I was just at the Canadian Foreign Affairs website poking around and came across a solicitation for feedback. They ask: “What do you think are the most important security issues facing the world today? What are they for Canada? What should our responses be to them?” During the current session of Parliament, the Government will …
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UNSC dithers on Darfur
It’s happening again. There is a critical issue facing the UN and all they can do is dither and disagree. This time its’ Darfur. The UN report has come back and stated Genocide is not happening in the Sudan, however, very serious war crimes happening that deserve sanctions and even more serious action by the …
The Bush Doctrine: Softening Unilateralism
I’ve had some back and forth with the blog Bunker Mulligan about the Bush Doctrine, that is, the more Unilaterist (sp?) position taken by the current US administration versus the Multilateral, UN based actions that were the norm since WWII. There is no doubt that this doctrine, which was, as Bunker Mulligan pointed out, actually …
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