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Counterterrorism: Is it Working?
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- May 28, 2015
Published in the Globe and Mail, May 25, 2015 The Islamic State terrorist group now commands the greatest army of foreign mercenaries in modern history. Current estimates of its size range from 20,000 foreign fighters to a Central Intelligence Agency figure of 31,000. This army of fighters is essential to IS’s battlefield power, at least
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Why ISIL Both Destroys and Exploits the Middle East’s Antiquities
- Analysis
- May 27, 2015
On May 20, forces of ISIL (the terrorist organization Islamic State in Iraq and in the Levant, also known as IS or ISIS) managed to take control of the Syrian city of Palmyra. The city, which has a population of 50,000, is of importance for its strategic position near gas fields and roads that cross
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CIDA’s Summative Evaluation and On-the-ground Realities in Afghanistan
- Analysis
- May 21, 2015
In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel to discuss the evaluation’s methods, findings and recommendations. This series of blog posts by Nipa Banerjee, Stephen Baranyi, Sarah
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Reflections on Gender in the DFATD Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program
- Analysis
- May 18, 2015
By Sarah Tuckey In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel to discuss the evaluation’s methods, findings and recommendations. This series of blog posts by Nipa Banerjee,
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