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Canada’s spy watchdogs: Good, but not good enough
- 5 février 2016
The tabling in Parliament this past week of the annual reports of Canada’s two spy watchdog agencies conveys a hidden message. The message is that the existing system to hold intrusive intelligence gathering agencies to account is working; in fact, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSReconcilable Differences? Rethinking NATO’s Strategy
- 16 novembre 2015
Par Alexandra Gheciu
NATO has just announced that it will soon put forward proposals for a new « southern strategy, » in response to growing instability in the Middle East and Russia’s growing military presence south of the Bosphorus. According …
EN SAVOIR PLUSHow Ottawa Fails to Meet the Security Challenge
- 13 octobre 2015
…EN SAVOIR PLUSBy Kent Roach and Craig Forcese
In responding to last year’s terrorist attacks, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised his government would not over-react, but also would not under-react, to the ISIS terrorist threat. Unfortunately his government proceeded to do
North Korea: Testing China’s Patience
- 7 octobre 2015
Postcard from North Korea
Photo: John Pavelka, Creative Commons LicenseAnniversaries have always been important in Socialist countries.
For the people, it means a day off from the humdrum of workaday life with maybe an extra ration of meat or …
EN SAVOIR PLUSMaking Peace in a Divided World: New Roles for the United Nations?
- 1 octobre 2015
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By Richard Gowan
There is no more annoying phrase in discussions of international affairs than “If the United Nations did not exist, we would have to invent it!” It is certainly true that the world urgently …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada’s Defence Spending Is Now Less than Half of NATO’s Target
- 24 septembre 2015
Last year I blogged about the decline in Canadian military spending as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The most recent figures at that time were for 2013. I noted that defence spending had fallen to 1.00 percent of …
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Why Can’t Canada Get National Security Law Right?
- 11 juin 2015
By Craig Forcese and Kent Roach
Published in The Walrus, June 9, 2015
Bill C-51—also known as the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015—has now passed Parliament, and its effect on the Canadian legal landscape will be radical. To update those who …
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Iran’s Failed Foreign Policy: Dealing From a Position of Weakness
- 8 mai 2015
Adapted from a report published by the Middle East Institute
Iran’s ambition is to be the dominant state in the Persian Gulf and an indispensable regional power in the broader Middle East. This is a plausible aspiration. Iran’s potential assets …
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L’émergence de l’Union européenne comme puissance militaire au XXIème siècle
- 21 avril 2015
Par Michael E. Lambert, chercheur invité au Centre d’études en politiques internationales
Published on the CDA Security and Defence Blog, April 21, 2015
L’Europe apparait aujourd’hui comme la principale promotrice du dialogue pour solutionner les conflits, en témoigne le …
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In Search of Enhanced Defence Cooperation in Europe
- 20 avril 2015
On April 9, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland agreed on closer defense ties and increased solidarity with the Baltic states, in a move designed to enhance regional security through deterrence. In a joint declaration, the defense ministers of four …
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Accord sur le nucléaire iranien : le vrai Nobel d’Obama
- 16 avril 2015
Published in La Presse, April 8, 2015
L’accord sur le nucléaire conclu entre le groupe de pays P5+1** et l’Iran est un événement historique compte tenu de la distance politique, sociologique, idéologique et humaine entre les deux camps et …
EN SAVOIR PLUSC-51 Has Sparked a Much-Needed Conversation About Security and Rights
- 27 mars 2015
Published in the Globe and Mail, March 25, 2015
The best thing that might come out of Bill C-51, the government’s proposed new anti-terrorism legislation, will not be the bill itself, certainly not if it passes through the House …
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