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Showing posts with label Peacekeeping Myth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peacekeeping Myth. Show all posts
Friday, June 1, 2018

Canada’s Mission to Mali could become a new Afghanistan

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By: Ken Hansen, Special to Macleans Magazine  Opinion: There is no peace to keep in Mali, and the UN mission there has become a deadly q...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Canada's Blue Baret's in Mali

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HUDSON ON THE HILL FrontLine Defence (Vol 15, No 3) If all goes according to plan, two Boeing CH-147F Chinook transport helicopters and ...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Pardy: 'Peacekeeping' in Mali is but a Mirage for Canada

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By: Gar Pardy, Special to The Ottawa Citizen  There is a sharp bit of historical cynicism that generals always prepare to fight the last wa...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

What's the point of peacekeepers when they don't keep the peace?

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With the current debate on Canada's return to Peacekeeping UN operations, this article by Chris McGreal was published by The Guardian i...
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

On Peacekeeping, Canada is Failing the Global Community

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By: Ian J. Keddie, Macleans Magazine  General Jonathan Vance, Canada’s chief of defence staff, has a confident and relaxed way about him. Bu...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Plan to send Canadian Peacekeepers to Colombia Fizzled

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By: Murray Brewster, CBC News  Canada had a small military team on standby to take part in a high-profile United Nations peacekeeping missio...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

Canada’s Contribution to UN Peacekeeping Reaches New Low

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By: Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press OTTAWA—The Trudeau Liberals may have promised to ramp up Canada’s role in peacekeeping, but new UN fi...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Mason: Why UN Peacekeeping is worth the Risks

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By: Peggy Mason, Toronto Star  Pages of newspaper ink are being spilled to highlight the risks in any of the UN peacekeeping missions Canada...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Canadian Forces could face heavy weapons if deployed to Mali

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By: GEOFFREY YORK , The Globe and Mail  Canadian troops could face a terrifying arsenal of rebel-held weapons, from rockets and artillery to...

Sending Canadian Peacekeepers to Mali should be an obvious choice

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By: Campbell Clark, Globe and Mail  A month ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knew that a return to UN peacekeeping would automatically be ...
Friday, November 4, 2016

Start in Senegal for new "peace and stabilization" operation

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Globe and Mail Editorial  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan continues to be very discreet about his plans to give content to Justin Trudeau’s 2...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

Should Canada do battle to keep peace in Africa?

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By: KENNEDY JAWOKO, Toronto Star The number of Canadian Forces troops and rules of engagement matter a great deal to the protection of c...