Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation
- Analysis
- December 18, 2018

Published in the Globe and Mail, Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Iran and the P5+1 – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, or the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany – finally …
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By Leilani Farha
Published in the Toronto Star, July 13, 2015 Last May I was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing. The goal of this position is to advance the rights of marginalized communities around the world …
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By Arne Ruckert, Ronald Labonté and Ashley Schram
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is nearing the end game of negotiations, creating a market of 800 million people with a combined economic clout of US$28-trillion annually. After the U.S. Congress granted fast-track authority …
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By Thomas Juneau
Published on War on the Rocks, July 7, 2015
This week will likely — and finally — witness the dénouement of the longstanding nuclear dispute between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the …
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Published in the Ottawa Sun, July 3, 2015
Two things can be said about Ottawa’s summer, so far. One is that it has been wet; the other is that it’s been raining cyber attacks on federal government websites.
The …
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Published in the Globe and Mail, July 3, 2015
On Sunday, Greeks will vote in a referendum on whether they want their country to stay inside the euro area and possibly the European Union. To avoid economic calamity and …
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Published by the CDA Institute, June 30, 2015
According to the Global Trends Report released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on 18 June 2015, the forcible displacement of people is at the highest level ever recorded. …
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By Daniel Livermore and Paul Heinbecker
Published in the Globe and Mail, June 29, 2015
Bills C-51 and C-44 are now law. They are also trouble waiting to happen, because Canada’s political leadership has loosened the reins on CSIS …
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Published on EUCAnet, June 12, 2015
On June 9, the European Parliament (EP) decided to postpone a vote in support of the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the United …
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It would be nice to believe that two solid appointments by the Prime Minister would alleviate the ills that bedevil the Security and Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC), the much-maligned body charged with looking into complaints against the Canadian Security Intelligence …
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For months, the Greek government (run by the neophyte left-wing Syriza party), its euro-area partners, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been engaged in negotiations about payment of the last tranche of an existing bail-out program. In exchange for …
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By Craig Forcese and Kent Roach
Published in The Walrus, June 9, 2015
Bill C-51—also known as the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015—has now passed Parliament, and its effect on the Canadian legal landscape will be radical. To update those who …
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