Mexico’s Next President and the Drug War
The fight against the cartels needs to go on argues Jennifer Jeffs.
The fight against the cartels needs to go on argues Jennifer Jeffs.
Naked Dissent in Northern Uganda
There's more to justice than capturing Kony.
There's more to justice than capturing Kony.
Sudan and the Failure of Liberal Peacemaking
Peace cannot be imposed top-down contends John Young.
Peace cannot be imposed top-down contends John Young.
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Rahul Singh imagines a leaner, less combat-oriented Canadian Forces.
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The Canadian military is just one piece of the disaster-relief puzzle.
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General Butt Naked claims to have traded guns for God. But many Liberians are skeptical.
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Roundtable
Towards A Grand Strategy for Canada, Part 2
Last week, I started to talk about Canadian grand strategy, with a consideration of the threats facing Canada. I guess I should have started by being clearer about what I mean by “grand strategy.” Essentially, a country’s grand strategy is the way in which it tries to maintain – and perhaps enhance – its position in the world, given the threats, opportunities, and constraints it faces. How does one match capabilities with commitments and interests to secure the country and achieve whatever it seeks to achieve? I started with a discussion ...More
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The Think Tank
Naked Dissent in Northern Uganda
On Apr. 19, 2012, 60 rural women of Acoli descent stripped naked in protest of a government-supported business initiative to appropriate their communal land in Amuru District, Northern Uganda. Officials from the sugar company, the business in question, reportedly fled the scene. For the last two months, I have lived in a rural village in Northern Uganda, and since 2004, I have studied and documented how communities in this region survive and respond to mass violence and injustice. While my adoptive community in Lamwo ...More
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Readings
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As NATO struggles to redefine itself in a changing world, a series of papers by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs takes stock.
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Thailand places a value on its mangrove swamps. Should Canada do the same with its own natural capital? A new World Bank report suggests yes.
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Canadian Lyse Doucet was one of the first journalists in Egypt when the revolution began. Now, with exclusive access to Homs, another report.
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In his first 3 days as President, François Hollande will attend the G8, NATO and European Council meetings. A look at his foreign policy.
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You may believe that Twitter hasn't fundamentally changed geopolitics but, in the case of Chen Guangcheng, there is no doubt says Emily Parker.
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When we think of hackers, we think of Anonymous. But authoritarian regimes also employ hackers. Aikins on why journalists must be aware.
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Dispatch
Mexico’s Next President and the Drug War
The latest known victims of Mexico’s drug war may never be identified – their mutilated bodies, discovered Sunday in San Juan, Cadereyta, are designed to horrify. While Mexico’s interior secretary, Alejandro Poire, states that this massacre, the fourth in the past month, was due to fighting between the Zetas gang and the Sinaloa Cartel, gang fighting too often leaves innocent victims in its wake: Nine of the 18 bodies found outside Guadalajara last week were identified as individuals with no criminal records. In Cadereyta municipality, the ...More
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Events
Canadian International Council Members reception and dinnerDate : May 30, 2012
How Do Regions Diversify Over Time? Related Variety and Regional Innovation PolicyDate : May 24, 2012
Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet FreedomDate : May 24, 2012
The Responsibility to Protect and the Arab SpringDate : May 24, 2012
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Kyle Matthews
Daryl Copeland
Samantha Nutt
Erna Paris
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