Middle East

Why ISIL Both Destroys and Exploits the Middle East’s Antiquities
- 27 mai 2015
On May 20, forces of ISIL (the terrorist organization Islamic State in Iraq and in the Levant, also known as IS or ISIS) managed to take control of the Syrian city of Palmyra. The city, which has a population of …
Par Costanza Musu
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CIDA’s Summative Evaluation and On-the-ground Realities in Afghanistan
- 21 mai 2015
In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel to discuss the …
Par Nipa Banerjee
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Reflections on Gender in the DFATD Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program
- 18 mai 2015
By Sarah Tuckey

In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel…
Par CIPS
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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 …
Par Thomas Juneau
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DFATD’s Evaluation of Canadian Aid to Afghanistan: A Missed Opportunity
- 7 mai 2015
In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel to discuss the …
Par Christoph Zuercher
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Learning from the Evaluation of Canada’s Engagement in Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities
- 6 mai 2015
In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel to discuss the …
Par Stephen Baranyi
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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 …
Par Ferry de Kerckhove
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Ali Khamenei and the 47 Senators: A Letter and its Legal Consequences
- 1 avril 2015
“Writing letters, however, means to denude oneself before the ghosts,” wrote Franz Kafka in his « Letters to Milena ». The open letter from 47 U.S. senators to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stripped them bare, not in front of ghosts, …
Par Jabeur Fathally
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Yes, With Conditions, To War in Iraq
- 26 mars 2015
Published in the National Post, March 23, 2015

The Harper government is expected to announce this week that it will renew — and possibly expand to Syria — its commitment to the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of …
Par Thomas Juneau
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To Understand International Security, Consider Social Relations
- 5 mars 2015
By Jarrod Hayes, School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech

The world is a complex place. Social tides ebb and flow, diverse social systems interacting with agency to produce an ever-shifting mix of international challenges. This is all the more …
Par CIPS
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La relation israélo-américaine : le danger Netanyahou
- 1 mars 2015
Quand Susan Rice a dit à Charlie Rose que l’insistance de Netanyahou à vouloir parler au congrès américain du danger que représentent les négociations avec l’Iran et ainsi à vouloir saboter les efforts du président Obama, « avait un effet …
Par Ferry de Kerckhove
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John Baird’s Middle East Legacy
- 10 février 2015
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by Daniel Livermore, David Petrasek, Colin Robertson and Ferry de Kerckhove.

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Par Peter Jones
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