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Sectoral Free Trade with China: Harder than it Looks
- 12 novembre 2018
by Philip Calvert
Canada has announced a change of tack in its pursuit of free trade with China. Instead of pursuing a broad free trade agreement, Canada will seek reductions in Chinese tariffs through bilateral sectoral agreements. The agriculture sector …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLest We Forget Why We Fought World War I
- 7 novembre 2018
Lauchlan T. Munro
School of International Development and Global Studies
On Remembrance Day, I think of my two grandfathers and my two great uncles who served in the Canadian army in World War I. I remember their sacrifice. But I …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLessons from Canadian Involvement in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- 1 novembre 2018
As Stephen Brown noted in a recent blog, much of the media commentary on the latest Peer Review of Canada’s development co-operation has focused on its recommendations to increase spending and implement the Feminist International Assistance Policy. Brown reminds …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThinking with Maps: Geospatial Reasoning in War
- 31 octobre 2018
by Antoine Bousquet
Visual representations of space have long served a role in military affairs, assisting the strategic planning of campaigns, the design and placement of defensive fortifications, and navigation in unfamiliar territory. Yet it is only in the past …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada’s Lessons in Afghanistan Not Recorded and Not Learned: Part 1
- 29 octobre 2018
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko’s assessment of American lessons learned in Afghanistan is similar to that of Canada, except that our findings are not based on systematic and independent review. Canada lacks appropriate monitoring and evaluation …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada’s Lessons in Afghanistan Not Recorded and Not Learned: Part 2
- 29 octobre 2018
In terms of Afghanistan, Canada has clearly been afflicted with attention deficit disorder; in less than a decade, it changed program focus three times (as noted by a summative evaluation of Canada’s development program in 2015). The lessons that could …
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The Future of Sustainable Protein is… Complicated
- 28 octobre 2018
“The Paleoketoveganmacrofasting Diet: Stop the Madness!!!” This was the amusing title of a recent presentation by Dr. Shawn Arent, a kinesiology professor at Rutgers University. The talk was aimed at personal trainers. But for the rest of us, the title …
EN SAVOIR PLUSKhashoggi Murder Case a Test for Despots Everywhere
- 18 octobre 2018
The disappearance and possible murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is an important test case for despots everywhere. Can they get away with interrogating, kidnapping, and even assassinating their critics in other countries?
Khashoggi, a resident of the United …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLa «clause Chine» de l’AEUMC n’est pas un veto
- 18 octobre 2018
L’article 32.10 de l’accord envisagé entre les États-Unis, le Mexique et le Canada (AEUMC) a provoqué de vives critiques. Divers commentaires ont été jusqu’à dire que la clause constituait en réalité un choix entre les États-Unis et la Chine, ou …
EN SAVOIR PLUSL’ordonnance de la CIJ «l’inamicalité» Américano-Iranienne et le droit international
- 11 octobre 2018
L’ordonnance rendue par la Cour internationale de Justice (CIJ) dans l’affaire qui oppose l’Iran aux États-Unis d’Amérique n’est qu’un nouvel épisode de la saga conflictuelle, aux multiples facettes, entre ces deux États. L’Iran et les États-Unis d’Amérique, ennemis jurés depuis …
EN SAVOIR PLUSHow the 2008 Financial Crisis Helped Fuel Today’s Right-Wing Populism
- 10 octobre 2018
Ten years ago, on 3 October 2008, President George W. Bush signed the “Troubled Assets Relief Program” (TARP), promising $700 billion to support banks and companies hit by the global financial crisis. As Congress passed this historic bill, it seemed …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDevelopment Partnership Part 1: The Way of the Future
- 10 octobre 2018
A key goal for Canada is to be BACK as a credible development partner. A significant driver is the ambition of taking a UN Security Council (SC) seat in 2020. Recent signals, however, suggest some uncertainty about Canada winning …
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