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Limiting Foreign Fighting by Canadians: Stop-Gap Legal Measures
- Analysis
- December 6, 2014
Published on the National Security Law blog, December 4, 2014 I have opined here and here about the troubles associated with foreign fighting. I do not limit my concerns about these troubles to fighting with a listed terrorist group. I find persuasive the Australian view, at least as recorded by that country’s independent reviewer of
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25 Years After the Fall of the Iron Curtain, a Changing Face of Europe
- Analysis
- December 2, 2014
On December 1, Herman Van Rompuy stepped down as European Council President, the post that oversees meetings of the 28 EU leaders. In the past, that role was held on a rotating basis, but it became permanent under the Lisbon Treaty of 2007. Mr. Van Rompuy was the first person to hold the job, and
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L’Amérique du Nord : elle compte de plus en plus!
- Analysis
- November 30, 2014
Le Council of Foreign Relations vient de publier son tout dernier rapport sur l’Amérique du Nord invitant ses pays membres à se repositionner. Nuls autres que le célèbre général Petraeus, ancien directeur de la CIA, et Robert Zoellick, ancien directeur de la Banque mondiale, en sont les co-présidents, appuyés par un aéropage d’experts. Leur message
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Three Missing Pieces in the Canadian Security and Intelligence Debate
- Analysis
- November 27, 2014
The Harper government has been forced to introduce amendments to the CSIS Act, following another in a series of government set-backs in the courts on security and intelligence issues. This has triggered comments on the proposed legislation, most of which concern surveillance abroad, foreign intelligence and security and intelligence beyond Canada’s borders. It’s a ‘niche
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