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Principles and Prejudice: Foreign Policy Under the Harper Government
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- June 19, 2014
by Gerd Schönwälder Values have been critical drivers behind the foreign policy making of Canada’s current and past governments, both Conservative and Liberal. However, the Harper government’s use of values-based foreign policymaking does not meet three criteria that would ensure policy clarity: consistency and effectiveness. Partly as a result, Canada has lost influence and status
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NATO Must Face Looming Challenges Now, Not Later
- Analysis
- June 18, 2014
Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are grappling with big decisions as they prepare for their September summit in Wales. What stance should they adopt towards Russia? Should they keep the alliance’s doors open to new members? And what role, if any, should NATO play beyond Europe? In March, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh
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Global Military Spending by Region
- Analysis
- June 18, 2014
In previous posts, I presented charts illustrating the recent decline in Canadian military spending as a percentage of GDP, and comparing Canada to other NATO and G7 countries. This post examines regional patterns in global military spending.* The charts below indicate that defense expenditures have been going up in every region of the world except
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Where We Go From Here: Canada’s Strategic Opportunity
- Analysis
- June 18, 2014
Published on OpenCanada.org, June 17, 2014 The Canadian Conference of Defence Associations Institute’s Strategic Outlook (SO) 2014 published in February has nearly been dated by developments taking place around the world. In light of recent events, I examine some of the key international policy developments for the Canadian government to consider in the weeks and
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