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A Foreign Policy for the Future
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- March 5, 2015
In the March issue of the Literary Review of Canada, I write about the future of Canada’s foreign policy in an open letter to the party leader who wins the 2015 federal election. Here’s an excerpt: Rather than maintaining the virtuous circle of effective bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, Canada has been marginalizing itself. It is one thing to
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La relation israélo-américaine : le danger Netanyahou
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- March 1, 2015
Quand Susan Rice a dit à Charlie Rose que l’insistance de Netanyahou à vouloir parler au congrès américain du danger que représentent les négociations avec l’Iran et ainsi à vouloir saboter les efforts du président Obama, « avait un effet destructeur sur l’essence de la relation entre les deux pays », elle expliqua fort à
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Should Parliament ‘Oversee’ National Security Affairs?
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- February 26, 2015
by Philippe Lagassé Published on the Policy Options Blog, February 25, 2015 Bill C-51, the Conservative government’s anti-terrorism legislation, has sparked renewed debate about Parliament’s role in overseeing Canada’s intelligence services. Opposition parties and former prime ministers have questioned why the bill does not include measures to enhance “parliamentary oversight of national security agencies.” Unlike
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Is the Global Partnership Ready for Action?
- Analysis
- February 25, 2015
The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation was born at a global conference held in Busan, Korea in 2011 to confront concerns that old-fashioned aid (ODA) was not working. Billions were being spent and the Global South’s poor and vulnerable remained frozen in their fate. Grant aid had to be understood as a necessary but
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