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Archive for May, 2013

Fighter aircraft and Arctic sovereignty

Posted on: May 18th, 2013 by Ernie Regehr

It is a staple of Canadian politics to invoke temporary northern visions to curry temporary southern favor, a tradition fully honored in the current plan to spend as much as a billion dollars per year – for some 40 years – to acquire and operate a new fleet of fighter aircraft. Continue reading at The Simons Foundation.

A flawed Arms Trade Treaty: Taking courage from a flawed NPT

Posted on: May 1st, 2013 by Ernie Regehr

Elements of the peace and disarmament community are currently engaged in a spirited debate over whether the new Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is an achievement worth celebrating or a failure that could actually harm arms transfer control efforts in the long run.  The ATT is clearly a compromise-ridden agreement, but did enough survive to make it a good basis for ongoing efforts to bring restraint and accountability into the international arms transfer system?

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