Royaume-Uni

Backwards, March! Brexit, CANZUK, and the Legacy of Empire
- 17 janvier 2019
By Duncan Bell and Srdjan Vucetic

It was coined in the 1950s, but the term CANZUK — a union (or alliance or pact) of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom — has been repurposed in the wake of …
Par Srdjan Vucetic
Commonwealth, Échange international, Europe, Politique étrangère canadienne, Relations internationales, Royaume-Uni
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UK Rendition and Torture: Lessons for Canada
- 18 juillet 2018
The British Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has produced two reports on collusion in rendition (the legal term for shipping someone from one jurisdiction to another) and torture operations in the US-led War on Terror. They remind us in blunt …
Par Daniel Livermore
Défense et intelligence, Droits de la personne, Royaume-Uni
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Russian Expulsions: “If there was ever a time for diplomacy, this is it”
- 5 avril 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman

About 50 years ago, Swedish writers Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo created addictive detective stories rooted in sociology. The reader knew who was murdered and often learned early on who did it. The mystery to be solved …
Par CIPS
Défense et intelligence, Guerre froide, Relations internationales, Royaume-Uni, Russie
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The West Gets Tough on Russia. What’s Next?
- 29 mars 2018
Canada has now joined an international effort to punish the Russians for their role in the use of a nerve agent to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England.

Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland …
Par Wesley Wark
Défense et intelligence, Guerre froide, Royaume-Uni, Russie
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What Canada Should Do about Russia’s New Aggression
- 16 mars 2018
The crisis between Russia and the West over the poisoning of former Russia spy Sergei Skripal, daughter, Yulia, and a British police sergeant, Nick Bailey, has now moved to the global stage of the United Nations Security Council. The crisis, …
Par Wesley Wark
Défense et intelligence, Guerre froide, Royaume-Uni, Russie
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From Spy Story to Global Crisis
- 16 mars 2018
The biggest crisis in relations between Russia and the West since Russian aggression in Crimea and Ukraine is now in full force. The enormity of the action that led to this crisis — the poisoning of a former Russian spy …
Par Wesley Wark
Défense et intelligence, Guerre froide, Royaume-Uni, Russie
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Old-Style Poisoning Sets the Scene for New Cold War
- 14 mars 2018
An aging Russian general and former spy is found murdered in a London park, the victim of an assassin’s gun. That’s a story straight out of a John le Carré novel. An aging Russian colonel and former spy is discovered, …
Par Wesley Wark
Défense et intelligence, Guerre froide, Royaume-Uni, Russie
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Theresa 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 …
Par Wesley Wark
Royaume-Uni, Sécurité internationale
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