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The Arms Race in Outer Space – Prevention or Proliferation?
- Analysis
- November 7, 2023
Diplomatic efforts towards the goal of preventing an arms race in space are floundering as leading space powers opt for confrontation over cooperation. The importance of outer space in terms of the continued operations in that environment free from threats of attack or harmful interference is ever more salient for our world. The exponential growth
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A Third Front for Israel? Reflections on the Situation in the West Bank
- Analysis
- November 3, 2023
The aftermath of Hamas’ despicable October 7 attack against Israeli civilians threatens to spiral in ways which will widen the conflict and create many more casualties. Aside from Gaza, attention is focused on Israel’s border with Lebanon and the threat of Hezbollah. Like Hamas, Hezbollah is backed and supplied by Iran. But it is significantly
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Domestic Political Realities Will Temper Minister Joly’s Global Aspirations
- Analysis
- November 2, 2023
On Monday, October 30 and Wednesday, November 1, Foreign Affairs Minister, Mélanie Joly, gave essentially the same speech at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto and the Conseil des relations internationales de Montréal (CORIM) in Montreal. The speech was deemed a major foreign policy pronouncement meant to set out Minister Joly’s vision for Canada’s
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The UN’s Problematic Commission on Israel-Palestine – An Event Report
- Analysis
- November 1, 2023
On October 30, CIPS hosted an event featuring members of a controversial United Nations commission. The event was co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (which I direct), the Human Rights Research and Education Centre and the International Law Group at the University of Ottawa. The commission in question was the United
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