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Canadian silence on nuclear issues becoming deafening
March 25, 2019
The 2019 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., assesses current troubling trends in nuclear non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament. Among the more than 800 attendees was former Canadian Disarmament Ambassador Paul Meyer.
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Will peaceful democratic change prove possible in Algeria? What next in Venezuela?
March 18, 2019
Hundreds of thousands of people protested in central Algiers on Friday in the biggest demonstration against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s 20-year rule since unrest began last month.
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CSO Open Letter to PM on review of Saudi arms deal and update on gun control in Canada
March 13, 2019
On 5 March 2019 a large group of civil society organizations including the Rideau Institute released to the media and public the text of its latest Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada. It calls for a decision to be rendered in the matter of the government’s never-ending “review” of its export of armoured […]
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Nuclear flashpoints, Palestinian suffering, Venezuelan meddling and more
March 4, 2019
In a week packed with international flashpoints, our CF Roundup looks at important developments on the Korean peninsula, the sub-continent, in Israel-Palestine and in Venezuela. Collapse of Trump–Kim Summit in Hanoi The much-ballyhooed Hanoi Summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un ended prematurely and in seeming disarray at noon on 28 February, […]
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