• Moral Confusion in Gaza and Ukraine

    Moral Confusion in Gaza and Ukraine

    In my last post for the CIPS Blog, I drew readers’ attention to Robert Entman’s 1991 article comparing media coverage of the shooting down of Korean Airlines Flight 007 in 1983 and Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988. It is worth re-reading Entman’s piece in the light of media coverage of the recent destruction of

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  • Ethnic Divisions Mar Afghanistan’s Second-Round Elections

    Ethnic Divisions Mar Afghanistan’s Second-Round Elections

    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

    Canada Needs to Reconnect with its Diplomatic Tradition

    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

    Un surréalisme inquiétant: le point de vue de Moscou

    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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