On Thursday January 22nd Ambassador (ret’d)Peggy Mason, the President of the Rideau Institute will give a talk entitled “Countering the Islamic State: Why Canada needs to Change course” hosted by the Canadian Club of Kingston. Talk is open to all.
Tag Archives: ISIL
Interview with Paul Rogers on Paris attack
Paul Rogers, professor of peace studies at the University of Bradford and OpenDemocracy’s international-security editor, discusses the recent attacks in Paris and the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
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.
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.
Harper’s Iraq plan may make matters worse, says former ambassador
ISIL is playing a strategical game of chess with its every move, while the West is playing military tic-tac-toe.
No root cause for rise of ‘vile’ ISIL, says Harper
Mike Blanchfield of the Canadian Press reports on the Canadian government’s contradictory characterizations of the conflict in Iraq.