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Observations on Russian Politics from a Moscow Bookstore
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- January 31, 2012
While waiting for the Moscow archives to deliver up their secrets last week, I popped into the Russian capital’s largest bookstore, Biblio Globus, to check out the history section—and while there, I took a very quick look at the politics books on most prominent display. This is, given its cursory nature, far from being a
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Let’s Look in the Right Place for Proof of Citizen Allegiance
- Analysis
- January 27, 2012
Sometimes magical thinking pops up in the most unexpected places—like the recently-revived complaints about dual citizenship that have arisen around the candidacy of Thomas Mulcair (a dual citizen of Canada and France) for the NDP leadership. On Mulcair’s account, he chose to acquire French citizenship by marriage in order to go through airport customs with
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CIPS Launches Security Studies Network with Inaugural Lecture
- Analysis
- January 27, 2012
CIPS is delighted to announce the launch of the Security Studies Network (SSN), the creation of which reflects the great strength of the University of Ottawa as a centre for the study of national and international security. The SSN – jointly coordinated by Michael Williams, Mark Salter and myself – will provide a “common home”
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Armies without Borders? Legal Questions on Canada-U.S. Military Cooperation
- Analysis
- January 25, 2012
The Ottawa Citizen reported today that Canada and the United States are in the final stages of negotiating a “new Canada-U.S. military agreement that will set down each country’s roles and responsibilities should North America be attacked”. The details are scant, but it would appear that part of the agreement will permit the military of one
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