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Looking Back at Kosovo Can Move the Syria Conflict Forward
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- August 29, 2013
By Allan Rock and Lloyd Axworthy Published in the Globe and Mail, August 26, 2013 President Obama seems finally ready to engage in Syria with more than hollow rhetoric. Sadly, this comes after more than 100,000 deaths, two million refugees and massive internal destruction. It comes too after sustained inaction has allowed fanatic Islamists to
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The ‘Rouhani Moment’ in Iran
- Analysis
- August 14, 2013
Published on the IISS blog Politics and Strategy, August 14, 2013 Amid the relief, if not the fanfare, which has greeted Hassan Rouhani’s surprise election as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, one hears a constant strain of argument that it won’t really make all that much difference. Those who take this view are
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Real Women Attack on Baird a Lesson for Multicultural Canada
- Analysis
- August 9, 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, August 8, 2013 Just for a change of pace, here’s a news story you did not read about this week: “A collective statement by traditionalist Sikh, Muslim and Jewish groups attacking Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird for defending gay rights in Uganda and Russia has produced outraged reactions across Canada.
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There is No ‘Sacred Duty’ to Canada’s Veterans
- Analysis
- August 6, 2013
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, Aug. 5, 2013 Seriously wounded soldiers should enjoy no special status or privilege with regard to medical care,” writes Michael Gross of Haifa University, who is probably the world’s leading authority on military medical ethics. “Once they cannot return to duty, the critically wounded lose their unique entitlement to scarce
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