui a crée le SCRS. Le modèle était basé sur celui de la pratique américaine des …
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Two Priorities for the Canadian Forces
- 3 mai 2012
How should we define the priorities of the Canadian Forces? Steve Saideman raises this question in his latest post. In my view, the CF should have two overriding missions: first, the protection of Canada’s coastlines and airspace (along with …
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Foreign Policy Is Not Just Defence
- 30 avril 2012
I welcome the opportunity to kick off this series on the future of the Canadian Forces (CF), not least because the series invites a broader discussion of the role of the military and the Department of National Defence (DND) …
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Boosting Canada’s Latin American Strategy
- 30 avril 2012
The recent Latin American Summit in Cartagena didn’t generate much media coverage in Canada. It eventually broke down with controversies over drug policy and Cuba, and was even hijacked by a minor scandal involving the U.S. Secret Service. But it …
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Le président afghan Hamid Karzai approuve le Dialogue d’Ottawa
- 27 avril 2012
Le Dialogue d’Ottawa est un processus informel auquel participe un groupe éminent de hauts dirigeants à la retraite et de hauts gradés militaires de l’Inde, du Pakistan et de l’Afghanistan. Il est mené par Peter Jones, professeur à l’École …
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What to Do With Khadr
- 20 avril 2012
Publié dans le Ottawa Citizen, 19 avril 2012.
The Conservative government has now run out of wiggle room in the case of Omar Khadr, the son of the notorious Canadian al-Qaeda loyalist, Ahmed Said Khadr. Omar was a child …
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« One China » as Floating Signifier: the Benefits of Diplomatic Ambiguity
- 17 avril 2012
When Canada recognized the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1970, the Joint Communiqué stated, “The Chinese Government reaffirms that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China. The Canadian Government takes note of …
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Canada and the Landmine Issue, Twenty Years On
- 14 avril 2012
April 4 came and went this year with virtually no national mention of the international ban on antipersonnel landmines, which was one of Canada’s most significant triumphs in the area of ‘niche diplomacy’. International Mine Awareness Day, marked annually on …
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Robert Cox on ‘The Decline of the West’ Revisited: Event Report
- 3 avril 2012
On March 28, eminent York University professor Robert Cox delivered a CIPS talk on “‘The Decline of the West’ Revisited: Future World Order and a Dialogue of Civilizations”. He began by noting that the current economic crisis in Europe and …
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