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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Alex Wilner considers what`s next after defeat of ISIS

ISIS’s territorial defeat is an absolute necessity. But the caliphate’s collapse will create new counterterrorism challenges in the months and years to come. Read... More

Monday, February 13, 2017

CDAI launches its Vimy Paper – The Strategic Outlook for Canada in 2017

The CDA Institute annually publishes its flagship Vimy Paper – The Strategic Outlook for Canada, a broad examination of the current and likely future global trends impacting Canada’s security and national interests. This is aimed at encouraging informed public debate about security and defence issues and, unashamedly, encouraging the... More

Monday, February 13, 2017

Joint Statement from President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Joint Statement from President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau February 13, 2017 Washington, D.C. (États-Unis d’Amérique) President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held their first official meeting today in Washington, D.C. and affirmed their longstanding commitment to close cooperation in addressing both... More

Monday, February 6, 2017

John Higginbotham comments in the New York Times on Canada-U.S. Relations

While other prime ministers grappled with American presidents who were unpopular among Canadians, the current situation has few direct parallels. Especially jarring to Canada is the new administration’s promise to revamp key components of Canada’s economy, like the North American Free Trade Agreement; threats to tighten the border; and demand... More

Friday, February 3, 2017

New Challenges for Consular Affairs

Given the sheer numbers of Canadians living overseas (2.8 million), or travelling in and out of danger zones (subject to mishap, traffic accidents, natural disaster, theft, assault, arrest by foreign governments,  kidnapping or murder), consular issues, and how they are handled, are of direct concern to all of us who travel, or who have... More

Sunday, January 29, 2017

IR Theorists… Get to know your inner business self

IR Theorists… get to know your inner business self;Trump has rewritten the rules of the game. Theories have been developed to aid one make sense of uncertain events. Indeed, a new academic discipline of international relations was created after WWI to explain and understand the relations between states.  These theories, however, are struggling... More

Saturday, January 21, 2017

Canada is Vulnerable to U.S. first policy

John Higginbotham, CIGI and distinguished fellow at Carleton comments on Bloomberg News regarding Canada's next steps with the U.S. given its new U.S. first policy.  Canada should look to engage with the U.S. while looking to new trade... More

Monday, January 16, 2017

Year Ahead in 2017 Podcasts

On 8 December 2016, eighteen academics, experts and practitioners from Canada, the United States (U.S.) and Mexico along with an audience of over one hundred and forty civil servants, students and members of the public were invited to Canada’s War Museum to reflect on the challenges for Canada in the immediate future on four,... More

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Drone Threat to Israeli National Security

NPSIA PhD candidate Michael Shkolnik argues the drone threat to Israeli national security is likely to increase in the coming years.The threat from militant UAVs will grow as drone technology becomes increasingly cheaper and more effective – especially in the hands of operatives emerging from a more technologically savvy... More

Friday, January 6, 2017

What does “America First” mean for the Canada-U.S. bond over the Arctic?

John Higginbotham of CIGI poses the question in Open Canada: what does America First mean for Canadian cooperation with the United States in the Arctic — on issues ranging from military security to economic development to the role of Indigenous peoples to joint scientific... More

Friday, January 6, 2017

Placating Patrons Who Control the Cards in Syria by Barak Barfi

Barak Barfi of the New American Foundation comments on what comes next for Syria.  Russia and Turkey have cobbled together a ceasefire in Syria, paving the way for peace talks to end the more than five-year long war that has destroyed the country and torn asunder its social fabric.  Though past initiatives failed to... More

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Calling a Spade a Spade: Canada’s use of sanctions

Dr. Andrea Charron and Paul Aseltine review Canada's use of sanctions since 1990. Until 2006, Canada applied sanctions in support of the United Nations almost exclusively. Since then, Canada has also applied discretionary sanctions in support of allies such as the European Union and United States’ measures in addition to those required by the... More

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