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Keeping the Hard Questions Hard: Reflections on Policy Critique 0
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- November 30, 2012
Punditry, like bread, is best consumed fresh—but occasionally, some quickly-skimmed pundit’s lines will lodge in the brain and take on profound depth as they age over the next days or weeks.

That’s what happened when I read a recent article…
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The F-35 is Down but Not Out as Canada’s Next Fighter 0
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- November 30, 2012
by Philippe Lagassé

The Harper government recently announced that the National Fighter Procurement Secretariat (NFPS) will be looking at various options to replace Canada’s aging CF-18s. This comes at a time when the news about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, …
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War with Iran: Real, Horrific Costs, but What Benefits?0
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- November 26, 2012
by John Mundy

Published in the Globe and Mail, November 26, 2012

The Munk Debate on the question of war with Iran, to be held on Monday night in Toronto, could not be more timely. With elections finally decided …
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Iran and the Next Obama Term 0
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- November 26, 2012
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, November 25, 2012

Iran was an issue in the U.S. election. Now that he has won, President Barack Obama has to decide what to do about it. There are no good options.

Beyond the …
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A Not-So-New Foreign Policy Plan 0
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- November 20, 2012
The Harper government’s “secret” foreign policy plan, revealed by the CBC today, offers few surprises. Its emphasis on pursuing economic opportunities, particularly in emerging markets, is a reflection of what the government is already doing. The real news is …
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Better Intelligence, Worse Policy 0
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- November 20, 2012
Does secret intelligence make public policy worse? At a panel at the annual convention of the Association of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies this weekend, I learned something from one of my co-panelists which made me think that perhaps …
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Egypt Can Lead Hamas to the New Middle East 0
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- November 19, 2012
Published in the Globe and Mail, November 19, 2012

Slowly, painfully, fitfully, the new Middle East is emerging. Egypt is key to this, both in terms of its internal evolution and its response to regional events, such as the …
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Fédéralisme et relations internationales : le rôle des provinces 0
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- November 16, 2012
Par Stéphane Paquin, Professeur agrégé à l’École nationale d’administration publique

Lorsque le gouvernement du Québec, sous Jean Charest, a exigé une plus grande participation des provinces canadiennes aux négociations et organisations internationales dont le Canada est membre, de nombreux …
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Will Barack Obama Help Syria?0
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- November 16, 2012
By Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock

Now that the U.S. Election is over…

While post-election attention focuses on the looming battle between President Obama and congressional Republicans about the fiscal cliff, it is important also to remember the abyss in …
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Canoes, Maple Syrup and Tilley Hats: The Tory Vision for Canada’s Trading Future?0
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- November 15, 2012
‘Hewers of wood and drawers of water’ – a familiar and shorthand description for Canadians’ historical economic bias towards natural resources, and a phrase used pejoratively to describe a ‘brand’ that we need to shed to compete in a global …
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Obama’s Ohio Report 0
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- November 8, 2012
My Ohioans did it again. In every election since 1964 (and almost every time since 1904), the winner of this state ended up taking the presidency – hence the clichés “America’s bellwether” and “as Ohio goes, so goes America”. Having …
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Libre-échange avec l’Europe : Le Québec n’a pas de véto 0
- Analysis
- November 2, 2012
Par Patrick Fafard et Patrick Leblond

Bonne nouvelle en apparence. Contrairement à ce que plusieurs craignaient, le gouvernement de Madame Marois ne s’oppose pas à l’Accord économique et commercial global (AECG) que le Canada et l’Union européenne sont en train …
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