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Halifax International Security Forum
Israel: Power, Vulnerability, Perception, and the Quest for Peace
Shlomo Avineri takes a look at contemporary Israel in this paper written for the Halifax International Security Forum.
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Rejecting "The End of the West": A New Narrative for Transatlantic Relations
The global realignment triggered and then amplified by the financial crisis and the economic downturn in developed economies is having a profound effect on the way the West perceives itse...
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Will Rising India Join The West?
Sustained high economic growth rates, averaging around 8 percent in the first decade of the 21st century, have made India one of the top economies in the world. With current GDP at over U...
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In the Wake of Destruction: A New World Order?
The global economy has just come through a near-death experience. Although it is out of intensive care, it is still not out of danger, and the early rush of euphoria in the spring of 2009...
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The Consequences for NATO of a Nuclear Armed Iran
While NATO is already taking into account the hypothesis of an Iranian threat, notably through its missile defense program, few comprehensive assessments, if any, have been made of what i...
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Foreign Policy and Civil Society Or Why the 21st Century Will Be Another Amer...
Is the era of a unipolar world dominated by a single American superpower now finished, or will the United States continue to be the world’s most powerful country and global leader? This ...
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Maritime Security: Growing Problems on the Seven Seas
Originally published in November 2009, this paper says that the rise of piracy off the Somali coast has brought the issue of maritime security back into the public mind, but there is a da...
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Is Non-Proliferation a Lost Cause?
Originally published in November 2009, this paper says that the aim of stopping the spread of nuclear weapons is not a lost cause.
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International Security and Climate Change
Originally published in November 2009, this paper says that military experts can bring an important contribution to the climate change debate by showing how reducing our dependence on car...
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From Denial to Governance: A New Prism for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Originally published in November 2009, this paper argues that the current focus on attempting to deny technology and know how to aspirant nuclear powers is flawed and futile.
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Could the New Japanese Government Herald Novel Departures in Security Policy?
Originally published in November 2009, this paper says that the stability, or inertia, that has characterized Japanese politics since the end of the Second World War may have been broken ...
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Arctic Security: The New Great Game?
Originally published in November 2009. Environmental change in the Arctic combined with the ever more rapacious search for new energy sources has turned what was once a barely noticed wil...
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A Fundamentally Flawed Afghan Policy
Originally published in November 2009, this paper argues that the key flaw in the current allied policy in Afghanistan is the obsessive focus on defeating the Taliban rather than focusing...
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