• The Summer of Cyber Attacks

    The Summer of Cyber Attacks

    Published in the Ottawa Sun, July 3, 2015 Two things can be said about Ottawa’s summer, so far. One is that it has been wet; the other is that it’s been raining cyber attacks on federal government websites. The most recent have been nuisance attacks on the website of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, conducted

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  • For Greece, Voting No to Euro Would Mean Five Years of Austerity Wasted

    For Greece, Voting No to Euro Would Mean Five Years of Austerity Wasted

    Published in the Globe and Mail, July 3, 2015 On Sunday, Greeks will vote in a referendum on whether they want their country to stay inside the euro area and possibly the European Union. To avoid economic calamity and making the past five years a complete waste of time, energy, money and even people, Greeks

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  • Reaching New Levels of Human Insecurity

    Reaching New Levels of Human Insecurity

    Published by the CDA Institute, June 30, 2015 According to the Global Trends Report released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on 18 June 2015, the forcible displacement of people is at the highest level ever recorded. The report indicated that the number of people displaced at the end of 2014 had risen

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  • Who Speaks for Canada, Spies or Diplomats?

    Who Speaks for Canada, Spies or Diplomats?

    By Daniel Livermore and Paul Heinbecker Published in the Globe and Mail, June 29, 2015 Bills C-51 and C-44 are now law. They are also trouble waiting to happen, because Canada’s political leadership has loosened the reins on CSIS abroad, with little oversight and less review, leaving everyone in charge – and no one. The

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