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Harper Goes to the UN for Domestic Consumption in 2015
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- September 22, 2014
Published on National Newswatch, September 22, 2014 In the week of September 22, 2014, Stephen Harper will address the UN General Assembly, the global forum that not only he has shunned in his almost nine years of office but also one that his Foreign Minister, John Baird, has so infamously dismissed as a debating club
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The Myth of Canada as a Military Free-Rider
- Analysis
- September 22, 2014
Published in the Ottawa Citizen on September 18, 2014 How much is enough in Canadian defence spending? It has never been enough, and it won’t be in the future is the answer. NATO suggests that states spend two per cent of their GDP on defence. In light of the decisions at the recent NATO summit
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Last Year’s CIPS Blog Highlights, Part 3: International Development
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- September 22, 2014
Following a turbulent period for Canada’s international aid program—one that saw the folding of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) into the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development—the 2013-14 year saw CIPS bloggers reflecting on both Canada’s own development spending as well as international trends and priorities. Some authors took issue with the level
READ MOREHarper at the UN: The Speech He Could (But Won’t) Give
- Analysis
- September 21, 2014
In a few days, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will address the UN General Assembly. In an alternate universe, imagine a scenario where he is planning to use the event to announce a fundamental new direction for his foreign policy. Perhaps he realizes, in the wake of several turbulent months in global politics, that ‘no going
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