October, 2011
Syria an unlikely target for NATO
In an op-ed to The Toronto Star, CIGI Senior Fellow Mark Sedra says that "the international consensus, local demand, strategic logic and urgent western interests that facilitated the Libyan intervention are not present in Syria."
First CETA, then India and China: Whither the WTO?
As Canada and the European Union held the ninth round of negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in Ottawa last week, and moved closer to a conclusion in 2012, what will be the impact on the World Trade Organization (WTO) of this new trend in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) between major developed partners?
The tactics of intervention: Why Syria will never be Libya
In an op-ed to The Globe and Mail, CIGI Senior Fellow Bessma Momani argues that "politics aside, intervening in Syria would be tactically challenging."
Financial Transactions Tax, RIP
Senior Visiting Fellow Simon Zadek explores three of the main arguments a possible financial transaction tax.
China's Outward Investment Is Our Future
"If China's trade surplus has to date symbolized its emerging place in the international economy, then the next decade's symbolic and practical focus will be its surging outward investment," CIGI Senior Visiting Fellow Simon Zadek writes.
Are we watching Europe’s Wile E. Coyote moment?
"There is also too little co-operation or co-ordination in making collective decisions, giving the rest of the world the impression that some euro zone members are happy to extract the benefits from a monetary union but take a not-in-my-backyard attitude when difficulties in the union emerge," writes CIGI Senior Fellow Pierre Siklos.
How the Mission in Afghanistan Changed Canada
In The Mark's three part series on the outcomes and legacy of the war in Afghanistan, CIGI Senior Fellow Mark Sedra's third contribution discusses how the war in Afghanistan changed Canada.
Bill Gates Pushes Financial Sector to Pay its Fair Share
CIGI Distinguished Fellow Andrew Cooper looks at how high profile activists are trying to change the financial sector to "make a fair contribution" to wider society.
Just say no to a new Haitian army
In an op-ed to the Globe and Mail, CIGI Research Officer Geoff Burt argues against a new Haitian army.
How the Afghan Mission Failed
In The Mark's three part series on the outcomes and legacy of the war in Afghanistan, CIGI Senior Fellow Mark Sedra's second contribution discusses the factors that led to NATO's failure.
#OccupyWallStreet Proposals Add Up
"Occupy Wall Street's proposed list of eight demands is a work-in-progress developed through the best 'open innovation' process that money can't buy," writes CIGI Senior Visiting Fellow Simon Zadek
The morality of robotic warfare
In an op-ed to The National Post, CIGI Senior Fellow Bessma Momani and her colleague Heather Roff look at the future of drone attacks in light of Anwar al-Awlaki assassination by the U.S. military.