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Canada Doubling Down on Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula
- 11 décembre 2017
By John Gruetzner
Canada has announced that it is co-hosting a 16-nation summit with the United States early next year to explore options to engage North Korea. Prime Minister Trudeau is also likely to meet this month with US Secretary …
EN SAVOIR PLUSOttawa Needs to Re-Evaluate the Mission in Iraq
- 1 novembre 2017
The Canadian government announced last Friday that it is temporarily suspending its mission to train Iraqi and Iraqi Kurdish forces given growing tension between the two sides. Ottawa should take this opportunity to carefully consider its next steps: because of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSNo Easy Route to Nuclear Disarmament
- 11 octobre 2017
Last week, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a campaign group seeking a global ban on nuclear arms. The award to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) surprised many observers, particularly in a year when the architects …
EN SAVOIR PLUSJust Don’t Share, Except With Care
- 26 septembre 2017
The federal government’s Public Safety Department has just released a bombshell ministerial directive dealing with the sensitive issue of intelligence sharing in cases that might involve torture. This issue has long and delicate roots, reaching back to the terrible case …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada Needs a Wait-and-See Approach on Afghanistan
- 1 septembre 2017
By Lindsay Rodman
Will US President Donald Trump’s new plan for Afghanistan pull Canada back into a war that many deem a “lost cause”? Mr. Trump explicitly invited other nations to contribute in support of his new plan. Although Prime …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe Case of Omar Khadr
- 13 juillet 2017
The Omar Khadr case is again front-page news following the settlement of his longstanding lawsuit against the Canadian government. The news has elicited a wide range of comments from the usual suspects. I was among a small group in Foreign …
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NATO: A Liberal Alliance in an Increasingly Illiberal World?
- 9 juillet 2017
By Alexandra Gheciu
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
In recent weeks, we have witnessed a number of developments designed to signal NATO’s persistent — arguably reinvigorated — role as the key security institution of the …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLiberals’ Bold Bill C-59 Would Redraw the National Security Landscape
- 21 juin 2017
The Liberal government has finally introduced long-awaited reforms to national security legislation, fulfilling a promise to roll back the Harper government’s anti-terrorism measures and put its own stamp on security policy. These reforms are part of a last-minute surge of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDefence Review: A Realistic Plan That’s Bound to Disappoint
- 14 juin 2017
The Liberal government finally released on June 7, after 18 months of anticipation, its new defence policy. As with any other official policy document, and especially defence policies, it is important to remember that its value is limited. A comparison …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTheresa May’s use of “critical” threat level is a double-edged sword
- 14 juin 2017
In the wake of the vicious suicide bombing in Manchester, the British government under Prime Minister Theresa May has temporarily suspended an election campaign and done two extraordinary things. It has raised the terrorism threat level to “critical” — something …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe Politics of Border Security in the Sahel
- 9 mai 2017
By Philippe M. Frowd
A casual observer of the Sahel could be forgiven for understanding this region of West Africa as a space of threat: radicalization, terrorism, massive population growth, and irregular migration all grab the headlines. …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhat Joining the Arms Trade Treaty Means for Canada
- 24 avril 2017
The government of Canada is about to accede to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the first and only legally binding treaty designed to regulate the multibillion-dollar global arms trade. On April 13, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the introduction …
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