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Ethnic Divisions Mar Afghanistan’s Second-Round Elections
- Analysis
- July 11, 2014
The Afghan election, which started with enormous enthusiasm from Afghan voters, the government and the international community, has turned sour. It is now marred with disputes centred on ethnic (mainly Pashtun/Tajik) divisions, splitting the country along ethnic lines and driving it towards a 1990s civil war scenario. With the disputes around alleged fraud unresolved, the
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Canada Needs to Reconnect with its Diplomatic Tradition
- Analysis
- July 10, 2014
The Harper government’s neglect of diplomacy has resulted in a largely ineffective foreign policy that has not served Canada’s interests, argues CIPS director Roland Paris in this video clip. His remarks were part of a panel discussion organized by Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute on June 23, 2014. A full video of the discussion
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Un surréalisme inquiétant: le point de vue de Moscou
- Analysis
- July 10, 2014
À l’invitation du ministère de la Défense de Russie, du 22 au 24 mai 2014, j’ai assisté à la Troisième Conférence de Moscou sur la Sécurité internationale qui portait officiellement sur le Moyen-Orient, l’Afghanistan et l’Asie du Sud. Évidemment, compte tenu des événements en Ukraine, aucun gouvernement occidental n’avait dépêché de délégué officiel ce qui,
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The Use and Abuse of Diversity in Canada’s Foreign Policy
- Analysis
- July 2, 2014
In late May of this year, the Ottawa Forum delivered a sparkling lineup of speakers who proposed new directions for Canada’s international policy. A recurrent theme of the forum’s discussions, in the words of co-organizers Taylor Owen and Roland Paris, was “the danger of complacency and the urgent need for innovative policy responses” to meet
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