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Reflections on Aid and Security in Afghanistan
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- January 30, 2014
This is a follow-up to the excellent and timely comments by Professor Roland Paris on the implications of an attack by the Taliban on a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul, a few weeks ago. Taliban attacks are common in Afghanistan, including in the heavily fortified capital city, Kabul. Armed guards, sniffing dogs, concrete barriers, road blocks,
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Ironic or Apt? Experiencing NATO
- Analysis
- January 26, 2014
By Stephen Saideman, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University Stephen Saideman will be giving a talk at CIPS about his newly-released book on January 28, 2014 I am not sure whether it was ironic or just especially appropriate that I learned a key lesson about NATO the first week of September 2001. I
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In Face of Ukrainian Unrest, Doing Nothing is the Best Approach
- Analysis
- January 24, 2014
One of the strongest barriers to our understanding of world events is the tendency to view what happens in other countries as a sort of morality play in which good fights evil. This way of looking at the world encourages us to pick sides and interfere in conflicts which do not really concern us, in
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Belief, Not Principle, Guiding Canada’s Mideast Policy
- Analysis
- January 24, 2014
There has been a good deal of debate regarding Prime Minister Harper’s visit to Israel, and in particular his speech to the Israeli Knesset. Supporters of the government trumpet what they see as a triumphant Prime Ministerial tour, one that has further cemented bilateral ties and reinforced the government’s strong and “principled” support for Israel.
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