• Is the Global Partnership Ready for Action?

    Is the Global Partnership Ready for Action?

    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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  • An International Election That Canada Can Help to Fix

    An International Election That Canada Can Help to Fix

    By David Petrasek and Allan Rock Published in the Toronto Star, February 24, 2015 The emergence of potential candidates reminds us that the 2016 race for the White House has already begun. Canadians will watch the American contest in fascination and frustration, aware that although the choice has momentous consequences for Canada, we are mere

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  • Debacle at Debaltsevo Calls For a New Approach to Ukraine

    Debacle at Debaltsevo Calls For a New Approach to Ukraine

    Before coming up with solutions it is first advisable to determine the nature of the problem. Right now the United States is considering sending arms to Ukraine, while here in Canada the Defence Minister, Jason Kenney, has been mulling the deployment of Canadian soldiers to train the Ukrainian Army. But is a lack of arms

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  • Sending Lethal Weapons to Ukraine May Not Be the Answer

    Sending Lethal Weapons to Ukraine May Not Be the Answer

    Roland Paris appeared on the Sunday morning broadcast The West Block with Tom Clark to discuss the question on whether Western countries should send lethal weapons to help the Ukrainian government. Paris noted that there were no good policy options for the West in Ukraine. The main problem with supplying lethal weapons, he said, is

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