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The Forgotten Vision of Co-operative Security from Vancouver to Vladivostok
- Analysis
- February 8, 2016
A few days ago, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced that advanced weaponry, a reinvestment in Europe, and an overall focus on great-power rivalry would define the final defense budget of the Obama Administration. The proposed budget is designed to enable the U.S. to address defense challenges emanating from China, North Korea, a post-nuclear-deal Iran,
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Canada’s spy watchdogs: Good, but not good enough
- Analysis
- February 5, 2016
The tabling in Parliament this past week of the annual reports of Canada’s two spy watchdog agencies conveys a hidden message. The message is that the existing system to hold intrusive intelligence gathering agencies to account is working; in fact, it is working better than ever. This message will please the Conservative party and may
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Interview: Margaret Biggs and John McArthur – Welcoming a new era of global development
- News
- February 2, 2016
This post originally appeared on the Open Canada blog. In the months following the election of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, there has been much debate in academic and public policy circles as to what Canada’s priorities should be when it comes to its international engagement and presence in world affairs. In this vein, the Centre for
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The AU Summit: Do Not Be Fooled
- Analysis
- February 1, 2016
If your main source of information about the world is the Canadian media, you probably did not register that the African Union’s 26th Summit took place in Addis Ababa this weekend. Causing barely a ripple on the Canadian airwaves, it might be tempting to dismiss the summit as an irrelevant gathering of dithering heads of
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