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Will a New Development Architecture Undercut the Poorest?
- 29 octobre 2014
We are still living in the global financial crisis. Much of Europe and even the world of emerging economies are in the doldrums. By some standards, the situation has become grimmer, with China and Germany joining the list of countries …
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Who Will Make the Middle East’s New Map?
- 29 octobre 2014
Canada has now been directly affected by the turmoil raging in the Middle East. It is unfolding on many levels, reflecting the multitude of forces and tensions involved. One way to understand it is as an exercise in fundamentally re-drawing …
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What Economic Uncertainty Means for Canadian Policymakers
- 23 octobre 2014
If you have been reading the financial press over the past week, you know that the global economy’s chances are looking a lot more uncertain these days. What you may not know, however, is that this more recent upswing in …
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S’élever dans l’adversité
- 23 octobre 2014
par Robert Asselin
Pour quiconque qui y a travaillé, l’endroit est impressionnant. Quand on marche dans le grand hall qui mène à la bibliothèque, là même où les coups de feu d’hier ont été perpétrés, on comprend que le Parlement …
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Ottawa Attacks: What We Must Do—and Not Do—in Response
- 22 octobre 2014
Locked in today at the University of Ottawa, looking down on the largely deserted canal bike path, several hundred metres from the cenotaph where this morning’s horrifying events began, I was stunned. I was also shaking, and afraid—but not out …
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Mexico’s Abducted Students: Where Does the Country Go From Here?
- 20 octobre 2014
How does one write about Mexico today?
The country is in full crisis mode after 43 students from the Ayotzinpa teachers’ college in rural Guerrero were kidnapped by the police on September 26, and six other people were killed, as …
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Inside and Out at the Human Rights Museum
- 12 octobre 2014
Published on openDemocracy.net on October 14, 2014 The Canadian Museum for Human Rightsopened this month in Winnipeg, in western Canada, reigniting a long-running controversy over its portrayal of human rights issues. Before turning to that debate, however, an initial …
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- 12 octobre 2014
by Bruce Montador
Tunisia will soon complete the transition begun when President Ben Ali fled in January 2011. Under a new constitution, it will elect a parliament (via regional lists) this month, and then a president.
Although the constitution gives …
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This Isn’t the Kind of War Bombs Can Win
- 10 octobre 2014
Published in iPolitics, October 7, 2014
For starters, let’s stop calling them Islamic State. As President Barack Obama has pointed out, the mass murderers in black cutting a bloody trail through Iraq and Syria are neither truly Islamic nor …
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An Imperfect Election and New Government Offer Only Glimmers of Hope for Afghanistan
- 8 octobre 2014
The formation of a National Unity Government (NUG) in Afghanistan, ending the long 2014 presidential election process, has been hailed by international leaders as a peaceful and democratic transfer of power. Objective analysts, however, question the merits of such a …
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Canada Got It About Right In Iraq
- 7 octobre 2014
Canada decided last week to contribute CF-18 fighter aircraft, surveillance and refuelling planes, and advisers to the U.S.-led coalition bombing the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Was this the right decision?
Ideally, foreign policy should first seek to define …
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Hillary Clinton’s World
- 1 octobre 2014
As part of the Canada 2020 conference, Hillary Clinton will be giving a lunch-time talk at the Ottawa Convention Center on October 6. The subject of her speech is yet to be announced, but I imagine due attention to “Canada-U.S. …
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