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War Talk: The Obama Administration and Iran
“Let there be no doubt,” President Obama declared in his 2012 State of the Union address. “America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will…
Robin Hood Tax: Will it Save the Day?
Mario Monti, the Italian prime minister, who studied at Yale with the respected economist James Tobin, the first to propose the financial transaction tax, said that his one-time mentor likened…
Lawfare and Targeted Killing
Over the last decade, the term lawfare, an amalgamation of “law” and “warfare,” has been adopted and popularized among people engaged in monitoring, judging and debating the legality of a…
Tahrir One Year Later: The Fight for Egypt’s Future
On November 19, Ahmed Harara, a 31-year-old activist who lost his right eye during the uprising against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, lost his left eye while protesting the military junta…
Bashar al-Assad in State of Desperation
The signs are clear: Bashar al-Assad is in a state of desperation, and his latest speech in front of Syrian parliament proves it: having played most of the cards at…
Guantánamo: Sad Anniversary and Shameful Legacy
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of the infamous Guantánamo Bay detention camp. This place created by G. W. Bush but still in existence today under the presidency…
Video: Rights and Security on the Bizarre Case of Abousfian Abdelrazik
This episode of Rights and Security deals with the case of Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen of Sudanese origin who was detained and tortured while visiting his native country. It…
Bahraini King and America’s Spin Doctors
It was going to be a real long-shot, with million-to-one odds. It was going to be the first time in living memory that the King of a country commissioned and…
Perimeter Security, Information Sharing and RCMP Oversight
On December 7, 2011 Prime Minister Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama jointly announced the Action Plan on Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness. The Canadian government praised this Action Plan…
Guantánamo: Ten Years and Counting
On January 11 it will have been a decade since the first of the men we once called “the worst of the worst” were brought to Guantánamo Bay, a location…
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