• La révolution conservatrice

    La révolution conservatrice

    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

    Nothing Much Will Change: the New U.S. Military Strategy

    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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  • The Queen is the Canadian Crown

    The Queen is the Canadian Crown

    by Philippe Lagassé The full article was published in the Ottawa Citizen on January 9, 2012 Should Canada abandon its constitutional monarchy and become a republic? Several commentators and notable politicians think so. Accustomed to seeing the monarchy as a quaint symbol of Canada’s colonial past, many Canadians have been irked by the Conservatives’ blunt

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  • Canadians Can Help Stop the Persecution of Iran’s Baha’i

    Canadians Can Help Stop the Persecution of Iran’s Baha’i

    By Allan Rock and Lloyd Axworthy With the eyes of the world on the Arab Spring, the populist struggles in Iran have faded from view. Yet some in Iran continue to face appalling levels of abuse, oppression, and injustice. The hopes for reform in Iran that were raised in June 2009 have proven empty, while

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