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5 Myths About the Five Eyes
By Srdjan Vucetic and Hager Ben Jaffel There are persistent misunderstandings about what the intelligence partnership is, and what it actually does. Linking Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, the Five Eyes is a club that plays in a league of its own. Starting in the middle years of the 20th century, the
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250 Years Later, Canada is Still Facing the “51st State” Challenge
On July 4, 2026, the United States celebrated the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. For Americans, this is a moment to reflect on what their country has accomplished, from the amazing (e.g., the airplane, the moon landing, semiconductors) to the horrible (e.g., slavery, Jim Crow laws, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ICE).
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Canada Leads in the Deployment of Women Police Officers to International Peace Operations
On March 30, 2026, the Gender, Peace and Development Research Network at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies hosted a screening of A War Movie (Casques bleuEs), a cinéma vérité documentary that follows Canadian women peacekeepers deployed as part of the United Nations Specialized Police Team to combat sexual violence in the
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Trump, Africa, Critical Minerals and the Global Order
The Davos speech by Prime Minister Mark Carney was a watershed moment in the history of Canada. It was the public affirmation that the global order constructed over the post-war period, which facilitated US hegemony and benefited Canada, was being weaponized as a tool of domination and subordination. However, this was not news to many
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