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Towards an International Agreement on Syria?0
- Analysis
- June 29, 2012
Following a long conversation between Presidents Obama and Putin at the recent G20 Summit in Mexico, U.S. officials claimed that progress had been made in identifying areas where U.S. and Russian interests coincide. “We agreed that we need to see …
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Don’t Blame Obama for ‘Losing’ Canada 0
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- June 29, 2012
Derek Burney and Fen Osler Hampson have well-deserved reputations as level-headed observers of Canada-U.S. relations. How, then, did they come to write an article so full of misjudgments on this subject?

The article in question, “How Obama Lost Canada…
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Thoughts on the Future of Intelligence Accountability in Canada 0
- Analysis
- June 29, 2012
The decision of the Harper government to close the Office of the Inspector General of CSIS and end its 28-year history opens a new and challenging chapter for the process of keeping watch over the Canadian security and intelligence community. …
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Eliminating Accountability and Masking the Intent at CSIS 0
- Analysis
- June 26, 2012
In the early 1970’s, the Director of the CIA used to tell fellow Americans, “trust us”. That turned out to be bad advice – bad for the CIA and bad for the reputation of a country ostensibly dedicated to the …
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Europe’s Alleged ‘Failure’, Harper’s Certain Gain 0
- Analysis
- June 21, 2012
Prime Minister Harper’s pointed criticism of the dithering of European leaders at the G20 summit over the weekend was widely reported, and so too the angry riposte it received from EU Commission President Manuel Barroso. But too few sought to …
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The Engaged Academic: Why the Old Ivory Tower Won’t Stand 0
- Analysis
- June 20, 2012
The latest issue of the journal Perspectives on Politics, published by Cambridge University Press, includes an important article by Lisa Anderson, an American political scientist who is currently president of the American University in Cairo. Anderson argues that …
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The Greek Elections: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 0
- Analysis
- June 20, 2012
All eyes were focused on the Greeks on Sunday. Even German Chancellor Angela Merkel was sitting in her plane on the tarmac in Berlin waiting for the results of the elections before she could take off for the G20 meeting …
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Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq 0
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- June 20, 2012
CIPS Policy Brief No.18, June 2012.
By JOSHUA ROVNER, U.S. Naval War College.
- Some amount of friction is normal in relations between intelligence agencies and policymakers.
- However, intelligence-policy relations become pathological when policymakers neglect intelligence or politicize it.
- The
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Égypte, autopsie d’une élection 0
- Analysis
- June 19, 2012
Les derniers 18 mois de l’histoire d’Égypte prouvent combien Churchill avait raison quand il soutenait que la démocratie était le pire des systèmes jusqu’à ce que l’on en trouve un meilleur. L’Égypte prouve également que la tenue d’élections n’est qu’un …
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Going Along to Get Along? Canada Soft-Pedals Russia’s Role in Syria 0
- Analysis
- June 16, 2012
Why is Canada giving Russia an easy ride on Syria? Moscow has been running diplomatic interference for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and providing his regime with weapons. Meanwhile, Assad’s loyalists have escalated their attacks on Syrian civilians, including women and …
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John Mundy, CIPS Visiting Associate in 2012-13 0
- Analysis
- June 16, 2012
CIPS is pleased to announce the appointment of John Mundy as Visiting Associate for the 2012-13 academic year.

Mr. Mundy is a former Canadian diplomat. Before retiring in 2008, he held senior diplomatic appointments in Trinidad and Tobago, Iran and …
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John Baird: The Next Minister of National Defence?0
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- June 12, 2012
I don’t normally follow Canadian politics closely enough to play the parlour game of predicting the winners and losers of the next cabinet shuffle, but sometimes you get a hunch worth wagering on, and this is one of those …
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