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Special Journal Issue on « The F-35: Right for Canada? »
- 9 février 2012
In 2001, the United States government selected Lockheed Martin (over Boeing) to lead in the development of the F-35, a fifth-generation fighter aircraft for use by the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marines. Along with several other U.S. allies, Canada …
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Event Report: Peter Katzenstein on Civilizations in World Politics
- 8 février 2012
On February 2, eminent international relations scholar Peter Katzenstein (of Cornell University) spoke to an overflowing CIPS audience on the theme “Beyond the West: Civilizations in World Politics”. Having edited three volumes on world civilizations and international politics, Katzenstein began …
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Surprise en Inde : le Rafale remporte la compétition
- 8 février 2012
par Justin Massie
Le mardi, 31 janvier 2012, le titre de Dassault Aviation s’est envolé rapidement à la bourse de Paris. Avant 17 heures, le constructeur aéronautique français gagnait près de 22% en valeur boursière. Cette hausse tient pour l’essentiel …
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WTO Resilient but Changed after Ministerial
- 8 février 2012
This essay is excerpted from a Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Commentary, published online February 7, 2012.
The recent ministerial meeting, held in Geneva in December, demonstrated that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is resilient but changed as …
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A New Cold War on Democracy and Human Rights at the UN Security Council and Beyond?
- 7 février 2012
On February 4th, 2012, the UN Security Council witnessed what could be one of the first salvos in a new cold war focused on democracy and human rights. A double veto by Russia and China defeated the resolution …
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The New Canada: Fomenting Fear at Home and Abroad
- 4 février 2012
Why base policy on facts and evidence when you can exploit fear instead? It doesn’t take a psychologist to know that fear is a much more powerful motivator than boring old rational argument. Political scientists have long studied the use …
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Something Borrowed, Nothing Gained: John Baird’s Big Ideas in Foreign Policy
- 3 février 2012
“Canada is what I like to call a ‘smart power’,” Foreign Minister John Baird declared in a major speech in Israel last week. That’s reassuring, although as a means of distinguishing our foreign policy it is likely to prove elusive. …
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Observations on Russian Politics from a Moscow Bookstore
- 31 janvier 2012
While waiting for the Moscow archives to deliver up their secrets last week, I popped into the Russian capital’s largest bookstore, Biblio Globus, to check out the history section—and while there, I took a very quick look at the politics …
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- 27 janvier 2012
Sometimes magical thinking pops up in the most unexpected places—like the recently-revived complaints about dual citizenship that have arisen around the candidacy of Thomas Mulcair (a dual citizen of Canada and France) for the NDP leadership. On Mulcair’s account, …
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Le CÉPI lance le Réseau en études de sécurité avec une allocution inaugurale
- 27 janvier 2012
Le CÉPI est heureux d’annoncer le lancement du Réseau en études de sécurité (RÉS), dont la mise sur pied reflète la force de l’Université d’Ottawa en tant que lieu de premier ordre pour l’étude des enjeux de sécurité nationale et …
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Armies without Borders? Legal Questions on Canada-U.S. Military Cooperation
- 25 janvier 2012
The Ottawa Citizen reported today that Canada and the United States are in the final stages of negotiating a “new Canada-U.S. military agreement that will set down each country’s roles and responsibilities should North America be attacked”. The details are …
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The End of the European Dream?
- 25 janvier 2012
In a recent article in Foreign Policy , the Brussels-based journalist Gareth Harding argues that “the European Union was built on the myth that we are one people with one common destiny”. In his view, “[w]e are now discovering that …
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