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Will the New Defence Review be “Open and Transparent”?
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- December 21, 2015
By Srdjan Vucetic The Trudeau government is giving itself twelve months to come up with a new defence document—most likely a Strategy, but quite possibly a White Paper combined with a Statement. Apart from setting out Department of National Defence (DND) priorities, activities, and budget estimates for many years to come, this document will also
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‘Are there any women here?’ Gender Representations in Hyena Road.
- Analysis
- December 11, 2015
By David Mutimer In 2010 Christopher Dornan argued that “Alone among G8 nations, Canada apparently has no great appetite for making war movies.” While that observation is probably still apt, it is perhaps a little less true than it was at the time. Earlier this year, Paul Gross released the second of his Canadian war movies,
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West Politicizes IMF to Support Ukraine
- Analysis
- December 10, 2015
By Paul Robinson Power is shifting worldwide. As previously less developed economies grow at a faster rate than those of the West, Western states are becoming relatively less powerful. It is in the West’s interest, therefore, to use the years of financial, political, and military dominance which remain to it, to embed other rising powers
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Welcoming Syrians, detaining others
- Analysis
- December 8, 2015
By Philippe Bourbeau The newly elected Trudeau government seems to be moving quickly on one of its promises made during the federal election campaign: to accept 25,000 Syrians by January 1, 2016. On November 9, while announcing the formation of a sub-committee of cabinet ministers to expedite the refugee initiative, the minister for Immigration, Refugees
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