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Analyzing Afghanistan, Part 1: Lessons from SIGAR
- Analysis
- May 16, 2017
Canada has already invested 15 years, billions of dollars, and over 160 human lives to secure and stabilize the fragile state of Afghanistan. Equivalent efforts, however, have not been made to assess the effectiveness of Canada’s involvement; nor have the lessons learned in Afghanistan been appropriately recorded, not only for dissemination to the Canadian public
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The Politics of Border Security in the Sahel
- Analysis
- May 9, 2017
By Philippe M. Frowd A casual observer of the Sahel could be forgiven for understanding this region of West Africa as a space of threat: radicalization, terrorism, massive population growth, and irregular migration all grab the headlines. This vision is visible in the policy world, too: one only needs to glance at the ever-expanding number
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Geopolitical Policy Challenges on a New Canadian Path, Part 2: The New Leadership and Canada
- Analysis
- May 3, 2017
Following on Part 1, this section extends the discussion of disrupting factors to explore what could be key changes and how Canada might respond to a new global order. For Part 1 of this post, click here. Canadian public policy could constructively support further enhancements to the G20: a broader mandate and more inclusive membership, as
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Geopolitical Policy Challenges on a New Canadian Path, Part 1: New Disrupting Forces
- Analysis
- May 3, 2017
Canada needs to move beyond a policy perspective largely shaped by relations with the US and EU and build upon partnerships with the Global South. The future is always hard to predict, but we already know that there is a new human disrupter at work on Planet Earth. Unfortunately for Canada, he lives just to our
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