Canada and the U.S. go digging for regime change in Venezuela
Author(s): Asad Ismi April 1, 2015 U.S. hostility towards Venezuela reached absurd heights in March amidst accusations both Ottawa and Washington are supporting local efforts to overthrow the...
View ArticleNew study identifies more than $10 billion in savings on military equipment
June 29, 2015 OTTAWA— A new report, entitled Smart Defence: A plan for rebuilding Canada’s military, has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives...
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A Plan for Rebuilding Canada’s Military Author(s): Michael Byers June 29, 2015 Download4.76 MB60 pages Most of Canada’s major military hardware is old, degraded, unreliable and often unavailable....
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September 23, 2015 OTTAWA— A new report, entitled Torture of Afghan Detainees: Canada’s Alleged Complicity and the Need for a Public Inquiry, has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the...
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Canada’s Alleged Complicity and the Need for a Public Inquiry Author(s): Omar Sabry September 23, 2015 Download3.76 MB96 pages This report discusses Canada’s shortcomings and violations of...
View ArticleSelon un nouveau rapport, le Canada doit en faire davantage au niveau du...
February 2, 2016 OTTAWA — Les Forces armées canadiennes (FAC) doivent envisager une refonte en profondeur et une mise à jour urgente de la formation et des exercices au maintien de la paix, afin de...
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February 2, 2016 OTTAWA— A new report, entitled Unprepared for Peace? The Decline of Canadian Peacekeeping Training (and what to do about it), has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the...
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The Decline of Canadian Peacekeeping Training (and What to Do About It) Author(s): A. Walter Dorn Joshua Libben February 2, 2016 Download2.51 MB72 pages While Canada has provided key leadership and...
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Peace, not pacification, in Syria
Author(s): Robin Yassin-Kassab February 5, 2016 Protesters of Planet Syria wearing masks depicting (from left) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US President Barack Obama, Syrian President...
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A Policy and Legislative Agenda Author(s): Gar Pardy March 29, 2016 Download1.61 MB76 pages This study, by former Ambassador and long-time head of the Canadian consular service Gar Pardy, analyses...
View ArticleNew report details discrimination and unfairness in the assistance Canada...
March 29, 2016 OTTAWA – A new report, entitled Canadians Abroad: A Policy and Legislative Agenda, has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)....
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Canada, Haiti and the Pygmalion complex
Author(s): Jennie-Laure Sully May 1, 2016 Canadian soldiers discuss a civil-military co-operation project with school leaders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 2013. “Why did you take my...
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Hillary Clinton: Assessing the “Queen of Chaos”
Author(s): Jeremy Appel September 1, 2016 Photo by Gage Skidmore Progressives hoping for a Democratic victory in the upcoming U.S. election should be sorely disappointed by the party’s presidential...
View ArticleFast Facts: Lessons from Syrian refugee resettlement in Winnipeg
Author(s): Hani Al-ubeady Emily Halldorson Ray Silvius October 11, 2016 First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Oct 11, 2016 As the Syrian refugee crisis continues, so do Canada’s — and Manitoba’s...
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More than a few bad apples
"Militarized neoliberalism" and the Canadian state in Latin America Author(s): Jen Moore November 1, 2016 Military responds to mining protest in Peru. (Photo by Thomas Quirynen and Marijke Deleu,...
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There is a way to control arms exports, but does Canada have the will?
Author(s): Asad Ismi January 1, 2017 The Yemeni city of Sa'ada has been heavily hit by Saudi airstrikes, as shown in this image from August 2015. Photo credit: Philippe Kropf / United Nations OCHA...
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“We are talking about a fascist regime”
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is flouting international law with his war on drugs and reshaping Asian geopolitics Author(s): Asad Ismi March 1, 2017 PHOTO CREDIT: Presidential Communications...
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No evidence? No problem.
What Hassan Diab's extradition and imprisonment in France tells us about Canada's casual relationship with the rule of law. Author(s): Matthew Behrens March 1, 2017 Diab (right) in 2013 with his wife...
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Boom times in Ottawa
Canada’s biggest weapons fair turns 20 this year as the public turns against growing military exports. Author(s): Stephen Dale May 1, 2017 For a couple of days late last spring the EY Centre, a...
View ArticleThe Monitor, September/October 2017
Sanctuary Cities Edited by: Stuart Trew September 1, 2017 Download8.28 MB The Trudeau government has shone internationally on a progressive message of tolerance, openness, diversity and inclusive,...
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