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A new joint defence partnership will see the United States, Britain and Australia join together into what is already called AUKUS (Australia-UK-US). The objective of the partnership is for the…
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“Canada’s foreign policy is more important now than it has been in a generation,” states the Conservative Party of Canada’s election platform. Yet international issues were largely ignored in the…
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With Kabul fallen, Canada, the United States and their allies are now attempting to salvage what dignity they can from an utter debacle. Above all, there is the need to…
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Pierre Morcos, "NATO’s Pivot to China: A Challenging Path," Commentary, Center for Strategic and International Studies, June 8, 2021.
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Most humanitarian programmes commission aid consultants at various stages of their operationalization to evaluate the efficiency of relevant programme design and implementation. In principle, such consultancy reports are crucial pieces…
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With the Iranian presidential elections on June 18, 2021 looming, the Islamic Republic of Iran appears to be more frozen than ever. There is no doubt it would be premature,…
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Over the past few weeks, the continued and intensified protests in Myanmar despite the intensification of state repression is representative of a more general trend of resistance movements to gain…
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This text was originally a statement to the Standing Committee on National Defence on February 26 2021, in the context of the allegations of sexual misconduct against former Chief of…
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The ongoing diplomatic crisis between the United States and Turkey will have a significant impact on Canadian defence policy. While some strategic issues remain contentious, there is currently common ground…
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In September 2020, the Chairman of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Adam Schiff, published a short critical article in Foreign Affairs in which he asserted that…