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Canada’s Partnership with Japan: Strengthening Security in the Indo-Pacific
- Analysis
- January 13, 2023
One important element of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS) is accelerated alignment with Japan. Japan is a frontline democracy, pinched in with threats from Russia, China, and North Korea. In the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military exercises around Taiwan last August, China launched five missiles into Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida
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Rôle du Gouvernement canadien en Ayiti
- Analysis
- January 5, 2023
Aujourd’hui, le Core Group sous la houlette du Canada, entre autres, souhaite répondre à une demande inconstitutionnelle, illégale d’un gouvernement illégitime, décrié par le peuple Ayitien, pour venir contrer l’insécurité et résoudre la crise humanitaire qui s’en suit. Cette intervention a été faite dans le cadre d’un webinaire réalisé le 16 novembre 2022 par le Réseau de recherche
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How Should Canada Navigate the Taiwan Strait Conundrum?
- Analysis
- January 5, 2023
Taiwan is central to Canada’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS). Only five years ago, Canada’s Strong, Secure, Engaged Defence Policy heralded: “We will seek to develop stronger relationships with other countries in the region, particularly China.” The naïve hope that Canada could transform China by offering friendship is now replaced by the realistic appraisal of China as a disruptive global power.
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Nuclear Threats and Canada’s Disarmament Diplomacy: A Way Forward
- Analysis
- December 19, 2022
A former Canadian Undersecretary of State for External Affairs, Allan Gotlieb, once described Canada’s strong role in disarmament activity as having “always been a natural calling, with broad public support and strong specialized constituencies”. While Canada has in the past pursued disarmament diplomacy as if it was a national vocation, this has not been much
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