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The Death of the North-South Institute
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- September 16, 2014
by Lauchlan Munro Canada’s only independent think tank on international development and foreign policy, the North-South Institute, will soon close its doors. According to media reports, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) communicated its decision not to continue funding NSI on September 2. A few hours later, the NSI Board decided to
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Last Year’s CIPS Blog Highlights, Part 2: New Global Threats
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- September 16, 2014
Here at CIPS we are pleased with the flurry of blog posts that our expert authors have submitted in the new academic year: more than a dozen in the past two weeks alone – and more in the works. This speaks to the engagement of CIPS faculty and fellows in the sphere of public discussion,
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Le Canada Invisible
- Analysis
- September 15, 2014
Par Ferry de Kerckhove et George Petrolekas; La Presse, 12 septembre 2014. C’est avec une extrême surprise que nous avons pris connaissance des propos du premier ministre Stephen Harper selon lesquels « la contribution du Canada aux affaires mondiales n’a jamais été aussi grande qu’aujourd’hui ». Il s’agit là d’une énormité. Tous les observateurs avisés de la
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Obama’s Gamble in Iraq and Syria
- Analysis
- September 12, 2014
President Barack Obama’s speech on Wednesday marks the third major shift in United States counterterrorism strategy since 9/11, but it remains to be seen if the new approach will work better than the previous ones. The first shift followed the 9/11 attacks, when George W. Bush launched what became known as the Global War on
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