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Nuclear Power: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
- 3 décembre 2012
Extreme events have the ability to radically change political, moral, technical and other debates that shape what governments say and do. The effect of the 2011 Fukushima disaster on national energy strategies was so far-reaching that it led many to …
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Principle or Prejudice? Canada’s Misguided Denial of Palestinian Statehood
- 3 décembre 2012
Prime Minister Harper tweeted on Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu had called to thank him for Canada’s “friendship and principled position this week at the UN ». The friendship may be obvious, but one searches in vain for the …
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Keeping the Hard Questions: Hard Reflections on Policy Critique
- 30 novembre 2012
Punditry, like bread, is best consumed fresh—but occasionally, some quickly-skimmed pundit’s lines will lodge in the brain and take on profound depth as they age over the next days or weeks.
That’s what happened when I read a recent article…
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- 30 novembre 2012
by Philippe Lagassé
The Harper government recently announced that the National Fighter Procurement Secretariat (NFPS) will be looking at various options to replace Canada’s aging CF-18s. This comes at a time when the news about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, …
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- 26 novembre 2012
by John Mundy
Publié dans le Globe and Mail, 26 novembre 2012
The Munk Debate on the question of war with Iran, to be held on Monday night in Toronto, could not be more timely. With elections finally decided …
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Iran and the Next Obama Term
- 26 novembre 2012
Publié dans le Ottawa Citizen, 25 novembre 2012
Iran was an issue in the U.S. election. Now that he has won, President Barack Obama has to decide what to do about it. There are no good options.
Beyond the …
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A Not-So-New Foreign Policy Plan
- 20 novembre 2012
The Harper government’s “secret” foreign policy plan, revealed by the CBC today, offers few surprises. Its emphasis on pursuing economic opportunities, particularly in emerging markets, is a reflection of what the government is already doing. The real news is …
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Better Intelligence, Worse Policy
- 20 novembre 2012
Does secret intelligence make public policy worse? At a panel at the annual convention of the Association of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies this weekend, I learned something from one of my co-panelists which made me think that perhaps …
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Egypt Can Lead Hamas to the New Middle East
- 19 novembre 2012
Publié dans le Globe and Mail, 19 novembre 2012
Slowly, painfully, fitfully, the new Middle East is emerging. Egypt is key to this, both in terms of its internal evolution and its response to regional events, such as the …
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Fédéralisme et relations internationales : le rôle des provinces
- 16 novembre 2012
Par Stéphane Paquin, Professeur agrégé à l’École nationale d’administration publique
Lorsque le gouvernement du Québec, sous Jean Charest, a exigé une plus grande participation des provinces canadiennes aux négociations et organisations internationales dont le Canada est membre, de nombreux …
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Will Barack Obama Help Syria?
- 16 novembre 2012
Par Lloyd Axworthy et Allan Rock
Now that the U.S. Election is over…
While post-election attention focuses on the looming battle between President Obama and congressional Republicans about the fiscal cliff, it is important also to remember the abyss in …
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Canoes, Maple Syrup and Tilley Hats: The Tory Vision for Canada’s Trading Future?
- 15 novembre 2012
‘Hewers of wood and drawers of water’ – a familiar and shorthand description for Canadians’ historical economic bias towards natural resources, and a phrase used pejoratively to describe a ‘brand’ that we need to shed to compete in a global …
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