Jean-Marie Guéhenno, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, provides an overview of 10 conflicts the international community will face in 2015.
10 wars to watch in 2015
Tag Archives: Iraq
No simple solutions in Ukraine, Iraq crises
Scott Taylor discusses the flaws in the Canadian government’s approach to the conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine.
Stop Canada’s War in Iraq!
With little or no thought of the consequences and impact, of the destruction and chaos, or even of the death and mayhem…Stephen Harper has dragged Canada into an American war. The coalition led by the Americans includes states like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates which are viciously repressing any peaceful dissent in their […]
Parliamentary Budget Officer criticizes Department of National Defence for withholding cost of Iraq combat mission
In a succinct letter, Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette took aim at the deputy defence minister, Richard Fadden, for saying the military’s cost estimate for the six-month airstrike is a cabinet confidence.
How not to understand ISIS
The view that one particular religious doctrine is uniquely extremist will not help us understand the cycles of brutality that have fed on years of circulating narratives and images of torture, violent murder, and desecration.
Canada’s military involvement in Iraq: Statements from four party leaders
On Friday, October 3rd, Prime Minister Harper called on the House of Commons to support Canadian participation in a six-month air-strike campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Here’s what the four party leaders had to say about the motion.