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Peacekeeping Works Better Than You May Think
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- August 2, 2014
Does peacekeeping work? Janice Stein (University of Toronto) and I had a lively exchange on this subject on the CBC radio program “The House” this weekend. Have a listen. In the interview, I said that more than two dozen major peace operations have been deployed over the past 25 years in countries emerging from civil
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Moral Confusion in Gaza and Ukraine
- Analysis
- August 1, 2014
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
- 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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