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D-Day for Greece is Coming Fast
- 12 juin 2015
For months, the Greek government (run by the neophyte left-wing Syriza party), its euro-area partners, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been engaged in negotiations about payment of the last tranche of an existing bail-out program. In exchange for …
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Why Can’t Canada Get National Security Law Right?
- 11 juin 2015
By Craig Forcese and Kent Roach
Published in The Walrus, June 9, 2015
Bill C-51—also known as the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015—has now passed Parliament, and its effect on the Canadian legal landscape will be radical. To update those who …
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Information Gap About Zehaf-Bibeau Threatens Security
- 5 juin 2015
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, June 4, 2015
The release of several reports into the attack by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau on Parliament Hill last October reveal some missed opportunities to apprehend the shooter before he entered Parliament. The major lessons …
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Canada Needs to Do a Better Job of Managing Financial Uncertainty
- 5 juin 2015
Published in the Hill Times, May 25, 2015
As Canadians, we pride ourselves on how well our financial regulations coped with the 2008 financial crisis. Given this attitude, it’s not surprising that Canadian policymakers have avoided a major overhaul …
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How do Global Norms Bear on Reconciliation with Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples?
- 3 juin 2015
This week, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, chaired by Justice Murray Sinclair, released its preliminary findings from a five-year inquiry into the terrible era of residential schools for Aboriginal children in Canada. These findings, and the surrounding public discussion, touched …
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At Any Cost: The Injustice of the ‘4 and 4’ Rule in Canada
- 1 juin 2015
By Stephanie J. Silverman
Published on openDemocracy, May 29, 2015
Tens of thousands of law-abiding foreign workers residing in Canada became deportable last April. This sudden vulnerability to deportation resulted from the Parliamentary passage of a small legislative change …
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Counterterrorism: Is it Working?
- 28 mai 2015
Published in the Globe and Mail, May 25, 2015
The Islamic State terrorist group now commands the greatest army of foreign mercenaries in modern history. Current estimates of its size range from 20,000 foreign fighters to a Central Intelligence …
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Why ISIL Both Destroys and Exploits the Middle East’s Antiquities
- 27 mai 2015
On May 20, forces of ISIL (the terrorist organization Islamic State in Iraq and in the Levant, also known as IS or ISIS) managed to take control of the Syrian city of Palmyra. The city, which has a population of …
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CIDA’s Summative Evaluation and On-the-ground Realities in Afghanistan
- 21 mai 2015
In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel to discuss the …
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Reflections on Gender in the DFATD Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program
- 18 mai 2015
By Sarah Tuckey
In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel…
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Iran’s Failed Foreign Policy: Dealing From a Position of Weakness
- 8 mai 2015
Adapted from a report published by the Middle East Institute
Iran’s ambition is to be the dominant state in the Persian Gulf and an indispensable regional power in the broader Middle East. This is a plausible aspiration. Iran’s potential assets …
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- 7 mai 2015
In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel to discuss the …
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