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Ottawa panel assesses Justin Trudeau foreign policy
October 16, 2019
How feminist is Canada’s foreign policy? Find out how Canada went from nuclear disarmament stalwart to nuclear weapons apologist. And is Canada really back?
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Trends and trouble spots in 2019
January 8, 2019
Robert Malley, President of the International Crisis Group, outlines key global trends and 10 ongoing or incipient conflicts to watch in 2019. See: 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2019 (Crisisgroup.org, 28 December 2018). The international order as we know it is unravelling, with no clear sense of what will come in its wake. The danger may […]
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A new look at Iran and an update on the Saudi/Yemen nightmare
December 4, 2018
At last a careful and reasoned examination of the many, mainly baseless, charges that Donald Trump has levelled against Iran to justify America’s abrogation of the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the JCPOA. See: Iran: Does President Trump Have a Case? (Peter Jenkins on lobelog.com, 28 November 2018). In response to Trump’s claim that Iran seeks to hold […]
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Oil, politics, conflict and Canada
October 9, 2018
A new book by Canadian energy economist John Foster shines a light on the dark geopolitics of oil and gas. It uncovers the complex and hidden motivations of governments, including our own, that lie behind military interventions, crippling sanctions and other actions in our name. See: Oil and World Politics – The real story of today’s […]
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