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Refugee Protection and Human Rights: Nothing Bogus About It 0
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- January 31, 2014
By Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada

Watch the video of Alex Neve’s CIPS talk: Protecting Refugees: It’s a human rights issue

The lambasting that Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews received from federal Immigration Minister Chris Alexander last …
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Reflections on Aid and Security in Afghanistan 0
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- January 30, 2014
This is a follow-up to the excellent and timely comments by Professor Roland Paris on the implications of an attack by the Taliban on a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul, a few weeks ago.

Taliban attacks are common in Afghanistan, including …
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Ironic or Apt? Experiencing NATO 0
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- January 26, 2014
By Stephen Saideman, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Stephen Saideman will be giving a talk at CIPS about his newly-released book on January 28, 2014

I am not sure whether it was ironic or just especially …
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In Face of Ukrainian Unrest, Doing Nothing is the Best Approach 0
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- January 24, 2014
One of the strongest barriers to our understanding of world events is the tendency to view what happens in other countries as a sort of morality play in which good fights evil. This way of looking at the world encourages …
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Belief, Not Principle, Guiding Canada’s Mideast Policy 0
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- January 24, 2014
There has been a good deal of debate regarding Prime Minister Harper’s visit to Israel, and in particular his speech to the Israeli Knesset. Supporters of the government trumpet what they see as a triumphant Prime Ministerial tour, one that …
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New Thinking on Global Climate Governance 0
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- January 23, 2014
While international negotiations on climate change continue to stall, innovative action to address it goes on in a wide range of places and involving a dizzying array of actors. Most people have tended to place their hopes on a single …
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Reforming the Spy Game 0
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- January 21, 2014
When it comes to secret intelligence, the United States sometimes behaves like a true democracy. It reminds me of the Leonard Cohen line, “democracy is coming…to the U.S.A.”

President Barack Obama’s speech on January 17 marked an important occasion in …
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Canada and Bangladesh: Beyond Rana Plaza 0
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- January 20, 2014
By Alicia Dobson and Stephen Baranyi

This essay, along with the ones by Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy and by Syed Sajjadur Rahman, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out of Fragility symposium held at the University of Ottawa on November 26, …
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Bangladesh: The Future of Development Partnerships 0
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- January 20, 2014
By Syed Sajjadur Rahman, Visiting Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa

This essay, along with the ones by Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy and by Stephen Baranyi and Alicia Dobson, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out …
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Bangladesh: Out of Fragility?0
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- January 20, 2014
By Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy, Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

This essay, along with the ones by Sajjad Rahman and by Stephen Baranyi and Alicia Dobson, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out …
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Authorizing U.S. Warfare: Domestic Critics, Global Constituencies and the Renewal of the AUMF 0
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- January 19, 2014
By Mariah Zeisberg, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan. She will be giving a lecture at CIPS on January 23, 2014.

The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which the United States Congress enacted after …
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Implications of the Kabul Restaurant Attack 0
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- January 19, 2014
Since news broke of Friday’s horrific suicide attack on the largely foreign clientele of a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul, attention has understandably focused on the civilians who lost their lives, including two Canadians. But the event, which comes at a …
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