Thinking with Maps: Geospatial Reasoning in War
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- 31 octobre 2018
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Thinking 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 PLUSUK Rendition and Torture: Lessons for Canada
- 18 juillet 2018
The British Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has produced two reports on collusion in rendition (the legal term for shipping someone from one jurisdiction to another) and torture operations in the US-led War on Terror. They remind us in blunt …
EN SAVOIR PLUSIn Defence of Liberal Internationalism?
- 15 juillet 2018
Alexandra Gheciu, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, and Associate Director of CIPS
At first glance, the recent — unprecedentedly acrimonious — G7 Summit had a silver lining: it seemed to demonstrate that …
EN SAVOIR PLUSSmall States vs. Middle Powers — What’s the Difference?
- 15 juillet 2018
Njord Wegge, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
In early June 2018, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide expressed in an interview with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) that Norway, as a “middle-sized economy,” benefited from …
EN SAVOIR PLUSRussian Expulsions: “If there was ever a time for diplomacy, this is it”
- 5 avril 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman
About 50 years ago, Swedish writers Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo created addictive detective stories rooted in sociology. The reader knew who was murdered and often learned early on who did it. The mystery to be solved …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe West Gets Tough on Russia. What’s Next?
- 29 mars 2018
Canada has now joined an international effort to punish the Russians for their role in the use of a nerve agent to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England.
Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland …
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What Canada Should Do about Russia’s New Aggression
- 16 mars 2018
The crisis between Russia and the West over the poisoning of former Russia spy Sergei Skripal, daughter, Yulia, and a British police sergeant, Nick Bailey, has now moved to the global stage of the United Nations Security Council. The crisis, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSFrom Spy Story to Global Crisis
- 16 mars 2018
The biggest crisis in relations between Russia and the West since Russian aggression in Crimea and Ukraine is now in full force. The enormity of the action that led to this crisis — the poisoning of a former Russian spy …
EN SAVOIR PLUSOld-Style Poisoning Sets the Scene for New Cold War
- 14 mars 2018
An aging Russian general and former spy is found murdered in a London park, the victim of an assassin’s gun. That’s a story straight out of a John le Carré novel. An aging Russian colonel and former spy is discovered, …
EN SAVOIR PLUS“A parade like the one in France”: A Reflection on Militarism Today
- 8 février 2018
According to The Washington Post, US President Donald Trump has asked the Department of Defense to plan for a military parade later this year. The date is yet to be set, but it is likely to be either July …
EN SAVOIR PLUS“Returned Extremist Travellers”: The Small Numbers Problem for Canada, Part 1
- 18 janvier 2018
On 21 December, the Public Safety department released the government’s “Terrorist Threat to Canada” report for 2017 to no fanfare and little media attention. If you want something to get no attention, send it out just before the Christmas holidays. …
EN SAVOIR PLUS“Returned Extremist Travellers”: The Small Numbers Problem for Canada, Part 2
- 18 janvier 2018
The key to a successful response to RETs is knowing who they are and when they will reach your shores. Impossible though this seems, real opportunities for identifying the IS fighter cadre …
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