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Boosting Canada’s Latin American Strategy
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- April 30, 2012
The recent Latin American Summit in Cartagena didn’t generate much media coverage in Canada. It eventually broke down with controversies over drug policy and Cuba, and was even hijacked by a minor scandal involving the U.S. Secret Service. But it at least provided another occasion for the Prime Minister to assert the priority accorded the
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai Endorses Ottawa Dialogue
- Analysis
- April 27, 2012
The Ottawa Dialogue is a Track Two process involving a distinguished group of retired senior officials and military officers from India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is led by Peter Jones, Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. In a recent public statement, Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic
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What to Do With Khadr
- Analysis
- 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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