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Lest We Forget Why We Fought World War I
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- November 7, 2018
Lauchlan T. Munro School of International Development and Global Studies On Remembrance Day, I think of my two grandfathers and my two great uncles who served in the Canadian army in World War I. I remember their sacrifice. But I do not remember World War I as the Government of Canada would have me remember
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Lessons from Canadian Involvement in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- Analysis
- November 1, 2018
As Stephen Brown noted in a recent blog, much of the media commentary on the latest Peer Review of Canada’s development co-operation has focused on its recommendations to increase spending and implement the Feminist International Assistance Policy. Brown reminds us that the Peer Review makes other useful recommendations to improve the quality of Canadian aid
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Thinking with Maps: Geospatial Reasoning in War
- Analysis
- October 31, 2018
by Antoine Bousquet Visual representations of space have long served a role in military affairs, assisting the strategic planning of campaigns, the design and placement of defensive fortifications, and navigation in unfamiliar territory. Yet it is only in the past couple of centuries that the military map has taken centre stage as an indispensable medium for
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Canada’s Lessons in Afghanistan Not Recorded and Not Learned: Part 1
- Analysis
- October 29, 2018
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko’s assessment of American lessons learned in Afghanistan is similar to that of Canada, except that our findings are not based on systematic and independent review. Canada lacks appropriate monitoring and evaluation of its ongoing efforts in Afghanistan, and public knowledge of the success or failure of
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