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North American Futures

January 17, 2018

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This post looks at the different ways relations within and among Canada, Mexico and the United States may evolve over the next generation or so.
# North American Federation # scenarios for North America #federalism

Posted in: Blog Tagged: Canada, democracy, Federalism, Mexico, scenarios, US

Breaking Up is Hard to do

October 21, 2017

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Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy and Head of the Catalonian Generalitat Puigdemont in easier times.

Posted in: Blog Tagged: Canada, Catalonia, democracy, EU, Federalism, referenda, Spain

NORTH KOREA – HIGH TIME TO GET REAL, PART I

July 31, 2017

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This blog, the first in a two-part series, cuts through some of the traditional thinking on the Korean crisis.

Posted in: Blog Tagged: Canada, China, Geopolitics, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, US, world war

LAW: NORTH KOREA – HIGH TIME TO GET REAL, PART II

July 20, 2017

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This second blog on the situation in and around Korea, and its implications for international
security, puts forward ideas on how the US and Canada and their Allies can rise to this challenge.

Posted in: Blog, Uncategorized Tagged: Canada, China, Geopolitics, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, US, world war

Defence Spending Challenges

April 16, 2017

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The election of Donald Trump as the 45th US President has put a new emphasis on a series
of issues in the area of defence spending. This is a revised version of an earlier post on this subject.

Posted in: Blog Tagged: Canada, defence spending, EU, NATO, US

The Malian Crisis: a security sector perspective

November 11, 2016

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This three-part blog contribution provides a security sector perspective on the ongoing crisis in Mali and focuses on the stabilization and security sector reform challenges that need to be addressed in this context.

Posted in: Blog Tagged: Africa, Canada, MENA, National/Regional Governance and Security, peace support operations, peacekeeping, Sahel, Security Sector Reform and Governance

The Malian Crisis: chaos in the making

November 11, 2016

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This first blog in a first-part series on Mali provides background on the country and how its present crisis emerged.

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Africa, Arab Spring, Canada, MENA, National/Regional Governance and Security, peace support operations, peacekeeping, Security Sector Reform and Governance, UN

The Malian Crisis: the stumbling stabilization effort

November 11, 2016

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This second blog in the Mali series discusses the national, regional, European and international responses to the crisis in the country, and the peace process that resulted in an agreement in 2015.

Posted in: Blog Tagged: Africa, Arab Spring, Canada, MENA, National/Regional Governance and Security, peace support operations, peacekeeping, Security Sector Reform and Governance

The Malian Crisis: thinking more broadly about the security sector agenda

November 11, 2016

mali-lastThis third blog in the Mali series discusses the current situation in the country and the implications for security sector governance that stem from the national, regional, EU and UN efforts to stabilize the country.

Posted in: Blog Tagged: Africa, Arab Spring, Canada, MENA, National/Regional Governance and Security, peace support operations, peacekeeping, Security Sector Reform and Governance, UN

Canada and the US Election

November 4, 2016

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What are Canadians thinking and talking about in the lead-up to the US elections? Here is my take.

Posted in: Blog Tagged: Arctic, Canada, defence preparedness, defence spending, democracy, environment, NAFTA, US
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