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Foreign Policy Issues to ponder while RI takes a short summer break
August 2, 2021
Today’s blog examines the “action-reaction” negative feedback loop that propels nuclear arms racing and how Canada can help stop it; Hiroshima Nagasaki Day commemorations, a Cuba update and more.
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Professor Paul Rogers on the Trump wars era
December 5, 2017
In his latest article, The Trump wars era (OpenDemocracy.net, 30 November 2017), Professor Paul Rogers, International Security Advisor at Open Democracy, outlines the terrifying augmentation of military force by the Trump administration. Because of its importance, we include it below in its entirety. “A new era is opening almost by stealth. Its defining feature is military expansion, ordered […]
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Staples and McCorkle Op-ed: Canada should reject armed drones
March 6, 2013
Embassy News Wednesday, March 6, 2013 If the Canadian Forces possessed a fleet of armed drones, would Prime Minister Stephen Harper be readying them for Mali? It’s an important question, given the Canadian military’s long-standing desire for Predators and the government’s interest in providing military support to the French troops battling ethnic Tuareg and Islamist […]
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