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  • Exigencies of Future Deployments: What Canada must Exact from its Military Partners
    Senator Hugh Segal,argues that Canada should have a clear set of purposes and areas of responsibilities when involved in military deployments and ask "why us?" before committing to putting boots on the ground.
  • The Digital Diplomacy Revolution: Why is Canada Lagging Behind
    A new report from Roland Parisconcludes that as Canada continues to lag behind in the digital revolution of diplomacy its voice will also progressively fade in international affairs, along with its influence.
  • Back to the Future: Debating Missile Defence in Canada... Again
    David S. McDonough, encourages Canada to take a new, sober, look at the costs of benefits of Ballistic Missile Defence participation. It is in Canada's interest to have a more nuanced debate on both the pros and cons of joining BMD.
  • Why don’t diplomats get the respect they’ve earned?
    Examine the strained relationship between the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, the federal government, and the consequences on Canada’s ability to operate globally from a continual undervaluation of Canada’s foreign service workers.
 

In the Media

Canadians Need to Know Exactly Why They are Deploying Troops into Combat Zones

by Hugh Segal

Canada.com, June 17, 2013

 

Dr. Harvey a Double Winner at CPSA

by Dlahousie University Department of Political Science, June 7, 2013

 

Afghanistan and Pakistan:
Looking back, looking forward

by Daryl Copeland

CDFAI Media Brief, May 17, 2013  

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Policy Paper

 

Exigences of Future Deployments: What Canada Must Exact from its Military Partners

by Hugh Segal and Jessica McLean

A new report from Senator Hugh Segal, chair of the Senate Special Committee on Anit-Terrorism and Jessica McLean, a former political staffer of the Canadian Embassy in Ankara, argues that not only must Canada have a clear set of purposes and areas of responsibilities when involved in military deployments, it must ask "why us" before committing to putting boots on the ground.


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Policy Paper

 

 

The Digital Diplomacy Revolution: Why is Canada Lagging Behind

by Roland Paris

 

A new report from Roland Paris, CDFAI Senior Fellow and Director of the Centre for International Policy Studies with the University of Ottawa, concludes that as Canada continues to lag behind in the digital revolution of diplomacy its voice will also progressively fade in international affairs, along with its influence.

 

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On the Horizon

 

2013 Canada & the World Speaker Series - Vancouver

 

Beginning June 3rd, CDFAI will be hosting its Inaugural 2013 lunch hour speaker series.  Topics to be discussed will include:

 

How sustainable is the US recovery and what does this mean for Canada?
Where should Canada focus its long-term relations?
What is the likely impact on Canadian Forces procurement in the current fiscal environment?

 

Click here for further information and to register for this  series of discussions.

 

Events Calendar

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Canada

A Canadian Primer to APEC

Canada and China: Take Nothing for Granted

Canada and Iran: Looking Beyond the Present
 
Security

Comprehensive Security Requires Comprehensive Structures- How Comprehensive Can We Get?

Distributed Security as Cyber Strategy: Outlining a Comprehensive Approach for Canada in Cyberspace

Operations Security and the Public’s Need to Know
 

United States

A Raucous Political Year for America

Getting Past the Bilateral-Trilateral Debate: A Pragmatic Functionalist Approach to North America

‘Now for the Hard Part’: A User’s Guide to Renewing the Canadian-American Partnership
 

 
 
 
 
 

World

Asia-Pacific: Let’s Get Back in the Ring

Door Half Open: Opportunities and Challenges for Potential Investors in Romania

Indian Aerospace: Poised for Takeoff?
 

Middle East

A President Soon? Where is Egypt Heading To?

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the Arab Spring

Turkey: Current and Future Political, Economic and Security Trends


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