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The Rise of the Israeli Middle
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- January 27, 2013
The Israeli election was that rarest of things: a real surprise. We had been assured for weeks that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition would make gains. But the big winner was the political centre. Why were we so surprised? Perhaps one of the reasons is that we have become accustomed to seeing Israeli politics in
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Canada Abandons International Justice Effort in Syria
- Analysis
- January 21, 2013
In the past week, amidst the crisis in Mali and the hostage crisis at the gas plant in southern Algeria, the world’s attention shifted away from the ongoing bloodshed in Syria. This perhaps explains how the Canadian media missed what appears to be a major, and disturbing, shift in our policy towards Syria. Last week,
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Defending Canada’s Human Rights and Rule of Law Legacy
- Analysis
- January 21, 2013
2013 will see the UN and many countries around the world celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It should also be the year that we celebrate a Canadian law professor, John Humphrey, who as head of the UN Human Rights Division collaborated with Eleanor Roosevelt to produce the blueprint that
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Mulling Over Mali
- Analysis
- January 15, 2013
To those of us deeply skeptical of the deployment of Western military force in the developing world, the French intervention in Mali in recent days poses something of a dilemma. It appears to be legally and militarily justified, and enjoys strong local and regional support. Yet at the same time, it appears to be based
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