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The Cockeyed Case for Preemptive War on Iran
- Analysis
- February 24, 2012
I was invited to talk about fragile states at the annual meeting of the Conference of Defence Associations in Ottawa on Thursday. As it turned out, however, I spent most of my time speaking about Iran. I couldn’t help myself. I arrived at the conference an hour before my panel was to begin and settled into a chair with a cup of coffee to watch
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CIPS Launches Graduate Student Seminar Series in International Theory
- Analysis
- February 16, 2012
Like its sister networks sponsored by the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), the International Theory Network (ITN) aims to create opportunities for students share to their ideas and develop a research community. To that end, a group of students is organizing a series of themed graduate student brown bag seminars, which will cater to
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Stolypin and Russia’s Veto of the Syria Resolution
- Analysis
- February 9, 2012
The Russian veto of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria has had leaders and pundits in the West lining up to denounce the Russians, accusing them of revealing their autocratic tendencies and putting their own narrow trading interests (for instance arms exports) over issues of human rights. A 100-year old document I found last
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Special Journal Issue on “The F-35: Right for Canada?”
- Analysis
- February 9, 2012
In 2001, the United States government selected Lockheed Martin (over Boeing) to lead in the development of the F-35, a fifth-generation fighter aircraft for use by the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marines. Along with several other U.S. allies, Canada jumped at the opportunity to become an official partner in this venture—a privilege it won
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