Articles

The Future of Killer Robots: Are We Really Losing Humanity?

Ian Shaw • Dec 11 2012 • Articles

We cannot unmake the drone any more than we can unmake the nuclear bomb. They both sit in the world as technological anchors and lock-in a trajectory few of us can change.

US-Afghan-Pakistani Relations During Obama’s Second Term

Salih Dogan • Dec 10 2012 • Articles

The U.S. administration must get ready for negotiations and bring the neighboring countries -especially Iran and Pakistan- together and constitute a regional pact for the peaceful future of Afghanistan.

Jury Still Out on Killer Robots

Paul Robinson • Dec 10 2012 • Articles

Killer robots have long been a staple of science fiction. Yet, the prospect of so-called ‘lethal autonomous robots’ is now far more real. As a result pressure is growing to outlaw them before they become an established part of warfare.

Hu Jintao’s Foreign Policy Legacy

Suisheng Zhao • Dec 8 2012 • Articles

Hu Jintao presided over China’s phenomenal rise as a global power. However, Beijing’s assertiveness was not joined with a broader vision, making China an often reluctant actor internationally.

Ottawa’s Struggle to Emerge From the Hemispheric Shadow

W. Alex Sanchez and Trent Boultinghouse • Dec 7 2012 • Articles

Given the billions of dollars in potential trade and US refocusing on Asia, Ottawa would be well advised to develop a comprehensive doctrine or strategy with regards to its relations with the rest of the Western Hemisphere – especially Latin America.

Counting Down to the Mayan Apocalypse

Mary Manjikian • Dec 6 2012 • Articles

The production of apocalyptic literature is largely a product of Western wealth and privilege that allows wealthy modern readers the luxury of asking counterfactual questions about their own society.

Whither the Vision? Institutional Change During Europe’s Financial Crisis

Theofanis Exadaktylos • Dec 5 2012 • Articles

European integration has lost its orientation; European integration is now a lackluster process; European integration lacks vision. There is a certain capability gap as to what Europe can achieve with its current institutional arrangements.

Wanted: A Coherent Canadian Foreign Policy

Robert W. Murray • Dec 5 2012 • Articles

Between 2006 and 2011, Stephen Harper’s “Restrained Pragmatism” was a shift towards a realist foreign policy strategy, but now he appears lost and this poses risks for Canada in the international state system.

Public Diplomacy and Propaganda: Rethinking Diplomacy in the Age of Persuasion

Nancy Snow • Dec 4 2012 • Articles

Public diplomacy is not just a euphemism for a kinder, gentler propaganda, but also part of the modern diplomat’s toolkit. This is not our mother’s diplomacy. Today a citizen blogger is as much a public diplomat as any Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs.

Euroscepticism: Virus or Cure?

John Rentoul • Dec 4 2012 • Articles

If the United Kingdom left the European Union, access to the single market may not be guaranteed to the UK. Therefore contemporary Conservative Party euroscepticism may not be mad, but rather an adjustment to the challenges of the future.

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