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Crash or Burn? The Conservatives’ F-35 Dilemma
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- April 3, 2012
by Philippe Lagassé Published in the Globe and Mail, April 3, 2012. In the wake of Tuesday’s expected report by the Auditor-General, the Conservative government’s hedging about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is likely to accelerate. After nearly two years of bold rhetoric and confident pronouncements, Canada’s procurement of 65 of these “fifth-generation” aircraft is
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Quels chasseurs pour le Canada?
- Analysis
- March 29, 2012
par Justin Massie A shortened version of this article appeared in La Presse on March 27, 2012. Le recul du gouvernement Harper à l’égard de l’acquisition de 65 F-35 témoigne des malheurs entourant le développement du programme multinational d’avions de combat interarmées et des contraintes budgétaires au ministère de la Défense nationale. Dans un climat
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Bringing Russian ‘Liberal-Conservatism’ to the Fore
- Analysis
- March 29, 2012
Russia is back in the news again this week, due to the overheard conversation between Presidents Medvedev and Obama about missile defence, and Mitt Romney’s subsequent denunciation of Russia as America’s “number one enemy”. Former presidential candidate Senator John McCain, meanwhile, has leapt on the bandwagon, proclaiming, “[i]t maybe could be, say 1920, where we
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Exploring the Potentials of NGO-Corporate Partnerships for Development
- Analysis
- March 28, 2012
A recent article by Princeton professor Anne-Marie Slaughter about new diplomatic initiatives at the U.S. State Department may induce an acute case of policy envy in many Canadian readers. Under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as Slaughter describes, U.S. diplomacy is executing a ‘pivot to the people’—an approach consisting of “policies, programmes and institutional reforms
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