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Talking Sense With Tehran
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- May 27, 2012
Published in the Globe and Mail, May 25, 2012. Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program have wrapped up in Baghdad. There was no agreement, but one wasn’t expected and both sides agreed that talks will continue. The broad outlines of a deal are fairly well known and include: Iran coming completely clean about its nuclear activities;
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Another Great Season at CIPS
- Analysis
- May 24, 2012
After several years of strategic hiring, the University of Ottawa now houses a very strong group of international affairs experts across its many departments and schools. Institutional reputations take time to build, but the university is already gaining global recognition as a centre for cutting-edge research, scholar-practitioner interaction, and public debate of international issues. CIPS’ mandate is to
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Oversold and Underwhelming: John Baird’s First Year on the Job
- Analysis
- May 22, 2012
Almost one year to the day after his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird was asked in an interview on CBC Radio’s The House on Saturday to define his foreign policy. “More smart power, less soft power,” he replied. Finding the answer less than illuminating, the interviewer persisted: “what have you done differently?”
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A Good Day for International Criminal Justice?
- Analysis
- May 17, 2012
by Rachel Kerr May 16, 2012 was an auspicious day for international criminal justice for two reasons. First, the Special Court for Sierra Leone heard statements from the Prosecutor and from former Liberian President Charles Taylor at his sentencing hearing. (Taylor had been convicted at the Special Court for Sierra Leone on charges of war
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