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Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa: Beyond Consistent Inconsistency?
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- October 18, 2013
By David Black, Dalhousie University A preview of David Black’s CIPS lecture on October 22, 2013 Among the various criticisms of the Harper government’s foreign policy, its presumed neglect or even abandonment of sub-Saharan Africa is among the most frequently invoked. There is much to this story, and much to be explained in telling it.
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A Post-2015 Development Agenda: Into the Last (Long) Lap
- Analysis
- October 16, 2013
Post-2015 is becoming the biggest development game in town, especially New York. A flurry of activity in the summer months climaxed at the end of September with a UNGA ‘Special Event’ at which leaders from both developed and developing countries rose to praise their successes in delivering the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to set
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Regional Innovation Policies in a Globally Connected Environment: Lessons from Europe
- Analysis
- October 16, 2013
By Michele Mastroeni, University of Edinburgh A preview of Michele Mastroeni’s CIPS lecture on October 18, 2013 Industry leaders and governments have pursued innovation as a source of economic growth for the last two decades. While firms have been striving to harness innovation in order to move beyond their competitors, governments have struggled to find
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Six Ways for Harper to Reclaim the National Security Agenda
- Analysis
- October 11, 2013
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is “very concerned” about revelations of Canadian spy activity targeting Brazil. So he should be. The operation by the Communications Security Establishment Canada, our electronic spy agency, looks to have been ill-advised and a waste of finite Canadian resources, unless the world has grown very much safer than we
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