Archive » Tag: CSIS
Nuclear risks, foreign meddling & building a Ukraine peace table
June 25, 2023
Russia and the US agree to discuss nuclear risks and arms control; another Canadian judge overrules decisions on faulty intelligence and we examine a quintessentially Canadian proposal for building a Ukraine peace table.
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David Johnston finds a middle ground in his interim report on foreign interference
May 28, 2023
David Johnston surprised almost everyone with his ‘public hearings, not public inquiry’ recommendation. Find out why we agree with him in our latest blog post.
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Some federal budget good news, more CSIS problems and more Ukraine quagmire
April 2, 2023
No big defence spending increases, funding for implementing measures to allow humanitarian organizations to operate in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and more oversight of CSIS are all good news stories from the 2023 federal budget. And the Ukraine update offers yet more arguments for a diplomatic push now.
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More Iraq war lessons, Canada and Israel and another AUKUS update
March 26, 2023
Media cheerleading and intelligence failures that helped sell the Iraq war are now being replicated in the Ukraine war and in relation to China’s activities in Canada. We find more media failings in our AUKUS nuclear sub update and welcome Canada finally speaking out against Israeli extremism.
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