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Debacle at Debaltsevo Calls For a New Approach to Ukraine
- 18 février 2015
Before coming up with solutions it is first advisable to determine the nature of the problem. Right now the United States is considering sending arms to Ukraine, while here in Canada the Defence Minister, Jason Kenney, has been mulling the …
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Sending Lethal Weapons to Ukraine May Not Be the Answer
- 15 février 2015
Roland Paris appeared on the Sunday morning broadcast The West Block with Tom Clark to discuss the question on whether Western countries should send lethal weapons to help the Ukrainian government.
Paris noted that there were no good policy options …
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A Slightly Different Take on John Baird’s Legacy at Foreign Affairs
- 14 février 2015
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by David Petrasek, Colin Robertson, Ferry de Kerckhove and Peter Jones.
Four years …
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The Global Backstory to the Ebola Outbreak
- 12 février 2015
With Ebola abating in the three most affected countries (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea) there are now ex postreflections on what went wrong. There is much that did.
We can first ask why these countries were unable to deal …
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An Alliance Above Politics? Israel Tests Diaspora Strategists
- 12 février 2015
At first glance, Israel’s current relations with Canada and the United States, two of its closest allies, could hardly seem more divergent.
Last week’s surprise resignation by foreign minister John Baird gave rise to days of media coverage noting the …
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John Baird’s Middle East Legacy
- 10 février 2015
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by Daniel Livermore, David Petrasek, Colin Robertson and Ferry de Kerckhove.
In commenting …
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Baird Improved Over Time, But Ultimately Fell Short
- 8 février 2015
By Colin Robertson
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by Peter Jones, Ferry de Kerckhove and David Petrasek.
John Baird …
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- 7 février 2015
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by Peter Jones, David Petrasek and Colin Robertson.
C’est assez incroyable de penser que …
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- 3 février 2015
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by Peter Jones, Ferry de Kerckhove and Colin Robertson.
John Baird’s decision to resign …
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Tories’ Anti-Terror Bill Undermines Values It’s Meant to Protect
- 2 février 2015
Published in the Toronto Star, February 2, 2015
When a prime minister announces one of the most draconian anti-terrorism bills in his nation’s history — and does this not in the national legislature, but at an election-type campaign stop …
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Is This the CSIS We Really Want? The Canadian Intelligence and Black Ops Service
- 1 février 2015
Published on the National Security Law Blog, January 31, 2015
The new antiterrorism bill will change everything. Among other things, in its sweeping changes to CSIS’s powers, it is not tinkering at the margins. It rejects insight from experience, …
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Canadian Mission Creep in Iraq? A CIPS Debate – Part 1
- 30 janvier 2015
For Parts 2 and 3 of this CIPS debate, see the posts by Thomas Juneau and Philippe Lagassé.
Published in the Globe and Mail, January 29, 2015We recently learned that Canadian troops in Iraq are spending about …
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