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CSR Funding is the Least of CIDA’s Woes
- Analysis
- January 19, 2012
A column in today’s Ottawa Citizen describes new levels of politicization, ineffectiveness and obfuscation at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). None of this is particularly surprising, since that agency’s misfortunes—largely due to its successive political masters—have been well-known for more than a decade. But some of the article’s criticism is misplaced. In particular, the
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Libya Intervention of 2011: A Victory With Asterisks
- Analysis
- January 10, 2012
This article first appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute Quarterly Review. The grotesque display of Muammar Qaddafi’s bloodied corpse in Sirte, Libya, where he was captured and killed, and later in a Misrata meat locker, did little to build confidence in the commitment of Libya’s rebels to
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La révolution conservatrice
- Analysis
- January 10, 2012
par Justin Massie Quel bilan annuel peut-on dresser de la politique étrangère du gouvernement Harper ? Grâce à la majorité parlementaire obtenue en mai dernier, le premier ministre bénéficie d’une immense autonomie politique – une « dictature bienveillante » selon certains – lui permettant de dévoiler et de mettre en œuvre l’essence de sa doctrine en matière
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Nothing Much Will Change: the New U.S. Military Strategy
- Analysis
- January 10, 2012
The recently-published new U.S. military strategy, entitled Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense, attracted a great deal of attention last week, with some critics denouncing what they claimed were excessive cuts in defence spending, and others noting the apparent shift in emphasis towards Asia-Pacific and wondering if starting an arms race with
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