A tempest in a teapot, says Peggy Mason, over Canada’s lack of invitation to the Paris anti-ISIL coalition meeting.
Peggy Mason on Canada being shut out of the anti-ISIS coalition meeting
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Why peacebuilding fails and what we can do about it
Although research demonstrates that peacekeeping missions, on balance, have a good track record, many of the practices, habits, and narratives that shape peacebuilders’ efforts on the ground are counterproductive. This, at least, is the argument put forward by Séverine Autesserre, researcher and associate professor at Columbia University, after conducting several years of ethnographic research in conflict zones around the world. In her book Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention, Autesserre explains how expatriates often live lives that are largely separated from the populations they are trying to help, and how this can undermine the very notion of local ownership that is key to the success of peacebuilding missions.
Sign the letter: Prime Minister, end the bombing!
We need an open and transparent defence review!
University of Ottawa professor Srdjan Vucetic makes the case for an inclusive defence policy review that engages the Canadian public.
The Liberal government must end the airstrikes now!
Canada should instead throw its support wholeheartedly behind UN-facilitated peace negotiations and participate actively in the Vienna process of the Syrian Support Group.
Ceasefire.ca 2016 survey results
See the results of our Ceasefire.ca 2016 Community Survey!