Author John Siebert Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 35 Issue 2 Summer 2014 April 1 marked the end of Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan. It was Canada’s longest and costliest expeditionary …
Why we failed Afghanistan
In Kitchener at “The Word on the Street” event September 21, Graeme Smith spoke about his new book, The Dogs Are Eating Them Now. Smith is a local lad from …
Burney and Hampson on Canada and Afghanistan
No, the title isn’t wrong. Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Derek Burney and well regarded Carleton international affairs professor Fen Osler Hampson currently are in the news1 for their …
Familiar Opening Scenes: Libya is rid of Gadhafi, but will Canadian Forces soon be bogged down in another Afghanistan?
Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Autumn 2011 Volume 32 Issue 3 It may be churlish to begrudge Prime Minister Harper some self-congratulatory hyperbole for the Canadian military’s contribution to …
What does success look like?
It’s a good question, and I have plenty of answers for it, but they never flow from my tongue as easily as I want them to. How do you know …
Since We Can’t Beat the Taliban, Focus on Reconciliation
Author Ernie Regehr Published by The Globe and Mail online If Canada’s newly announced post-2011 military mission in Afghanistan is to amount to more than training Afghan forces for perpetual …
Diplomacy and Reconciliation in Afghanistan
Authors John Siebert and Mike Hogeterp Speaking Notes Presentation to the House of Commons Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan by Mike Hogeterp and John Siebert for The …
Finally, We’re All Talking about Talking to the Taliban
Author Ernie Regehr Published by Embassy, an Ottawa-based foreign policy weekly “I told you so” is an unbecoming political posture, but NDP Leader Jack Layton could certainly be forgiven such …
Testing “Whole of Government” in Afghanistan
Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2010 Volume 31 Issue 2 Canada is currently about five years into a live experiment in Afghanistan with a public policy approach called “whole …
Reintegration and Reconciliation in Afghanistan: In What Order and at What Price?
Author Ernie Regehr The Ploughshares Monitor Spring 2010 Volume 31 Issue 1 The guns of the US-led military surge were blazing with renewed zeal in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province in February. But …