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Defence Review: A Realistic Plan That’s Bound to Disappoint
- Analysis
- June 14, 2017
The Liberal government finally released on June 7, after 18 months of anticipation, its new defence policy. As with any other official policy document, and especially defence policies, it is important to remember that its value is limited. A comparison of recent defence policies — the last ones were released in 2008, 2005, and 1994
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Theresa May’s Use of “Critical” Threat Level is a Double-Edged Sword
- Analysis
- June 14, 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 that has happened on only two previous occasions since the 9/11 attacks. It has also
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A New Defence Policy for a New World Disorder?
- Analysis
- June 12, 2017
Today’s world is sometimes described as “post-truth, post-West, post-order.” This week Canada received three maps for navigating it: first the House of Commons foreign policy speech by Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, then the Defence Policy Review, and finally the International Development Review. Of the three, the second has gained the most headlines, the
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- External
- June 6, 2017
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