• Stepping Up the Fight Against Somali Pirates

    Stepping Up the Fight Against Somali Pirates

    On March 23, the European Union announced that it would expand its anti-piracy mission, Atalanta, to include for the first time the Somali coast itself and waterways inside the country. The statement said the EU would be working with Somalia’s transitional federal government and other Somali organisations to support their fight against piracy from the

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  • Arunachal Pradesh: Meeting China’s Claim in the Eastern Himalayas

    Arunachal Pradesh: Meeting China’s Claim in the Eastern Himalayas

    Last week, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki of the Northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh led a delegation to Canada. He attended the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce in Toronto and participated in the Brand India Expo in Ottawa. Meeting prospective investors and government officials, he highlighted the potential of Indo-Canadian cooperation in his state for tourism,

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  • Scars of War Remain in Uganda

    Scars of War Remain in Uganda

    The full article was published in the Ottawa Citizen, March 13, 2012. By coincidence, I was in Pader, northern Uganda, last week when the video about the murderous warlord Joseph Kony, called Kony 2012, went viral. The video has ignited controversy concerning the motives and methods of those behind the populist campaign to see him

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  • Forward — to the Past?  Re-thinking a Human Rights Museum

    Forward — to the Past? Re-thinking a Human Rights Museum

    CIPS Policy Brief No.17, March 2012. By DAVID PETRASEK, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. The Canadian Museum of Human Rights has set itself a sound objective: to challenge and equip visitors actively to promote human freedom and well-being. The Museum will fail to meet this objective, however, if it is overly historical in its

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