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The National Security Community’s Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Analysis
- February 18, 2021
We have completed almost a full year under severe restrictions required to limit the spread of COVID19, and the tunnel ahead is still dark. A global shutdown of this magnitude has few parallels in history. What will this do to our lives? How will it alter national security for Canadians? What conclusions should we draw
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Gender Equality, LGBTQ2I People and Feminist Foreign Policy
- Analysis
- February 11, 2021
The Canadian government is currently preparing a Feminist Foreign Policy that seeks to better coordinate its disparate efforts to promote gender equality abroad. This process constitutes a valuable opportunity to defend the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit and intersex (LGBTQ2I) people around the world. A significant barrier to this effort, however, is
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The Coup Turns Myanmar’s Fallen Angel Back into a Freedom Fighter
- Analysis
- February 9, 2021
It was with a great sense of déjà vu that I heard of this week’s military coup in Myanmar, with early-morning arrests of the President and cabinet ministers, including national icon Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmar’s generals are following a familiar path, having been in power most of the time since independence in 1948. For
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Why CANZUK Won’t Work
- Analysis
- February 1, 2021
“Get CANZUK Done,” Conservative leader Erin O’Toole tweeted last fall. The six-letter word is a call for a new four-country partnership or, as he calls it, a pact: “The world needs Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to express our shared values and commitment to rule of law.” Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong concurs,
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