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Belief, Not Principle, Guiding Canada’s Mideast Policy
- 24 janvier 2014
There has been a good deal of debate regarding Prime Minister Harper’s visit to Israel, and in particular his speech to the Israeli Knesset. Supporters of the government trumpet what they see as a triumphant Prime Ministerial tour, one that …
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Canada and Bangladesh: Beyond Rana Plaza
- 20 janvier 2014
By Alicia Dobson and Stephen Baranyi
This essay, along with the ones by Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy and by Syed Sajjadur Rahman, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out of Fragility symposium held at the University of Ottawa on November 26, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhy is Ottawa Accelerating its International Aid Budget Cuts by Stealth?
- 14 janvier 2014
by Bruce Montador
The Harper government started two years ago to cut back on official development assistance (ODA), announcing in 2012 a three-year series of cuts (even if Canada is among the donor countries least under fiscal pressure to cut …
EN SAVOIR PLUSChecking Whose Reality? Contra Burney/Hampson on Canada’s Mideast Policy
- 11 janvier 2014
Writing last week in the Globe and Mail (“Canada and the Middle East – A reality check”), Derek Burney and Fen Hampson aim to “set the record straight” regarding the Harper government’s diplomacy in the Middle East. Their effort …
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Passports Are Powerful Tools
- 10 janvier 2014
In A Thousand Farewells, her memoir of covering civil unrest and war in the Middle East, Canadian reporter Nahlah Ayed writes about the striking reception her citizenship received in that region. The Winnipeg-born daughter of Palestinian immigrants, Ayed found …
EN SAVOIR PLUSA Response to Derek Burney on Canada’s Foreign Policy
- 3 janvier 2014
A January 2nd op-ed in the Globe and Mail (republished in the CIPS Blog) on the current foreign policy of the Conservatives generated a lot of responses. Many were supportive, and others were quite critical. That is …
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Why Did It Take So Long to (Sort of) Finalize the CETA?
- 3 janvier 2014
In the fall of 2013 the Government of Canada finally announced that it had finalized (sort of) an agreement with the European Union for a comprehensive trade and economic agreement. I say “sort of” since all that was released was …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada’s Bitter, Small-Minded Foreign Policy
- 2 janvier 2014
A foreign policy comprises many things. Interests, however defined, often dominate. But values must also be present if that policy is to be more than a series of transactions. Canada has always been a curious country when it comes to …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDemocracy or the « Almighty Dollar » – Do We Need to Choose?
- 1 janvier 2014
by Gerd Schönwälder
When the Harper government made the interests of Canada’s business community its top foreign policy priority last month, effectively sidelining traditional Canadian concerns such as democratic development, good governance, or human security, some observers were quick to …
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Transatlantic Free Trade: Not a Novel Idea at All
- 19 décembre 2013
The benefits of the Conservative government’s recently signed trade deal with the European Union are going to be unknown for some time. It will take an army of economists, lawyers and political scientists to assess the pros and cons of …
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Shining Light on Harper’s Darkling Mideast Outlook
- 12 décembre 2013
When a private citizen holds a world view filled with forces of light and darkness, with heroes and villains and mystical bonds tying fates together, that’s generally her own business. When that person is the Prime Minister of Canada, however, …
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Stephen Harper and a ‘Rising Canada’
- 12 décembre 2013
By Colin Robertson, Vice President, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
Stephen Harper aims to position Canada as a ‘rising power’. While protecting our privileged access to the USA, Canada under Harper’s leadership actively seeks new markets for our goods …
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