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October 2001
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Oct 2001
An Effective Player in the Parliamentary Process
Author: Jackie F Steele
Publisher:
Institute on Governance (IOG)
The author argues that the Canadian Liberal Women's Caucus (LWC) exerts significant influence in ensuring that women-friendly policies and practices are increasingly adopted on Parliament Hill.
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Oct 2001
Ethnic Communities in Canada from a Governance Perspective
Publisher:
Institute on Governance (IOG)
In a report to the UNESCO World Commission on Culture and Development, Canada's approach to multiculturalism is touted as a model from which other countries can learn.
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Oct 2001
Biting the Bullet: Putting Children First: Background Report
Author: Rachel Stohl, Sarah Aird, Laura Barnitz, Jimmie Briggs, Rebecca Catalla, Boia Efraime Junior, Antoinette Errante, Heang Path, Frank Smyth
Publisher:
Saferworld
This paper examines the impact of small arms and light weapons on a child's well-being, rights and development, drawing on primary research in Cambodia, Mozambique, and Colombia.
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Oct 2001
The Lessons of September 11
Author: Pascal Boniface
Publisher:
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
The attacks of September 11 2001, aroused an emotional shock of the kind rarely seen as their odious nature and their broadcast and replay on national television struck at the very heart of American power.
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Oct 2001
Non-Nuclear Strategic Deterrence of State and Non-State Adversaries
Publisher:
US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Growing doubts about the credibility of the use of nuclear-based threats against smaller states and non-state actors (NSAs) armed with weapons of mass destruction (WMD), especially biological and chemical weapons (BW/CW), have prompted concern among ...
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Oct 2001
UCAVs—Technological, Policy, and Operational Challenges
Author: Charles L Barry, Elihu Zimet
Publisher:
Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
The Bush administration and Congress are in concert on the goal of developing a fleet of unmanned aircraft that can reduce both defense costs and aircrew losses in combat by taking on at least the most dangerous combat missions.
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Oct 2001
Maritime Access: Do Defenders Hold All the Cards?
Author: Arthur H Barber III, Delwyn L Gilmore
Publisher:
Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
National security strategy depends on sustaining access to markets for American commerce in peacetime and for the Armed Forces to various parts of the globe in times of crisis or war.
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Oct 2001
Comparative Connections, Volume 3, Number 3
Author: Ralph A Cossa, Brad Glosserman, Bonnie S Glaser, Donald G Gross, Joseph Ferguson, Lyall Breckon, Carlyle A Thayer, David G Brown, Aidan Foster-Carter, Scott Snyder, James J Przystup, Victor D Cha, Yu Bin, Hanns W Maull
Publisher:
Pacific Forum CSIS
These reports, written by a variety of experts in Asian affairs, focus on Asian political, security and economic developments in the third quarter of 2001.
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