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Middle East




  • Trump should try on the velvet glove in dealing with Moscow

    • April 15, 2017

    Every country in the world, Canada included, is scrambling to catch up to some breathtaking changes in the fundamental approach of the United States to global politics. These changes were prompted by the Trump administration’s reactions to the use of …

    By Wesley Wark
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  • Trump and Syria: After Cruise Missiles, What?

    • April 7, 2017

    The United States has moved swiftly and dramatically to punish the Syrian regime for its use of chemical weapons against civilians in a recent attack on a rebel-held town in Northern Syria. On Thursday evening, US warships off the coast …

    By Wesley Wark
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  • 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 S. Forcese
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  • 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
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  • Syrian Refugees and Canada’s “Defining Moment”: One Year On

    • December 7, 2016

    By Elke Winter, Benjamin Zyla, Charlotte Murret-Labarthe

    University of Ottawa

    Origins of the crisis

    In March 2011, three months after the Arab Spring began in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, fifteen Syrian schoolchildren were arrested and tortured for writing on a …

    By CIPS
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  • Trudeau Government, Canadian Foreign Policy, and Public Opinion: A One-Year Assessment

    • October 12, 2016

    With an approval rate oscillating at around 70% and voting intentions at around 50%, it is fair to say that the Trudeau government has enjoyed wide public support during its first year in power. However, overall positive impressions do not …

    By Mathieu Landriault
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  • Afghanistan’s Schools Under Real Threat – Donor Nations Won’t Admit It

    • October 10, 2016

    Classes began at the highly secured and protected campus of the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) in Kabul on August 24, even as tensions continued over the earlier abduction of two of the university’s professors.

    Suddenly there was the sound …

    By Nipa Banerjee
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  • The Peres Legacy: Making Peace to Defend his Vision of Israel

    • October 2, 2016

    In all of the millions of words being written and spoken about Shimon Peres, many focus on his legacy as a peacemaker.  This is entirely proper; Peres was one of the main architects and drivers of the Israeli–Palestinian peace process, …

    By Peter Jones
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  • Britain’s Chilcot Report: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Foreign Policy Formulation

    • August 17, 2016

     

    On 6 July 2016, the fourth and most exhaustive British inquiry on the Iraq war — after the Intelligence and Security Committee Report (2003), the Lord Butler Review (2004), and the Lord Hutton Inquiry (2004) — this one chaired …

    By Daniel Livermore
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  • Future Development Challenges? Afghanistan Remains at the Top of the List

    • July 7, 2016

    While the joint work of the Afghan government and the international community brought a few benefits for the country, many have not been sustainable. Serious challenges remain unaddressed and require priority attention from analysts, policy-makers, and bureaucrats. Highlighting dubious, anecdotal …

    By Nipa Banerjee
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  • Why Canada Will Go Ahead with the LAV Deal

    • July 4, 2016

    The proposed $15-billion sale of light armoured vehicles (LAVs) to Saudi Arabia has brought significant attention — mostly negative — to Canada’s partnership with the Arabian Peninsula kingdom.

    Much of this criticism is valid — the human-rights situation in Saudi …

    By Thomas Juneau
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  • No, Yemen’s Houthis actually aren’t Iranian puppets

    • June 1, 2016

    For years, mounting instability had many predicting the collapse of Yemen. These forecasts became reality in 2014 when years of accumulated tension pushed the country into civil war. On one side is an alliance of the Houthis, a …

    By Thomas Juneau
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