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- 15 juillet 2018
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One Thing Trump is Right About
- 20 janvier 2017
Throughout the Cold War, the amount of military violence worldwide grew steadily, reaching a peak in 1992. A major reason was interference by the superpowers in local conflicts. The proxy wars that resulted when the United States and the Soviet …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhat is Montenegro to NATO Now?
- 13 janvier 2017
Montenegro’s accession to full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) took a major step forward this week as the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the Balkan country’s membership bid. President-elect Donald Trump has yet to tweet …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe Liberal Democratic World Order Is Falling Apart
- 13 janvier 2017
As a new year opens across the globe, the post-Second-World-War order and the global rule of law are losing out to the rule of individual men. From Russia to China to the EU, authoritarian rule is tightening its grip.
In …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada has an Opportunity to be the Voice of Reason on Syria
- 6 janvier 2017
“‘Does this road lead to Aleppo?’ Your answer can be ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Your opinion doesn’t make it so. Consult a map before you go!” The question in this poem was first posed by the 13th-century Persian poet, Rumi. If …
EN SAVOIR PLUSGender and Peacebuilding: Trudeau Can Do More to Support Gender Rights in Africa
- 1 décembre 2016
By Dr. Annie Bunting
With the Canadian government about to confirm the deployment of peacekeepers to Africa (likely to Mali), and Prime Minister Trudeau’s recent visit to Liberia and address to the Francophonie on the centrality of the rights of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSGlobal nightmare, false alarm — or a first step to a new geopolitical order?
- 22 novembre 2016
We have had a few days now to calm our jangling nerves. President-elect Trump has already had a civilized conversation with President Obama and “promised” to keep a couple of features from Obamacare. But he is going to be an …
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Trump’s mixed signals threaten stability
- 20 novembre 2016
The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States has ushered in a period of unsettling uncertainty in international affairs. He has called the foundations of American foreign policy into question, but his precise intentions remain mysterious.
If …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTrump’s victory means major security shocks for Canada
- 16 novembre 2016
The shock effect of Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential campaign will reach and shake the bedrock of Canadian national security policy. Maybe not right away, maybe not always visibly, but a Trump presidency has enormous implications for Canada’s …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDiplomacy should be at heart of defence policy
- 2 septembre 2016
By Stéfanie Von Hlatky and Thomas Juneau
On August 2, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan tweeted his thanks to Canadians who participated in the defence policy review consultations during the last four months. Over 20,200 submissions were received through the online …
EN SAVOIR PLUSNew peacekeeping plan a missed opportunity for Canada
- 1 septembre 2016
The Liberal government released on Friday its much anticipated policy on peace-support operations. On paper, this is good news. In practice, it is disappointing: Remove the hype, and the new policy mostly amounts to tinkering with what was already in …
EN SAVOIR PLUSPutting Canada’s Peacekeeping Ambitions in Perspective
- 17 août 2016
Critics have pounced on Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s multi-country African odyssey in search of an appropriate peacekeeping mission for the Canadian Forces. The critics have a point. Even with distinguished Canadians on board, this is a silly way to …
EN SAVOIR PLUSBritain’s Chilcot Report: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Foreign Policy Formulation
- 17 août 2016
On 6 July 2016, the fourth and most exhaustive British inquiry on the Iraq war — after the Intelligence and Security Committee Report (2003), the Lord Butler Review (2004), and the Lord Hutton Inquiry (2004) — this one chaired …
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