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With U.S.-China Climate Deal, Canada’s Isolation Deepens
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- November 19, 2014
Tuesday’s U.S.-China climate deal has been hailed widely as an “historic deal” that dramatically changes the dynamics of international climate politics as countries search for a new global agreement by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Climate Convention in Paris in 2015. Clearly it is a welcome development in a number of
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Not for Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada
- Analysis
- November 16, 2014
The conference Not For Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada, held on October 16, was organized jointly by the Embassies of Switzerland and Austria, in collaboration with the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa. The idea to provide this platform for discussion was based on the
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Canada’s F-35 Rumour Mill
- Analysis
- November 10, 2014
by Philippe Lagassé The replacement of Canada’s CF-18s is back in the news. Last week, Murray Brewster reported on a leaked PowerPoint presentation indicating that Canada will acquire four F-35s in 2017. Since this would require swapping with aircraft slated for the United States Air Force, the slide deck indicates that the Canadian government will
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Celebrating What’s Risen Since the Berlin Wall Fell
- Analysis
- November 7, 2014
They’re planning a big party in Germany this weekend to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with free concerts, a light show of 18,000 illuminated helium balloons and, of course, a speech by Chancellor Angela Merkel, herself a daughter of the old East Germany. The party is well-deserved. Germany and
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