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The new Iran talks: will both sides finally take the steps they have so far refused?
To no one’s surprise, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had only derision for the recently resumed nuclear talks with Iran, but for most the Iran debate has moved from the merits of a military attack to the key elements of … Continue reading
New Fighter Aircraft: 36-year Life-Cycle Cost Estimate Comparisons
Buying and operating contemporary fighter aircraft is hugely expensive, and the table (below) of cost comparisons suggests it doesn’t much matter whether they are fourth or fifth generation editions, whether stealth or not, still in development or off-the-shelf. The only real … Continue reading
The war in Sri Lanka is over but the search for peace continues
Canada has undertaken some welcome diplomatic activism in support of reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka – a critically important follow-up to the long and deadly civil war that ended in May 2009.
Iran and the limits of deterrence
Deterrence would become the default response if Iran were not ultimately prevented from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but neither the Cold War nor the South Asian experience offers much hope that stability would ensue.
Canadian uranium and China’s nuclear weapons arsenal
Exporting uranium to any state with nuclear weapons should obviously proceed only with the greatest of caution. Hence, this two-fold question: Is Canada taking sufficient care to ensure that Canadian uranium will never end up in a Chinese bomb; can … Continue reading
Returning to the basics of the Iran nuclear question
While a not-so-fringe cadre of Israelis and American Republicans can’t seem to stop talking about attacking Iran (at least for some Israelis it is still a question for debate,[i] for Republicans it’s become a campaign promise[ii]), there are still places where more … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Disarmament
Tagged Iran, Middle East NWFZ, nuclear nonproliferation
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Who will sit at the Afghan negotiating table?
The news that the Taliban will open a political office in Qatar is rightly being welcomed as a watershed moment – even though it is a belated one, coming at the 10-year mark of the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan. The … Continue reading
Canadian drones and the UN arms embargo on Libya
The sale of a Canadian-built surveillance drone to Libyan rebels last summer may well have been in violation of the UN arms embargo. The Government says it has asked the RCMP to investigate.
Posted in Armed Conflict, Arms Trade, Uncategorized
Tagged Canadian military exports, Libya, military exports
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Red Cross champions Nuclear Weapons Convention, Canada still tentative
The International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement has come out strongly in support of negotiations toward a nuclear weapons convention, in a resolution passed at the biennial meeting of the Council of Delegates in Geneva a week ago.
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