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New Peacekeeping Plan a Missed Opportunity for Canada
- Analysis
- September 1, 2016
The Liberal government released on Friday its much anticipated policy on peace-support operations. On paper, this is good news. In practice, it is disappointing: Remove the hype, and the new policy mostly amounts to tinkering with what was already in place. The policy is built on three pillars. Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion, first, announced the
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Putting Canada’s Peacekeeping Ambitions in Perspective
- Analysis
- August 17, 2016
Critics have pounced on Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s multi-country African odyssey in search of an appropriate peacekeeping mission for the Canadian Forces. The critics have a point. Even with distinguished Canadians on board, this is a silly way to run foreign policy: a blatant appeal to the Liberal party’s base and a nostalgic longing for
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Britain’s Chilcot Report: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Foreign Policy Formulation
- Analysis
- August 17, 2016
On 6 July 2016, the fourth and most exhaustive British inquiry on the Iraq war — after the Intelligence and Security Committee Report (2003), the Lord Butler Review (2004), and the Lord Hutton Inquiry (2004) — this one chaired by Sir John Chilcot, tabled its massive report after a seven-year study. Most media comment
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Between Past and Future: Canada’s Next Role in International Democracy Assistance
- Analysis
- July 29, 2016
by Gerald J. Schmitz Where can Canada go from here in re-establishing its role as a partner in promoting democracy? Let us focus on four main areas: Parliament’s role, research capacity, stable funding, and healthy democracy at home. Parliament’s Role as an Incubator of Ideas As a matter of historical record, Parliament and its committees
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