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The Iran Deal Has Two Kinds of Critics
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- April 10, 2015
Published in the Globe and Mail, April 8, 2015 The framework for a deal on Iran’s nuclear program goes further than many had predicted. If translated into a final agreement – a very big “if” – it would give solid and verifiable assurance that Tehran could not “break out” to a nuclear weapon in less
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Ali Khamenei and the 47 Senators: A Letter and its Legal Consequences
- Analysis
- April 1, 2015
“Writing letters, however, means to denude oneself before the ghosts,” wrote Franz Kafka in his “Letters to Milena”. The open letter from 47 U.S. senators to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stripped them bare, not in front of ghosts, but in front of the international legal and political community. This letter includes, between the lines, three messages of contempt: contempt for
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There’s Weirder Stuff Than Niqabs at Stake in the Citizenship Oath
- Analysis
- March 30, 2015
It was reported with mild fanfare this week that new rules of royal succession have come into effect, with all Commonwealth countries now assenting to give girls equal standing in the British monarchy’s line of succession. However, a group of legal experts is challenging the validity of Canada’s assent in Quebec Superior Court, arguing that
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L’émergence du smart power transatlantique
- Analysis
- March 30, 2015
Par Michael E. Lambert, chercheur invité au Centre d’études en politiques internationales L’année 2015 s’impose comme celle des négociations sur la mise en place du TTIP et du rapprochement entre les États-Unis et l’Union européenne. Dans les faits, le Traité transatlantique est présenté comme un moyen de stimuler l’économie européenne et américaine. Dans la pratique,
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