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Les grands moments du CÉPI, partie 2: Les nouvelles menaces mondiales
- 16 septembre 2014
Nous sommes enchantés d’avoir au CÉPI un déluge de bulletins de blogues exemplaires, en ce début d’année académique : pas moins de 12 blogues dans les deux dernières semaines à elles seules. Ce nombre important démontre l’engagement qu’ont les professionnels …
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Le Canada Invisible
- 15 septembre 2014
Par Ferry de Kerchhove et George Petrolekas; La Presse, 12 septembre 2014.
…EN SAVOIR PLUSC’est avec une extrême surprise que nous avons pris connaissance des propos du premier ministre Stephen Harper selon lesquels « la contribution du Canada aux affaires mondiales n’a
Canada Should Prepare for a Long Fight Against IS
- 13 septembre 2014
By George Petrolekas and Ferry de Kerckhove
Published in the Globe and Mail, September 12, 2014
In 1938, Neville Chamberlain returned to a hero’s welcome in London having given away parts of Czechoslovakia to Hitler at Munich. He announced …
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Obama’s Gamble in Iraq and Syria
- 12 septembre 2014
President Barack Obama’s speech on Wednesday marks the third major shift in United States counterterrorism strategy since 9/11, but it remains to be seen if the new approach will work better than the previous ones.
The first shift followed the …
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Hedging Bets: Aid Agencies’ New Preoccupation with Failure
- 11 septembre 2014
An earlier version of this essay appeared on RegBlog.org
Nobody likes to admit failure—least of all government-funded development organizations in hard economic times. Yet recent years have seen a number of prominent development agencies confess to failure. The International Monetary …
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What Should Canada Do About Cuba’s Participation in the Americas Summit?
- 11 septembre 2014
This commentary reflects the public remarks and off-the-record discussion with officials at the forum on Cuba, the 2015 Americas Summit, and Beyond: Obstacles and Opportunities, which was co-sponsored by CIPS on September 4, 2014.
Most Latin American and Caribbean …
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Can Al Qaeda Compete With ISIL?
- 10 septembre 2014
By Archana Sundarachari and Wesley Wark
The world’s attention has been riveted for weeks on the military exploits and brutal excesses of a relatively new jihadist entity, the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS or IS). …
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The Scottish Independence Referendum: How Did It Come About?
- 9 septembre 2014
…EN SAVOIR PLUSBy Richard Wyn Jones, Cardiff University.
On the 18th of September, the Scottish electorate will go to the polls to vote on the proposition “Should Scotland be an independent country?” Remarkably, it’s only now that the rest of the
Russia Sanctions: Could Sports Have an Impact?
- 8 septembre 2014
In a month’s time, the roar of Formula 1 engines will replace the clatter of downhill skies in Sochi as the Russian Grand Prix gets underway. The names of the competing teams will sound familiar in the West: Mercedes, Red …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhen Does Parliament Get to Vote on Military Deployments?
- 8 septembre 2014
by Philippe Lagassé
Canada’s deployment of military advisors to Iraq has raised questions about Parliament’s role in deployment decisions. The Conservative government has decided that a parliamentary committee will be briefed about the operation. The New Democratic Party (NDP) deems …
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A Disturbing Trend in Journalism: Freelancers on the Front Lines
- 8 septembre 2014
The horrific deaths of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff at the hands of ISIS’s fanatical militants have been universally condemned in the civilized world for their savagery. But beyond the confirmation that ISIS is a band of bloodthirsty …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLast Year’s CIPS Blog Highlights, Part 1: Harper’s Foreign Policy
- 7 septembre 2014
L’année académique dernière – notre troisième année de publication – la section Blogues du CÉPI a présenté une série de sujets couvrant le globe, avec un intérêt plus particulier pour la politique étrangère canadienne. Ci-dessous, et dans les bulletins à …
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