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- April 15, 2020
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Accord sur le nucléaire iranien : le vrai Nobel d’Obama
- April 16, 2015
Published in La Presse, April 8, 2015
L’accord sur le nucléaire conclu entre le groupe de pays P5+1** et l’Iran est un événement historique compte tenu de la distance politique, sociologique, idéologique et humaine entre les deux camps et …
READ MOREAli Khamenei and the 47 Senators: A Letter and its Legal Consequences
- April 1, 2015
“Writing letters, however, means to denude oneself before the ghosts,” wrote Franz Kafka in his “Letters to Milena”. The open letter from 47 U.S. senators to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stripped them bare, not in front of ghosts, but in …
READ MOREYes, With Conditions, To War in Iraq
- March 26, 2015
Published in the National Post, March 23, 2015
The Harper government is expected to announce this week that it will renew — and possibly expand to Syria — its commitment to the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of …
READ MORETo Understand International Security, Consider Social Relations
- March 5, 2015
By Jarrod Hayes, School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech
The world is a complex place. Social tides ebb and flow, diverse social systems interacting with agency to produce an ever-shifting mix of international challenges. This is all the more …
READ MORELa relation israélo-américaine : le danger Netanyahou
- March 1, 2015
Quand Susan Rice a dit à Charlie Rose que l’insistance de Netanyahou à vouloir parler au congrès américain du danger que représentent les négociations avec l’Iran et ainsi à vouloir saboter les efforts du président Obama, « avait un effet …
READ MOREJohn Baird’s Middle East Legacy
- February 10, 2015
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by Daniel Livermore, David Petrasek, Colin Robertson and Ferry de Kerckhove.
In commenting …
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Canadian Mission Creep in Iraq? A CIPS Debate – Part 3
- January 30, 2015
by Philippe Lagassé
For Parts 1 and 2 of this CIPS debate, see the posts by Roland Paris and Thomas Juneau.
Published on Canadian Defense Politics, January 29, 2015
Did the Prime Minister mislead the House of Commons …
READ MOREWho Will Make the Middle East’s New Map?
- October 29, 2014
Canada has now been directly affected by the turmoil raging in the Middle East. It is unfolding on many levels, reflecting the multitude of forces and tensions involved. One way to understand it is as an exercise in fundamentally re-drawing …
READ MORELast Year’s CIPS Blog Highlights, Part 2: New Global Threats
- September 16, 2014
Here at CIPS we are pleased with the flurry of blog posts that our expert authors have submitted in the new academic year: more than a dozen in the past two weeks alone – and more in the works. This …
READ MOREObama’s Gamble in Iraq and Syria
- September 12, 2014
President Barack Obama’s speech on Wednesday marks the third major shift in United States counterterrorism strategy since 9/11, but it remains to be seen if the new approach will work better than the previous ones.
The first shift followed the …
READ MORECanada’s Iran Policy: ‘Reckless Rhetoric’ and More Out of Step Than Ever
- June 19, 2014
by John Mundy
Published in the Globe and Mail, June 19, 2014
Canada has a dysfunctional relationship with Iran and our government is proud of it. That is the underlying message of Foreign Minister John Baird’s latest statements about …
READ MOREUkraine: Another Example of the Dangerous Clash of Hegemons
- April 15, 2014
A previous version of this essay was published in the Huffington Post on March 18, 2014
When the history of the early decades of the 21st century is written, it may well be called the era of multiple clashing …
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