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Transitional Justice As Subterfuge

Mis en ligne le par Stephen Brown

Transitional justice is trendy. After a civil war or political transition, the new government will often announce one or more of a variety of mechanisms for dealing with the past, such as a special tribunal or a truth commission. What outsi… Suite

Natalie Brender
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A Role to Reclaim: Canada as Honest Broker

Mis en ligne le par Natalie Brender

Speaking on Middle East issues at an Ottawa synagogue in April, interim Liberal leader Bob Rae noted that the current impasse in peace talks between Israel and Palestinians offers an opening for constructive Canadian engagement. On his r… Suite

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Fewer Eyes on the Spies: Going Backwards on Accountability

Mis en ligne le par Craig Forcese

By now it has been widely reported that the Tory government will be abolishing the Office of the Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.  This astonishing development appeared suddenly from the ether, buried in… Suite

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Archive des certificats annuels de l’inspecteur général du SCRS

Mis en ligne le par admin

Le Bureau de l’inspecteur général du Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité (SCRC) a été crée en 1984, en vertu de la même loi qui a crée le SCRS. Le modèle était basé sur celui de la pratique américaine des inspecteurs généraux qui fon… Suite

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Two Priorities for the Canadian Forces

Mis en ligne le par Roland Paris

How should we define the priorities of the Canadian Forces? Steve Saideman raises this question in his latest post. In my view, the CF should have two overriding missions: first, the protection of Canada’s coastlines and airspace (along w… Suite

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Foreign Policy Is Not Just Defence

Mis en ligne le par Roland Paris

I welcome the opportunity to kick off this series on the future of the Canadian Forces (CF), not least because the series invites a broader discussion of the role of the military and the Department of National Defence (DND) in Canadian forei… Suite

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Boosting Canada’s Latin American Strategy

Mis en ligne le par Daniel Livermore

The recent Latin American Summit in Cartagena didn’t generate much media coverage in Canada. It eventually broke down with controversies over drug policy and Cuba, and was even hijacked by a minor scandal involving the U.S. Secret Servic… Suite

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Le président afghan Hamid Karzai approuve le Dialogue d’Ottawa

Mis en ligne le par admin

Le Dialogue d’Ottawa est un processus informel auquel participe un groupe éminent de hauts dirigeants à la retraite et de hauts gradés militaires de l’Inde, du Pakistan et de l’Afghanistan. Il est mené par Peter Jones, professeur à l’Écol… Suite

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What to Do With Khadr

Mis en ligne le par Wesley Wark

Publié dans le Ottawa Citizen, 19 avril 2012 The Conservative government has now run out of wiggle room in the case of Omar Khadr, the son of the notorious Canadian al-Qaeda loyalist, Ahmed Said Khadr. Omar was a child soldier, left behind in… Suite

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“One China” as Floating Signifier: the Benefits of Diplomatic Ambiguity

Mis en ligne le par Scott Simon

When Canada recognized the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1970, the Joint Communiqué stated, “The Chinese Government reaffirms that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China. The Canadian Gove… Suite