Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019
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- 19 décembre 2018
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Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019
- 19 décembre 2018
By Stéphanie Bacher
Over the past year, Canada has taken some important steps to promote and protect human rights abroad. However, the picture is not as rosy as often presented by the government, and Canada still has a long way …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTrudeau Government, Canadian Foreign Policy, and Public Opinion: A One-Year Assessment
- 12 octobre 2016
With an approval rate oscillating at around 70% and voting intentions at around 50%, it is fair to say that the Trudeau government has enjoyed wide public support during its first year in power. However, overall positive impressions do not …
EN SAVOIR PLUSAfghanistan’s Schools Under Real Threat – Donor Nations Won’t Admit It
- 10 octobre 2016
Classes began at the highly secured and protected campus of the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) in Kabul on August 24, even as tensions continued over the earlier abduction of two of the university’s professors.
Suddenly there was the sound …
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No, Yemen’s Houthis actually aren’t Iranian puppets
- 1 juin 2016
For years, mounting instability had many predicting the collapse of Yemen. These forecasts became reality in 2014 when years of accumulated tension pushed the country into civil war. On one side is an alliance of the Houthis, a …
EN SAVOIR PLUSBack to Tehran: Strategies for success
- 27 novembre 2015
Par John Mundy
It won’t be easy for Canada to re-establish diplomatic relations with Iran, but it’s worth the trouble.
In September 2012, the Harper government suspended diplomatic relations with Iran, closed the Canadian embassy in Tehran and expelled Iran’s …
EN SAVOIR PLUSL’aide+ du Canada aux États fragiles et aux sociétés en conflit : De la crise à l’opportunité ?
- 17 novembre 2015
Par Stephen Baranyi
L’arrivée d’un nouveau gouvernement à Ottawa offre au Canada la possibilité de se repositionner dans les États fragiles et les sociétés en conflit (ÉFSC) comme l’Afghanistan, Haïti et le Soudan du Sud – où persistent de faibles …
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Why Does the Reconciliation between Israel and Military Intellectuals Matter?
- 14 octobre 2015
Par Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard
Appointing a new Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner rarely stirs up controversy, but in Israel it can easily turn into a media storm. This might not come as a surprise. Israel has an assault rate of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSMissing Indictments in the Case of Maher Arar
- 10 septembre 2015
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have laid a criminal charge against George Salloum, director of the Far Falestin prison in Damascus, Syria, where Maher Arar was tortured in 2002-03. At the same time, the Mounties issued an …
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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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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 PLUSCanadian Mission Creep in Iraq? A CIPS Debate – Part 3
- 30 janvier 2015
by Philippe Lagassé
For Parts 1 and 2 of this CIPS debate, see the posts by Roland Paris and Thomas Juneau.
Published on Canadian Defense Politics, January 29, 2015
Did the Prime Minister mislead the House of Commons …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada’s Iran Policy: Reckless Rhetoric and More Out of Step Than Ever
- 19 juin 2014
by John Mundy
Published in the Globe and Mail, June 19, 2014
Canada has a dysfunctional relationship with Iran and our government is proud of it. That is the underlying message of Foreign Minister John Baird’s latest statements about …
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