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Before We Get Carried Away: Politics, Security and Nigeria’s Missing Girls
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- May 22, 2014
It is rare that Africa captures the attention of the world. Its everyday suffering is normally barely a ripple on the global airwaves. Not so with the kidnapped schoolgirls of Chibok. By now, the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls has been retweeted over three million times. The U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is “heartbroken”. Presidents, prime ministers and
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Political Legitimacy Is What Matters in Ukraine’s Popular Referendums
- Analysis
- May 15, 2014
A decade ago, The Spectator magazine commissioned me to write an article arguing that the British government ought to hold a referendum on the proposed new constitution for the European Union. I went further, and proposed that if the government did not grant a vote, the British people should hold an unofficial referendum of their
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Security Certificates Are Flawed Tools
- Analysis
- May 15, 2014
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 2014 It was not a jailhouse door that slammed in Mohamed Harkat’s face this week, but something ultimately more definitive: a Supreme Court ruling. Harkat has lost a long legal battle that commenced in 2002 when he was detained under a security certificate and faced allegations that he
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Is Canada Pulling Its Weight in NATO?
- Analysis
- May 9, 2014
When NATO’s military commander, General Philip Breedlove, visited Ottawa this week, he noted that Canada was one of the first countries to contribute military equipment and forces to NATO’s temporary deployment of land, sea and air assets to Eastern Europe, where allies such as Poland and the Baltic countries are understandably nervous about Russia’s actions
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