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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

CSIDS is looking for a new Director as Andrea Charron returns to the University of Manitoba

CSIDS is looking for a new Director.  Date to apply is 14... More

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Commentary on Canada`s new Development Policy

In CIDP`s  latest report, Responding to the Changing Global Development Context: How Can Canada Deliver?, we highlight key messages in areas that resonate strongly with Canada’s new... More

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Jim Cox comments on the new (non) Defence Policy

The new defence policy statement provides a plan for the Department of National Defence, writes James Cox. But, like its predecessors, it does not offer a government-wide defence... More

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Andrea Charron speaks to CBC about the new Defence Policy

Andrea Charron discusses the ins and outs of the Government's new defence... More

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Elliot Tepper comments on Minister Freeland’s Foreign Policy Statement

CSIDS' research fellow Elliot Tepper puts Minister Freeland's speech into... More

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Thomas Juneau provides initial thoughts on Canada’s new Defence Policy

The Liberal government finally released on Wednesday, after 18 months of anticipation, its new defence policy. As with any other official policy document, and especially defence policies, it is important to remember that its value is limited. A comparison of recent defence policies – the last ones were released in 2008, 2005 and 1994... More

Monday, June 5, 2017

Stephen Saideman considers the future of NATO

A panel of experts, including Stephen Saideman, considers the future of... More

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Elliot Temper comments on world events on Ottawa Today

Dr. Tepper provides insight into the recent car bombing in Afghanistan and much... More

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

NPSIA MA Candidate Eric Flemming Suggests its time for Canada to Renegotiate BMD

Canada and the United States have a long history of dancing around a possible Canadian role in the US’s ballistic missile defence (BMD) for North America (Fergusson 2005). In 2005, this dance appeared to end when then-prime minister Paul Martin refused participation in BMD. However, the debate appears to have been re-opened somewhat in... More

Saturday, May 27, 2017

Elliot Tepper comments on attempted coup in the Philippines

Militants with ties to the Islamic State have taken control of a city in the southern Philippines. Violence erupted in Marawi after a botched raid to take down Abu Sayaff leader Isnilon Hapilon Tuesday. Government security forces battled Hapilon’s fighters, as well as Maute reinforcements. Tepper unpacks the... More

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Alex Wilner helps make sense of the Manchester Bombing

The suspected suicide bomber who struck at a Manchester pop concert packed with teens was described by members of the city’s Libyan community Tuesday as “withdrawn” and “devout.”  Alex Wilner unpacks what we know so... More

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Colin Roberts provides a NATO Summit Primer

On May 25-26, NATO leaders will meet in Brussels. This will be the first multilateral forum in which President Donald Trump will be in attendance, and where much of the focus will be following his varied comments on NATO. From its original 12 members, NATO now stands at 28, including many former Warsaw Pact... More

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