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Multiple Crises and Global Health: The Maps and the Rules are Changing
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- June 11, 2012
by Ted Schrecker In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Laurie Garrett argues that the current economic crisis represents “a watershed moment for global public health” because of the probable stagnation of development assistance for health. In fact, the situation is even more serious than Garrett’s analysis would indicate, because of the interaction of multiple crises
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Whither the Long Road to Nuclear Zero?
- Analysis
- June 4, 2012
Published in Global Brief Magazine. The phrase “Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study” hardly trips off the tongue. But this obscure internal study underway within the US government could end up being one of the more significant watersheds of the nuclear era. For some of the ideas reportedly under consideration could reduce America’s nuclear arsenal to levels
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Canada’s Military: A Solution in Search of a Problem
- Analysis
- May 29, 2012
If we found a cure for cancer, would we then ask our scientists to invent a new disease so that oncologists had something to do? Something rather similar is being proposed for the Canadian Forces. A consensus has formed that there is no foreseeable direct military threat to our security – but many are arguing
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Stronger Diplomatic Action?
- Analysis
- May 29, 2012
In the aftermath of the terrible murder of over 100 people in Houla, Syria, including dozens of children, Canada’s foreign minister John Baird joined a chorus of international protests against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. But Baird’s comments yesterday were puzzling: This weekend’s shocking attack merits the Security Council’s condemnation and much more. We call on
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