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Staples on Canadian-Libyan trade push
March 19, 2013
Newly released documents show that the Conservative government launched a trade push just before the end of the war in Libya in 2011 “to ensure a return on our engagement and investment,” Lee Berthiaume reported this week (“Canada made trade push as Gadhafi fled,” Ottawa Citizen, March 19, 2013). The documents have raised old questions […]
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Steven Staples: Mali could be the new post-Afghanistan quagmire
March 1, 2013
Steven Staples, President of the Rideau Institute, was interviewed by Ish Theilheimber for Straight Goods News, and is featured in the article “Mali could be the new post-Afghanistan quagmire ” (Ish Theilheimer, February 26, 2013). Staples details the similarities between the situation in Mali and the Canadian experience in Afghanistan, and how Canada could potentially […]
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Michael Byers – After Afghanistan: Canada’s return to peacekeeping
February 1, 2013
“After Afghanistan: Canada’s return to peacekeeping,” an op-ed by Michael Byers, Member of the Board of Directors of the Rideau Institute, is currently featured in the Canadian Military Journal. In the article, Byers presents the case for Canada’s re-engagement in peacekeeping. “Peacekeeping is also optional, insofar as it does not address direct threats to this […]
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Steven Staples on Mali and Egypt, CHCH “Square Off”
January 31, 2013
Steven Staples appeared on the CHCH Hamilton program Square Off on Tuesday, January 30, 2013, to give commentary on the Canadian special forces involvement in Mali, as well as an update on Egypt and President Morsi, as the situation there continues to deteriorate. “We’re almost back to square one again,” said Staples, “with protests, people […]
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