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International Security




  • Illegal but Legitimate? The Consequences of US Action in Syria

    Illegal but Legitimate? The Consequences of US Action in Syria

    • April 7, 2017

    The United States has fired missiles at the Syrian military. This is a dramatic escalation in the horrific Syrian conflict. It is also the most legally doubtful use of military force by a NATO state in recent history.

    To be …

    By Craig Forcese
    International Security, Middle East, USA
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  • One Thing Trump is Right About

    One Thing Trump is Right About

    • January 20, 2017

    Throughout the Cold War, the amount of military violence worldwide grew steadily, reaching a peak in 1992. A major reason was interference by the superpowers in local conflicts. The proxy wars that resulted when the United States and the Soviet …

    By Paul Robinson
    Canadian Foreign Policy, International Security, Russia, USA
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  • What is Montenegro to NATO Now?

    What is Montenegro to NATO Now?

    • January 13, 2017

    Montenegro’s accession to full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) took a major step forward this week as the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the Balkan country’s membership bid. President-elect Donald Trump has yet to tweet …

    By Srdjan Vucetic
    International Security
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  • The Liberal Democratic World Order Is Falling Apart

    The Liberal Democratic World Order Is Falling Apart

    • January 13, 2017

    As a new year opens across the globe, the post-Second-World-War order and the global rule of law are losing out to the rule of individual men. From Russia to China to the EU, authoritarian rule is tightening its grip.

    In …

    By Errol Mendes
    Democracy, Human Rights, International Security
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  • Canada has an Opportunity to be the Voice of Reason on Syria

    Canada has an Opportunity to be the Voice of Reason on Syria

    • January 6, 2017

    “‘Does this road lead to Aleppo?’ Your answer can be ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Your opinion doesn’t make it so. Consult a map before you go!” The question in this poem was first posed by the 13th-century Persian poet, Rumi. If …

    By Jabeur Fathally
    International Security, Middle East
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  • Gender and Peacebuilding: Trudeau Can Do More to Support Gender Rights in Africa

    Gender and Peacebuilding: Trudeau Can Do More to Support Gender Rights in Africa

    • December 1, 2016

    By Dr. Annie Bunting

    With the Canadian government about to confirm the deployment of peacekeepers to Africa (likely to Mali), and Prime Minister Trudeau’s recent visit to Liberia and address to the Francophonie on the centrality of the rights of …

    By CIPS
    Canadian Foreign Policy, Gender, International Development, International Security, United Nations, Women
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  • Global nightmare, false alarm — or a first step to a new geopolitical order?

    Global nightmare, false alarm — or a first step to a new geopolitical order?

    • November 22, 2016

    We have had a few days now to calm our jangling nerves. President-elect Trump has already had a civilized conversation with President Obama and “promised” to keep a couple of features from Obamacare. But he is going to be an …

    By John Sinclair
    International Development, International Security, USA
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  • Trump’s mixed signals threaten stability

    Trump’s mixed signals threaten stability

    • November 20, 2016

    The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States has ushered in a period of unsettling uncertainty in international affairs. He has called the foundations of American foreign policy into question, but his precise intentions remain mysterious.

    If …

    By Roland Paris
    International Security, USA
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  • Trump’s victory means major security shocks for Canada

    Trump’s victory means major security shocks for Canada

    • November 16, 2016

    The shock effect of Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential campaign will reach and shake the bedrock of Canadian national security policy. Maybe not right away, maybe not always visibly, but a Trump presidency has enormous implications for Canada’s …

    By Wesley Wark
    International Security, USA
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  • We Must Not Close the Doors to Spontaneously Arriving Asylum Seekers

    We Must Not Close the Doors to Spontaneously Arriving Asylum Seekers

    • November 8, 2016

    By Stephanie J. Silverman

    Governments understandably focus on enhancing security, surveillance, and risk management for their citizens, and as we have seen, particularly since 9-11, much of this increased attention is directed at national borders. While every person enjoys the …

    By CIPS
    International Security, Refugees
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  • Maintaining Transatlantic Unity in the Security Realm?

    Maintaining Transatlantic Unity in the Security Realm?

    • November 3, 2016

    At a recent meeting of NATO defense ministers, it was announced that the allies are advancing with plans to deploy thousands of troops and military equipment in the Baltics and Poland. At the July 2016 NATO summit in Warsaw, Canada, …

    By Alexandra Gheciu
    International Security
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  • Working Towards a Trinity of Trust: A Few Suggestions on National Security Reform in Canada

    Working Towards a Trinity of Trust: A Few Suggestions on National Security Reform in Canada

    • November 3, 2016

    by Stephanie Carvin

    A year after its election, the Trudeau Government is now taking steps to fulfill its campaign promises to improve intelligence oversight in Canada and reform Bill C-51 — the Harper Government’s controversial terrorism legislation. So far, there …

    By CIPS
    International Security
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