What this says about the future direction of Canadian foreign policy By Philip MacFie On October 20, 2015, Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau told U.S. President Barack Obama that Canada would …
What we know about the $14.8-billion deal to provide Canadian-made military equipment to Saudi Arabia
Author Cesar Jaramillo Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 36 Issue 3 Autumn 2015 10 Facts The largest arms exports contract in Canadian history will see Canadian-made military equipment shipped to one of …
Time to revive Canada’s role as a peacekeeper
By Branka Marijan On September 28, 2015 U.S. President Barack Obama hosted a summit on peacekeeping on the sidelines of the annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations …
Canada and the Global Arms Trade
Project Ploughshares, in partnership with the MSCU Centre for Peace advancement, Conrad Grebel University College and St. Jerome’s University, presents: “Canada and the Global Arms Trade: How weapons exports may …
Ploughshares in the news
July 2015 Embassy Cesar Jaramillo quoted: “Nigeria: Feds allow military exports, despite ‘abysmal’ rights record” Ottawa Citizen Cesar Jaramillo quoted: “Report on military executions casts shadow over LAV deal with Colombia”
Civil society and domestic radicalization
By John Siebert Executive Director, Project Ploughshares A small number of Canadians have always been tempted to fight in wars and conflicts in far-off lands, but those currently traveling to …
Perspective and responding to terrorist violence
By John Siebert Osama bin Laden “hit us where it would hurt the most—right in our sense of perspective.” – David Rothkopf The nature of groups that engage in terroristic …
Lessons from Charles Norris Cochrane on the problem of domestic radicalization
John Siebert Project Ploughshares March 2, 2015 Islamism or radical Islam or jihadism, as a violent international ideology at odds with Canadian society and its values, is not the first …
WWI and Contemporary Policy on War and Peace
Conference Report Click here or on image for PDF of full report. September 26-28, 2014 Ottawa On the centenary of the First World War, The Group of 78 and Project …
Canadian military exports: Selected contracts or deliveries reported in 2013
Author Kenneth Epps Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 35 Issue 4 Winter 2014