The UNFCCC and Beyond: Transnational Climate Change Governance

• 6 décembre 2014

The world’s attention (or at least that bit of it thinking about climate change at all) is focused again on the annual UN negotiations that convene for two weeks every December. This year in Lima, increasing attention is being given …

Limiting Foreign Fighting by Canadians: Stop-Gap Legal Measures

• 6 décembre 2014

Published on the National Security Law blog, December 4, 2014

I have opined here and here about the troubles associated with foreign fighting. I do not limit my concerns about these troubles to fighting with a listed terrorist group. I …

25 Years After the Fall of the Iron Curtain, a Changing Face of Europe

• 2 décembre 2014

On December 1, Herman Van Rompuy stepped down as European Council President, the post that oversees meetings of the 28 EU leaders. In the past, that role was held on a rotating basis, but it became permanent under the Lisbon …

L’Amérique du Nord : elle compte de plus en plus!

• 30 novembre 2014

Le Council of Foreign Relations vient de publier son tout dernier rapport sur l’Amérique du Nordinvitant ses pays membres à se repositionner. Nuls autres que le célèbre général Petraeus, ancien directeur de la CIA, et Robert Zoellick, ancien directeur …

Three Missing Pieces in the Canadian Security and Intelligence Debate

• 27 novembre 2014

The Harper government has been forced to introduce amendments to the CSIS Act, following another in a series of government set-backs in the courts on security and intelligence issues. This has triggered comments on the proposed legislation, most of which …

The ICC: Breach in in the Dyke, or High Water Mark?

• 24 novembre 2014

Published on openGlobalRights, November 3, 2014

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is back in the news. Pressure is growing on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to accede to the Rome Statute; if he does so, the ICC might gain …

With U.S.-China Climate Deal, Canada’s Isolation Deepens

• 19 novembre 2014

Tuesday’s U.S.-China climate deal has been hailed widely as an “historic deal” that dramatically changes the dynamics of international climate politics as countries search for a new global agreement by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Climate …

Not for Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada

• 16 novembre 2014

The conference Not For Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada was organized jointly by the Embassies of Switzerland and Austria, in collaboration with the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa. The …

Celebrating What’s Risen Since the Berlin Wall Fell

• 7 novembre 2014

They’re planning a big party in Germany this weekend to celebrate the 25^th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with free concerts, a light show of 18,000 illuminated helium balloons and, of course, a speech by Chancellor …

Mistral Misunderstandings

• 6 novembre 2014

Have you seen the reports that Canada is thinking about purchasing one or both of the Mistral-class warships that France has been building for Russia? They are almost certainly false.

The latest version of this story was published by the …

Twitter and the #Ottawa Attacks

• 2 novembre 2014

As we move past the immediate shock, anger and grief precipitated by the attack in Ottawa last week, debate is beginning in earnest on several fronts: the motivation of the attacker, the adequacy of existing laws to meet ‘lone wolf’ …