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Going Rogue: Canada and the Kyoto Protocol
- 6 décembre 2011
So the Canadian government is apparently planning, according to numerous media reports, to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol. The Environment Minister, Peter Kent, refuses to confirm or deny the reports.
The surprise should perhaps precisely be that this …
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The Austerity Trap
- 4 décembre 2011
As the prognosis for the global economy gets darker by the day, we are hearing one word over and over: austerity. The British government has announced that it will extend its austerity measures past the next election in 2015. In …
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No Sweet Sixteen: International Policy in Dayton Bosnia
- 1 décembre 2011
This week, Valentin Inzko, an Austrian diplomat currently acting as High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereafter Bosnia), came to the University of Ottawa to speak about the Dayton Agreement, a 1995 peace deal ending a war that had left …
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Libya: The Real Work is Only Beginning
- 30 novembre 2011
The Government last week paid tribute to Canadian Forces who served in the recently-concluded NATO mission in Libya. It was a welcome gesture to those who serve Canada abroad, often with little or no recognition at all. And it was …
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Missiles and Mistrust in Europe
- 28 novembre 2011
At the NATO Lisbon Summit in 2010, the U.S. and its allies expressed the hope that Russia would become a partner in a new missile defense system designed to protect Europe from a nuclear-armed ‘rogue’ state such as Iran. Those …
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Un énoncé conservateur de politique étrangère
- 28 novembre 2011
par Justin Massie
Suite aux élections de mai, le ministre des Affaires étrangères, John Baird, s’est vu confier la tâche de réviser la politique actuelle et d’élaborer un nouveau document avec l’espoir de permettre à Ottawa de mieux anticiper l’environnement …
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Keystone XL and Its impact on Canada-U.S. Relations: A Red Herring?
- 25 novembre 2011
A delay in U.S. approval for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline (in order to avoid Nebraska’s environmentally-sensitive Sandhills and underlying agricultural aquifer) has led to speculation that Canada should shift its balance of trade from the U.S. to Asia. Certain segments …
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Almost One Year Later: Lessons from the Arab Spring
- 25 novembre 2011
Guest contributor: STEFAN WOLFF
Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham, England, UK.When Mohamed Bouazizi, a jobless graduate in the provincial city of Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia, about 200km southwest of the capital Tunis, set …
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- 24 novembre 2011
At the APEC leaders’ summit that took place in Honolulu two weeks ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that Asia would become the federal government’s new trade priority. As a result, he indicated, Canada would formally ask to join the …
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A Pivotal Moment? U.S. Policy Towards Asia
- 21 novembre 2011
Cet article a originalement paru en anglais dans le blogue du Conseil International du Canada : opencanada.org.
Is the United States “pivoting” its foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific region, as prominent Obama administration officials, news reports, and …
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Global Issues, Colonial Mindsets: The Munk Debates
- 21 novembre 2011
Imagine that a foundation in a small European country, perhaps Denmark, sponsors a high profile series of debates with the purpose of providing a “forum for leading thinkers to debate the major issues facing Denmark and the world”. Most people, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe World Energy Outlook and North Pole Crocodiles
- 21 novembre 2011
So the International Energy Agency (IEA) produced its annual World Energy Outlook this year. The central message seems to be: PANIC! IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
When a sober organisation full of technocrats and policy wonks screams panic, you know …
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