Category: Human Rights

ISIS and The Destruction of Material Culture

Canada, Canada's NATO, Culture, Defense, Fadi Dawood, Human Rights, International Relations, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, NATO, NGOs, Refugee, Syria, Terrorism, The Middle East and North Africa March 24, 2016March 22, 2016 Fadi Dawood

ISIS’ occupation of Mosul and Nineveh Plains villages in northern Iraq, has displaced hundreds of thousands of individuals from their homes. The Nineveh Plain region is dotted with ancient Assyrian villages, monasteries, churches, and other historically significant sites that speak to a vibrant community that has survived for thousands of years in the area. The […]

Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems- Changing the Environment of Warfare

Canada, Defense, Emerging Security, Human Rights, Intelligence & National Security, International Law & Policy, International Relations, Peace & Security, Sandra Song, Security, Technology, Terrorism, The United States of America, United Nations March 24, 2016March 24, 2016 Sandra Song

Sandra Song discusses the two-sided challenge of the Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and its implications for the future of warfare, as an introduction to Canada’s Defence Perspectives 2020-2050: Recapitalization and the Canadian Forces

The Arab Spring: What have we learned?

4. Programs, Canada's NATO, Culture, Egypt, Human Rights, Matthew Rae, NATO, Peace & Security, Rights, Security, Society, The Middle East and North Africa February 12, 2016February 22, 2016 Matthew Rae

On February 11, 2011 the Arab world experienced a seismic political event, the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. This event could be compared to the fall of Prince Metternich on March 13, 1848. Both were largely symbolic events of a larger revolutionary wave sweeping across their respective regions. As the international experts and leaders market the […]

The Yazidis: Iraq’s Forgotten Victims

4. Programs, Canada's NATO, Culture, Fadi Dawood, Human Rights, Immigration, International Relations, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Kurds, migration, NATO, NGOs, Refugee, Rights, Security, Society, Terrorism, The Middle East and North Africa February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 Fadi Dawood

This is the third article in the series focusing on the current refugee crisis in the Middle East. Focusing on the Yazidi community of Sinjar is very important in our task to better understand how these communities have been affected by the recent atrocities committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against […]