Canada Votes 2015: The Middle East factor By: Wisam Salih , / 2 June, 2015 Five questions about what to expect on Operation Impact during this year’s federal election.
R2P at 10: From Iraq to South Sudan, does it make a difference? By: Alex Bellamy , / 4 May, 2015 Since R2P’s adoption, has the international community been more likely to respond to crises?
On humanitarian efforts: Defeating ISIS is not the end By: Elizabeth Ferris , / 22 April, 2015 The widespread displacement ISIS has caused will have consequences for years to come.
ISIS, by the numbers By: OpenCanada Staff , / 20 April, 2015 How many fighters? How many countries fighting ISIS? How many refugees?
The Syrian mission: for humanitarian, security and political reasons By: David McDonough , / 1 April, 2015 As Canada’s military campaign expands in the Middle East, questions arise as to the motives for engagement. By David McDonough.
The West’s war with ISIS, or how to dress an open fracture By: Jean Daudelin , / 30 March, 2015 Degrading ISIS won’t end the violence in the Middle East. A more fundamental change is required.
Iraq, and other wars: The risks of reporting from the field By: OpenCanada Staff , / 27 March, 2015 Is the current Canadian military campaign too risky, costly or inaccessible for the media to cover? Watch our panel.
Impossible versus difficult: Canada’s way forward in Syria and Iraq By: Stephen Saideman , / 20 March, 2015 It won’t be Kandahar II, but there are practical and legal reasons why Iraq makes for an easier military choice than Syria. By Steve Saideman
Canada in Iraq: Willing to pay some kind of price By: Stephen Saideman , / 9 March, 2015 The government is trying to minimize, instead of mitigate, the risks in Iraq. But accidents are not unlikely.
The Petroleum Factor By: John Foster , / 30 January, 2015 Are oil and gas being left out of current conflict narratives? By John Foster.
Canada’s mission creep in Iraq (and why it matters) By: Roland Paris , / 26 January, 2015 We should support Iraqi troops, but we can’t fight their war for them, argues Roland Paris.
Canada in Iraq: Mission Confusion? By: Stephen Saideman , / 20 January, 2015 Steve Saideman looks at what exactly are our soldiers are doing in Iraq.
Bombing Iraq 101: A primer on Canada’s action By: Stephen Saideman , / 3 November, 2014 What does ‘success’ of the mission look like? Is there a chance of mission creep? Steve Saideman fills in the blanks.
Debating Canada’s decision to fight ISIL: If I were MP By: Adam Chapnick , / 27 October, 2014 Adam Chapnick on what was missing from the debate over Canadian military action in Iraq.
Nation-building in the Mideast? What is needed is a Sunni home in Mesopotamia By: Jean Daudelin , / 25 September, 2014 Jean Daudelin on why its time to reconsider the borders in the Middle East.
When to invoke Responsibility to Protect: The case for Iraq By: Tina Jiwon Park , / 24 September, 2014 Tina Park and Victor MacDiarmid on how the West can fulfill its responsibility to protect Iraqi civilians from ISIS.
The Debate Over the Iraq Deployment: Confusion Reigns By: Stephen Saideman , / 17 September, 2014 Is this an R2P mission? Are party members taking the debate seriously? Should there be a vote? By Steve Saideman.
Obama Mid East strategy: a nod to Bush era, or new shift? By: Roland Paris , / 12 September, 2014 The president had hoped to chart a new course. But events have a way of disrupting the best-laid plans. By Roland Paris.
Canada Aiding Iraq: This Is Just the Beginning By: Navid Hassibi , Wisam Salih , / 28 August, 2014 Navid Hassibi and Wisam Salih on what Ottawa can do to help the fight against the Islamic State.
On Intervention: Iraq, not Syria? By: Stephen Saideman , / 19 August, 2014 Stephen Saideman looks at why Canada is getting involved with a country it avoided for so long.
