• Canadians Shouldn’t Be Surprised About Alleged Terror Plot

    Canadians Shouldn’t Be Surprised About Alleged Terror Plot

    Published on CNN.com, April 23, 2013 When it comes to terrorism, North America is a shared space. That has always been the conviction of Canadian officials and is written into our official counter-terrorism strategy.  It is also a belief shared by much of Canadian society, though subject to a multitude of interpretations. Sometimes the reading

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  • Does the World Exist (in Canada’s Foreign Policy)?

    Does the World Exist (in Canada’s Foreign Policy)?

    Published in the Toronto Star, April 22, 2013 Rarely do questions of metaphysics, epistemology and foreign policy intersect. The past seven years of foreign policy under Prime Minister Harper and his various foreign ministers, however, suggest that the government has trouble grappling with objective reality when it comes to the world outside Canada’s borders. In

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  • Syria: The Tragedy Continues

    Syria: The Tragedy Continues

    It is unfortunate—though not surprising—that a meeting in Istanbul this weekend revealed persisting divisions among governments who oppose the regime of President Assad. The U.S., European and Arab states that constitute the group called the Friends of Syria do agree that with more than 70,000 killed and millions of people displaced, the Syrian crisis is,

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  • Where’s the Public Outrage Over Harper’s Foreign Policy?

    Where’s the Public Outrage Over Harper’s Foreign Policy?

    Public policy discussion these days suffers from a curious anomaly. Vast numbers of experts disagree with the government’s performance on many issues. But there’s little reflection of this mood in the popular media or on the street. Announcements which might have triggered marches and demonstrations a couple of decades ago pass almost unnoticed. NGOs and

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