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In Search of Enhanced Defence Cooperation in Europe
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- April 20, 2015
On April 9, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland agreed on closer defense ties and increased solidarity with the Baltic states, in a move designed to enhance regional security through deterrence. In a joint declaration, the defense ministers of four Nordic states and the foreign minister of Iceland insisted that, given Russia’s growing assertiveness, Northern
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Accord sur le nucléaire iranien : le vrai Nobel d’Obama
- Analysis
- April 16, 2015
Published in La Presse, April 8, 2015 L’accord sur le nucléaire conclu entre le groupe de pays P5+1** et l’Iran est un événement historique compte tenu de la distance politique, sociologique, idéologique et humaine entre les deux camps et de la complexité autant technique que géopolitique du dossier. C’est aussi le triomphe des sanctions imposées
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The Iran Deal Has Two Kinds of Critics
- Analysis
- 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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