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Evolution or Escalation? Canada’s Military Operation in Iraq
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- January 26, 2015
In a new CIPS policy brief on Canada’s war in Iraq, Roland Paris addresses the following questions: Is Canada engaged in ground combat? Have we witnessed mission creep? Why should Canada (and other Western countries) limit their participation in ground combat in Iraq? Don’t Canadian trainers need to accompany Iraqi forces to the front lines
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Is Newfoundland Putting CETA At Risk?
- Analysis
- January 23, 2015
On January 19, the Newfoundland government issued a news release that indicated that it was suspending its participation in existing trade agreements as well as trade agreements currently being negotiated by the Federal government. This means that the government of Newfoundland and Labrador will not enforce any provision found in these agreements that fall within
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French Intelligence to Blame?
- Analysis
- January 14, 2015
All terrorist outrages are inevitably followed by soul-searching and blame-seeking. Last week’s terrible events in France have followed the inevitable trajectory. While the French Republic’s security manhunt for the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo and Jewish supermarket killings involved an impressive and vast mobilization of forces, and while French society’s response to the attacks was
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15 Proposals for Canadian Foreign Aid
- Analysis
- January 11, 2015
The French version of this essay was published on the Huffington Post Québec blog Un seul monde on January 8, 2015. When the Harper government abolished the Canadian International Development Agency and transferred its functions to the newly renamed Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) in 2013, it promised “more efficient, effective and
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