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CIDA’s Underspending: The Minister’s Explanations Don’t Add Up
- 28 avril 2014
While global foreign aid reached an all-time high in 2013, the Canadian government’s contributions fell by over 11%. Among the 28 industrialized countries belonging to the Development Assistance Committee, only debt-ridden Portugal cut aid more drastically than Canada. Not …
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The Ottawa Forum: Rethinking Canada’s International Strategy
- 27 avril 2014
(Cet évènement se déroulera en anglais.)
It’s been almost a decade since Canada conducted a foreign policy review.
The Ottawa Forum on May 23-24, co-organized by CIPS and the Canadian International Council, will bring together some of Canada’s most insightful …
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Ukraine: Another Example of the Dangerous Clash of Hegemons
- 15 avril 2014
A previous version of this essay was published in the Huffington Post on March 18, 2014
When the history of the early decades of the 21st century is written, it may well be called the era of multiple clashing …
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Canada Makes Palestinian Human Rights a Pawn in Mideast Peace Talks
- 10 avril 2014
As John Kerry’s deadline fast approaches for concluding a ‘Framework Agreement’ in the resuscitated Israel-Palestine negotiations, few are optimistic. Those disparaging the deal, or even the need for a deal, appear to have the upper hand in both camps. The …
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Afghanistan’s 2014 Election: A Referendum Against the Taliban
- 8 avril 2014
April 5 was the day of Afghanistan’s historic election, a milestone in its history. I saw men and women, young and old, lined up in the rain-damped city to vote from dawn to dusk, exercising their democratic rights. In 50 …
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The Curious Case of Jonathan Pollard
- 7 avril 2014
One of the stranger aspects of the current round of the interminable Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is the reported idea that the U.S. is considering releasing Jonathan Pollard as an inducement to keep the Israeli government at the peace table for …
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The Putin Book Club
- 3 avril 2014
“We must love all nations as we love our own,” writes Russian philosopher Vladimir Sergeevich Solovyov in his 1897 book The Justification of the Good. The “greatness and value” of nationality, he claims, lies “not in itself taken in …
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Understanding the Great War
- 1 avril 2014
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, March 31, 2014
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on June 28, 1914 set off a chain of events that a few weeks later led to an all-out war involving virtually …
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- 31 mars 2014
On April 5, the people of Afghanistan will vote in their third national election since 2001—a hundred million-dollar effort financed by international donors. The air is filled with anticipation and hope, albeit tempered with grave concerns held by both the …
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Coming Soon: A Truly Global Human Rights Revolution?
- 31 mars 2014
Published on the openGlobalRights Blog, March 31, 2014
There is an unmistakable fin de régime sentiment to much current thinking regarding international human rights. Conferences and discussion forums convene to debate ‘the future of human rights’, with implicit in …
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With Russia Out of the G8, What About the G7 and G20?
- 25 mars 2014
Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Prime Minister Harper has insistently demanded that Russia be expelled from the G8. But what sort of G7 will survive that action? And what happens to the G20?
For now, the situation was resolved at …
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Europe Will Wake Up, and Putin Can Expect a Harsh Response
- 25 mars 2014
Published in The Globe and Mail, March 19, 2014
There are many aspects to the current struggle over the future of Crimea which pose serious difficulties for an international community that would like to respond firmly. On the one …
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