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Social Media and the Rise of Scholar-Blogging
- 7 septembre 2014
By Mira Sucharov, Department of Political Science, Carleton University
As the prominence of social media in society intensifies, the question of how scholars can most effectively engage in the public sphere has taken on new significance. In a piece …
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Where’s the Megaphone on the Threat to Canada?
- 7 septembre 2014
Published in the Ottawa Citizen on September 6, 2014
The Conservative government has a strange way with public pronouncements on security issues. When it comes to the gravest of international crises, the government is prone to bold, headline-grabbing statements, whether …
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Ukraine May Be in Crisis — NATO Is Not
- 4 septembre 2014
Published on OpenCanada.org on September 4, 2014 Historians and political scientists tend to yearn for turning points. The history of the Atlantic Alliance has been no exception to this and, in scholarly analysis, one ripe with defining moments. Since the …
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Spy Agency Watchdog Strikes a New Pose
- 24 août 2014
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, August 23, 2014
The old adage in the spy business, when it came to publicity, was “no news is good news.” That ceased to pass democratic muster in Canada only in the mid-1980s and …
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Is Putin the World’s Most Popular Politician
- 17 août 2014
Reviled in the West as a dictator, Russian president Vladimir Putin is enjoying a surge of support at home. According to the latest results published by polling organization Levada (which is generally considered hostile to the Russian government), Putin has …
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Behind Canada’s Shifting Rhetoric on Israel
- 16 août 2014
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, August 5, 2014
The current round of violence between Israel and Hamas has given rise to a renewed wave of criticism of the Canadian government’s close support for Israel. Underlying such criticism is often …
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Afghanistan’s Never-Ending Election Multiplies Causes for Concern
- 13 août 2014
A relatively orderly and peaceful first-round election in Afghanistan this year saw an almost 60% voter turnout in defiance of Taliban threats, symbolizing Afghans’ determination to unite in the interest of peace and stability. The democratic process appeared to have …
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Who’s Leading the World?
- 11 août 2014
The simple but disturbing answer is: nobody.
Our world has over a billion people still living in extreme poverty. There are 25 million jobless in Europe. Jihadists control half of Iraq. The Doha Trade Round is in its 13th…
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Peacekeeping Works Better Than You May Think
- 2 août 2014
Does peacekeeping work? Janice Stein (University of Toronto) and I had a lively exchange on this subject on the CBC radio program “The House” this weekend. Have a listen.
In the interview, I said that more than two …
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Moral Confusion in Gaza and Ukraine
- 1 août 2014
In my last post for the CIPS Blog, I drew readers’ attention to Robert Entman’s 1991 article comparing media coverage of the shooting down of Korean Airlines Flight 007 in 1983 and Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988. It is …
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- 11 juillet 2014
The Afghan election, which started with enormous enthusiasm from Afghan voters, the government and the international community, has turned sour. It is now marred with disputes centred on ethnic (mainly Pashtun/Tajik) divisions, splitting the country along ethnic lines and driving …
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Canada Needs to Reconnect with its Diplomatic Tradition
- 10 juillet 2014
The Harper government’s neglect of diplomacy has resulted in a largely ineffective foreign policy that has not served Canada’s interests, argues CIPS director Roland Paris in this video clip. His remarks were part of a panel discussion organized by Canadian …
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