Libya Intervention of 2011: A Victory With Asterisks
This article first appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute Quarterly Review. The...
The Total Surveillance Society Approaches
Ottawa Citizen We will soon reach the point where governments will have the capacity, should they wish it, to monitor, record, and...
Canada-U.S. Perimeter Plan: From Aspiration to Action?
Yesterday, Canada and the United States announced a security and economic cooperation plan similar in style and substance to the 2005...
A Pivotal Moment? U.S. Policy Towards Asia
Is the United States “pivoting” its foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific region, as prominent Obama administration officials, news...
The 800-Pound Panda in Obama’s Asia Speech
Sometimes, the most interesting part of a political speech isn’t what is said, but what’s not said. On Thursday, President Barack Obama...
Lethal Drones Strike at Our Very Heart
Globe & Mail The revolution in robotic warfare is about to go global. Many countries are trying to develop or acquire remote-controlled...
Crowd-sourcing Terror in Norway
Ottawa Citizen Soon after it emerged that the perpetrator of last week’s horrific attacks in Norway was a white anti-Muslim reactionary...
After the Fall of Gadhafi
Globe & Mail If the situation in Libya seems messy, just wait until the war ends. Transitions to democracy can be nasty, brutish and...
Canada and the UN Security Council
Panel discussion on CPAC Watch here. "The Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) at the University of Ottawa, organized a...
After Afghanistan
TVO The Agenda "What is Canada's military going to do after the 2011 scheduled end to the Afghanistan combat mission? What do you think...
Assessing Afghanistan
TVO The Agenda "Have we made a difference, and was it worth it?"
Minority Governments Are Hobbling Canadian Foreign Policy
Globe and Mail Former diplomat Robert Fowler was right to upbraid both the Conservatives and Liberals on Sunday for their small-minded...
Don't Pull Out Every Soldier
Ottawa Citizen Canada can make a huge difference by leaving a small contingent of military trainers in Afghanistan after the 2011...
The Final Chapter of Our Afghan Mission
Globe & Mail Canada's military mission in Afghanistan is slated to end in 2011, but it is far from over. Contrary to reports that Canada...
