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What to Do With Khadr
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- April 20, 2012
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, April 19, 2012. Reprinted in full with permission. The Conservative government has now run out of wiggle room in the case of Omar Khadr, the son of the notorious Canadian al-Qaeda loyalist, Ahmed Said Khadr. Omar was a child soldier, left behind in Afghanistan by his father after the 9/11
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“One China” as Floating Signifier: the Benefits of Diplomatic Ambiguity
- Analysis
- April 17, 2012
When Canada recognized the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1970, the Joint Communiqué stated, “The Chinese Government reaffirms that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China. The Canadian Government takes note of this position of the Chinese Government.” Canada maintained diplomatic silence, in spite of China’s requests
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Canada and the Landmine Issue, Twenty Years On
- Analysis
- April 14, 2012
April 4 came and went this year with virtually no national mention of the international ban on antipersonnel landmines, which was one of Canada’s most significant triumphs in the area of ‘niche diplomacy’. International Mine Awareness Day, marked annually on April 4, was proclaimed by the UN several years ago, and is designed to maintain
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Robert Cox on ‘The Decline of the West’ Revisited: Event Report
- Analysis
- April 3, 2012
On March 28, eminent York University professor Robert Cox delivered a CIPS talk on “‘The Decline of the West’ Revisited: Future World Order and a Dialogue of Civilizations”. He began by noting that the current economic crisis in Europe and North America is giving rise to uncertainty about the future in those parts of the
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