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An Imperfect Election and New Government Offer Only Glimmers of Hope for Afghanistan
- Analysis
- October 8, 2014
The formation of a National Unity Government (NUG) in Afghanistan, ending the long 2014 presidential election process, has been hailed by international leaders as a peaceful and democratic transfer of power. Objective analysts, however, question the merits of such a view. The ethnically divided second-round election in Afghanistan raised concerns about potential armed violence between
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Canada Got It About Right in Iraq
- Analysis
- October 7, 2014
Canada decided last week to contribute CF-18 fighter aircraft, surveillance and refuelling planes, and advisers to the U.S.-led coalition bombing the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Was this the right decision? Ideally, foreign policy should first seek to define the national interest, and then to protect and pursue it. On this basis, Canada got
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Hillary Clinton’s World
- Analysis
- October 1, 2014
As part of the Canada 2020 conference, Hillary Clinton will be giving a lunch-time talk at the Ottawa Convention Center on October 6. The subject of her speech is yet to be announced, but I imagine due attention to “Canada-U.S. relations in a changing world” will be given. I also imagine the event will be
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The Rise and Fall of Arthur Porter
- Analysis
- September 30, 2014
Published in the National Post, September 29, 2014 Arthur Porter led a seemingly charmed life, which took him from the impoverished country of his birth, Sierra Leone, to elite Cambridge University, where he earned a medical degree. The young Arthur Porter, “ambitious and driven,” as he describes himself, embarked on a dizzying rise to the
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