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Bill C-47 leaves majority of Canada’s military exports unregulated
March 5, 2018
In her address to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament on 28 February last, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland discussed Bill C-47, Canada’s legislation for accession to the Arms Trade Treaty: Canadians are rightly concerned about how arms could be used to perpetuate regional and international conflicts in which civilians have suffered and lost their lives. We […]
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Resistance growing against shocking rise in human rights abuses globally
February 27, 2018
Amnesty International, the prestigious global human rights body, has this week released its annual audit of human rights around the world. Throughout 2017, millions across the world experienced the bitter fruits of a rising politics of demonization. Its ultimate consequences were laid bare in the horrific military campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people […]
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Offensive Cyber Operations Endanger Us All
February 19, 2018
There is increasing debate and concern over the actions of states and non-state actors alike in the cyber domain. Annegret Bendiek and Ben Wagner, associates of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), outline key challenges and the dubious utility of offensive cyber operations in their article Making states responsible for their activities […]
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Nuclear Dangers and How to Dispel Them
February 12, 2018
Now, after thirty years of an apparent easing of nuclear tensions since the end of the cold war, fear of nuclear war is real and pressing. – Professor Paul Rogers In his latest article for Opendemocracy.net, A Quick Guide to Nuclear Weapons, Paul Rogers provides a much-needed primer in four parts: A quick history of […]
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