Peggy Mason, President of the Rideau Institute, was interviewed on the extension and expansion of the Canadian military mission in Iraq and Syria on CTV News on Thursday, March 26th.
Peggy Mason on extension of the military mission in Iraq and Syria
Peggy Mason, President of the Rideau Institute, was interviewed on the extension and expansion of the Canadian military mission in Iraq and Syria on CTV News on Thursday, March 26th.
Author and former NDP Federal Secretary Gerald Caplan comments on the incongruity of Canada getting involved in a multilayered sectarian war in the Middle East.
The Islamic State’s religious façade is merely another element of its propaganda, the mobilising ideology that provides a veneer of legitimacy for its existence, says Nafeez Ahmed.
Peggy Mason, the President of the Rideau Institute, debated Canada’s role in Iraq with Michael Petrou, a senior writer for Maclean’s, on CBC Radio’s The 180 with Jim Brown on Sunday, January 25th.
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.
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.