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Can Canada Win a UN Security Council Seat?
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- June 15, 2020
On June 17, 2020, Canada will seek election to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as one of the ten non-permanent members. If successful, Canada will serve as one of five countries elected this year for a two-year term ending in 2022 and will enjoy a boost in prestige commensurate with having earned a seat
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Canada Will Pay the Price for Neglecting Foreign Policy
Canada has benefitted from an incredible luxury for the past three decades: We have been able to make mistakes in major foreign and national security policy decisions, or neglect these matters, and suffer little to no cost. Most other countries do not have this luck. When they make a bad choice, they suffer negative consequences.
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Disunited Democracies Cannot Face the Challenge of China
The United States and its allies must agree on an approach to China with a clarity of purpose, resolve, and restraint. Because the China challenge will only grow over time. After China violated Hong Kong’s legislative autonomy by imposing a new security law on the territory, the United States and its traditional allies did something
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The Rohingya Genocide Is Far from Just a Dispute between The Gambia and Myanmar: Time for Canada to Join
- Analysis
- June 3, 2020
While the Rohingya continue to endure an ongoing genocide both inside and outside their homeland, several international legal mechanisms churn slowly in parallel. The last two weeks have seen moments of progress. First, an Argentinian court decided to consider an international criminal law action against Myanmar’s State Counsellor and some Generals. Then the UN’s International
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