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Foreign Policy Is Not Just Defence
- 30 avril 2012
I welcome the opportunity to kick off this series on the future of the Canadian Forces (CF), not least because the series invites a broader discussion of the role of the military and the Department of National Defence (DND) …
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Boosting Canada’s Latin American Strategy
- 30 avril 2012
The recent Latin American Summit in Cartagena didn’t generate much media coverage in Canada. It eventually broke down with controversies over drug policy and Cuba, and was even hijacked by a minor scandal involving the U.S. Secret Service. But it …
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Le président afghan Hamid Karzai approuve le Dialogue d’Ottawa
- 27 avril 2012
Le Dialogue d’Ottawa est un processus informel auquel participe un groupe éminent de hauts dirigeants à la retraite et de hauts gradés militaires de l’Inde, du Pakistan et de l’Afghanistan. Il est mené par Peter Jones, professeur à l’École …
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What to Do With Khadr
- 20 avril 2012
Publié dans le Ottawa Citizen, 19 avril 2012.
The Conservative government has now run out of wiggle room in the case of Omar Khadr, the son of the notorious Canadian al-Qaeda loyalist, Ahmed Said Khadr. Omar was a child …
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« One China » as Floating Signifier: the Benefits of Diplomatic Ambiguity
- 17 avril 2012
When Canada recognized the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1970, the Joint Communiqué stated, “The Chinese Government reaffirms that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China. The Canadian Government takes note of …
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Canada and the Landmine Issue, Twenty Years On
- 14 avril 2012
April 4 came and went this year with virtually no national mention of the international ban on antipersonnel landmines, which was one of Canada’s most significant triumphs in the area of ‘niche diplomacy’. International Mine Awareness Day, marked annually on …
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Robert Cox on ‘The Decline of the West’ Revisited: Event Report
- 3 avril 2012
On March 28, eminent York University professor Robert Cox delivered a CIPS talk on “‘The Decline of the West’ Revisited: Future World Order and a Dialogue of Civilizations”. He began by noting that the current economic crisis in Europe and …
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- 3 avril 2012
by Philippe Lagassé
Publié dans le Globe and Mail, 3 avril 2012
In the wake of Tuesday’s expected report by the Auditor-General, the Conservative government’s hedging about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is likely to accelerate. After nearly two …
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Quels chasseurs pour le Canada?
- 29 mars 2012
par Justin Massie
Une version raccourcie de ce texte a été publiée dans La Presse le 27 mars 2012.
Le recul du gouvernement Harper à l’égard de l’acquisition de 65 F-35 témoigne des malheurs entourant le développement du programme multinational …
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Bringing Russian ‘Liberal-Conservatism’ to the Fore
- 29 mars 2012
Russia is back in the news again this week, due to the overheard conversation between Presidents Medvedev and Obama about missile defence, and Mitt Romney’s subsequent denunciation of Russia as America’s “number one enemy”. Former presidential candidate Senator John McCain, …
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Exploring the Potentials of NGO-Corporate Partnerships for Development
- 28 mars 2012
A recent article by Princeton professor Anne-Marie Slaughter about new diplomatic initiatives at the U.S. State Department may induce an acute case of policy envy in many Canadian readers. Under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as Slaughter describes, U.S. diplomacy …
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Stepping Up the Fight Against Somali Pirates
- 27 mars 2012
On March 23, the European Union announced that it would expand its anti-piracy mission, Atalanta, to include for the first time the Somali coast itself and waterways inside the country. The statement said the EU would be working with Somalia’s …
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