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The High Price of Harper’s Foreign Policy
- 14 avril 2013
Par Bob Rae, député
John Baird’s recent trip to the Middle East—and seemingly incoherent announcements before and after—give us a chance to re-assess the Conservative government’s foreign policy.
The Reform Party’s reverse takeover of the Progressive Conservative Party, and subsequent …
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Whose Freedom Counts in Canada’s Middle East Policy?
- 18 mars 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, March 18, 2013
The profusion of official statements the Harper government issues to recognize Canadians’ diverse ethnic and religious holidays suggests a deep-seated love of all that is festive and momentous. But for the …
EN SAVOIR PLUS
Rapid Nuclear Proliferation Simply Doesn’t Happen
- 18 février 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, February 18, 2013
Among the many reasons why Iran should not acquire nuclear weapons (a sentiment with which any reasonable person must agree), one hears the argument that it would initiate a cascade …
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Next Year in Jerusalem (And Elsewhere in the Middle East)
- 1 janvier 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, December 28, 2012
A year ago, after noting that making predictions about the Middle East is a foolish endeavour, I made a series of predictions about what might happen there in 2012. To …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWar with Iran: Real, Horrific Costs, but What Benefits?
- 26 novembre 2012
by John Mundy
Publié dans le Globe and Mail, 26 novembre 2012
The Munk Debate on the question of war with Iran, to be held on Monday night in Toronto, could not be more timely. With elections finally decided …
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Egypt Can Lead Hamas to the New Middle East
- 19 novembre 2012
Publié dans le Globe and Mail, 19 novembre 2012
Slowly, painfully, fitfully, the new Middle East is emerging. Egypt is key to this, both in terms of its internal evolution and its response to regional events, such as the …
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The Iranians We Left Behind
- 26 octobre 2012
by John Mundy
Publié dans le Globe and Mail, 25 octobre 2012
When Canada closed its embassy in Tehran last month, it wasn’t just Canadian diplomats who were affected. We left behind a small number of local staff, and …
EN SAVOIR PLUSAbandoning Diplomacy with Iran: Why, and Why Now?
- 10 septembre 2012
by John Mundy
Publié dans le Globe and Mail, 10 septembre 2012
No country suspends diplomatic relations with an adversary lightly. It signals that the possibility for future dialogue is over. While it is true that Canada has not …
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Towards an International Agreement on Syria?
- 29 juin 2012
Following a long conversation between Presidents Obama and Putin at the recent G20 Summit in Mexico, U.S. officials claimed that progress had been made in identifying areas where U.S. and Russian interests coincide. “We agreed that we need to see …
EN SAVOIR PLUSÉgypte, autopsie d’une élection
- 19 juin 2012
Les derniers 18 mois de l’histoire d’Égypte prouvent combien Churchill avait raison quand il soutenait que la démocratie était le pire des systèmes jusqu’à ce que l’on en trouve un meilleur. L’Égypte prouve également que la tenue d’élections n’est qu’un …
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Is an Israeli Attack Inevitable?
- 26 février 2012
Publié dans le Ottawa Citizen, 26 février 2012
To listen to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his « best friends » Stephen Harper and John Baird, one would think that the Israeli government has made up its mind …
EN SAVOIR PLUSObama’s Diplomacy with Iran and the 2009 Election Scandal
- 25 février 2012
CIPS Policy Brief No. 14 (February 2012).
By Trita Parsi.- Barack Obama’s presidency began with a diplomatic outreach to Iran.
- However, the space for diplomacy turned out to be limited, due in part to the effects of Iran’s fraudulent 2009
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