January, 2009

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Great expectations for U.S. Afghan reinforcements

Olivia Ward
Toronto Star

Surge of U.S. troops in Afghanistan will take weight off Canadians, allow more reconstruction, training

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Iraq’s minorities facing extinction in current crisis

Waterloo, Ontario - Although all Iraqis are caught in a cycle of violence and victimhood, the extremist danger and the rise of religious parties as the main political actors in the new Iraq has left minority groups acutely vulnerable to extinction, states a special report by Mokhtar Lamani, a senior visiting fellow with The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).