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Senior Advisor Walter Dorn op-ed: Between the superpowers in the Cuban Missile Crisis
October 16, 2012
Ottawa Citizen October 15, 2012 Fifty years ago Tuesday, on Oct. 16, 1962, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was told that a U-2 spy plane had spotted something menacing in Cuba. It was the first of a dramatic 13-day crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. A few days later on […]
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Special event: Is the Arctic a Zone of Peace?
October 9, 2012
Is the Arctic a Zone of Peace? October 26, 2012, University of Ottawa. Social Sciences Building, 120 University Street, room 4004. 5:30 – 7:00.
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Media coverage, Circumpolar Challenges: An Ambitious Agenda for the Arctic Council
October 4, 2012
Embassy News and iPolitics have published articles on the Rideau Institute’s Arctic Workshop, which took place on September 27 in Ottawa. James Munson of iPolitics summarizes some of the panelists opinions in “Canada’s upcoming Arctic agenda gets some unsolicited advice” Sneh Duggal of Embassy writes on Hon. Lloyd Axworthy’s keynote address in “Axworthy: Arctic Council […]
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Steven Staples on CTV News, “Turkey fires artillery at Syria after 5 civilians killed in Turkish border village”
October 4, 2012
Steven Staples, President of the Rideau Institute, appeared on CTV News on Wednesday, October 3, to comment on Turkey’s response to Syrian shells hitting a Turkish border town. The video is available on the CTV News site.
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