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Canadian Mission Creep in Iraq? A CIPS Debate – Part 2
- 30 janvier 2015
For Parts 1 and 3 of this CIPS debate, see the posts by Roland Paris and Philippe Lagassé
Published in the Globe and Mail, January 29, 2015
The government has faced mounting criticism since it announced that special forces’ …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanadian Mission Creep in Iraq? A CIPS Debate – Part 3
- 30 janvier 2015
by Philippe Lagassé
For Parts 1 and 2 of this CIPS debate, see the posts by Roland Paris and Thomas Juneau.
Published on Canadian Defense Politics, January 29, 2015
Did the Prime Minister mislead the House of Commons …
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The Anti-Terrorism Legislation Has Likely Been Oversold
- 29 janvier 2015
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, January 28, 2015
The Canadian government has been beating the drum about the need for new counter-terrorism powers since the October, 2014 terror attacks in Quebec and Ottawa. A legislative package is finally scheduled …
EN SAVOIR PLUSEvolution or Escalation? Canada’s Military Operation in Iraq
- 26 janvier 2015
In a new CIPS policy brief on Canada’s war in Iraq, Roland Paris addresses the following questions:
- Is Canada engaged in ground combat?
- Have we witnessed mission creep?
- Why should Canada (and other Western countries) limit their participation in ground
Is Newfoundland Putting CETA At Risk?
- 23 janvier 2015
On January 19, the Newfoundland government issued a news release that indicated that it was suspending its participation in existing trade agreements as well as trade agreements currently being negotiated by the Federal government. This means that the government of …
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French Intelligence to Blame?
- 14 janvier 2015
All terrorist outrages are inevitably followed by soul-searching and blame-seeking. Last week’s terrible events in France have followed the inevitable trajectory. While the French Republic’s security manhunt for the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo and Jewish supermarket killings involved an …
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15 propositions pour l’aide canadienne
- 11 janvier 2015
Ce texte a été publié dans Un seul monde du Huffington Post Québec, le 8 janvier 2015.
Lorsque le gouvernement Harper a aboli l’Agence canadienne de développement international et transféré ses fonctions au nouveau ministère des Affaires étrangères, du Commerce …
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Engaging Iranian Dissidents, or Catering to the Tory Base?
- 11 janvier 2015
The Canadian government is renewing its support for a project, based at the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre, to provide Iranian dissidents with a secure means of communicating and circumventing Iranian censorship. The project will also be extended to provide …
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The Greatest Risk to UN Peace Operations
- 17 décembre 2014
The greatest risk to United Nations peace operations is not operational failure, but the growing divergence of opinion among countries that mandate, finance and supply personnel to these operations regarding the purposes and practices of peacekeeping itself.
The UN currently …
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All I Want for Christmas…Is for Bob Geldof to Be Quiet
- 10 décembre 2014
When Sir Bob Geldof re-released the song ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ to raise money for Ebola victims, I decided against writing a blog about it. Bob does not need me to do his promotion, I thought, and sure enough …
EN SAVOIR PLUSIs It Possible to Meet ‘The Responsibility to Protect’?
- 10 décembre 2014
Published on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage Blog, December 9, 2014
These are difficult days for defenders of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine, which holds that the international community must be prepared to act when countries “manifestly fail …
EN SAVOIR PLUSMigration Promises and Challenges in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
- 8 décembre 2014
In 2015, the adoption by member states of the United Nations of a new development agenda to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will likely include a clear role for international migration. As the special representative of the UN Secretary-General …
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