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Canada’s Foreign Fighter Problem is No Surprise

Leah West Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 10:11 AM

Over the past week, Global News Canada has released a series of reports from Syria detailing the detention of Muhammed Ali (aka Abu Turaab Al-Kanadi), a high-profile Canadian Islamic State (ISIS) member, by Kurdish forces inside the country. Journalist Stewart Bell and researcher Amarnath Amarasingam travelled to Syria where they interviewed Ali and several other Canadians held in a makeshift detention center in the northeastern part of the state.

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Book Reviews

The 'Caroline' Affair in the Evolving International Law of Self-Defense

Matthew Waxman Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 2:26 PM

Review of Craig Forcese, Destroying the Caroline: The Frontier Raid that Reshaped the Right to War (Irwin Law, 2018)

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Middle East Ticker

Saudi Arabia Responds to Human Rights Criticism by Expelling Canadian Ambassador

J. Dana Stuster Tue, Aug 7, 2018, 10:00 AM

Riyadh picks a fight with Canada, the Trump administration reinstates sanctions on Iran, and U.S. partners are paying off al-Qaeda in Yemen’s civil war.

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Canada

Canada’s Long-Needed Improvements Intelligence Information-Sharing Require More Work

Michael Nesbitt Tue, May 15, 2018, 7:00 AM

Lawmakers have proposed reforms to how Canada’s national security and intelligence agencies share information with one another. But unless information-sharing is mandatory, broader reforms will be squandered.

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Cybersecurity and Deterrence

Zero D’Eh: Canada Takes a Bold Step Towards Offensive Cyber Operations

Stephanie Carvin Fri, Apr 27, 2018, 8:00 AM

As Canada undergoes the most comprehensive national security legislation reform in over three decades, one of the most notable proposed changes in the sweeping Bill C-59 would empower Canada’s signals intelligence agency to engage in offensive cyber operations.

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Intelligence Oversight

Canada Tries Domestic Bulk Collection: It Just Might Work

Leah West Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 7:00 AM

Should C-59 become law, it will provide a notable addition to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s capabilities: the authority to collect, retain and use “datasets” in support of domestic and foreign intelligence mandates.

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Intelligence Oversight

Canadian Intelligence Reform Proposal: An ‘Intelligence Commissioner’ for the Communications Security Establishment

Craig Forcese Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 8:00 AM

Canada is reforming its national security law, including the law governing its foreign intelligence and cyber-security service, the Communications Security Establishment.

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Surveillance

Canada’s Intelligence Reform: A Closer Look at Pending National Security Legislation

Craig Forcese, Kent Roach Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 7:00 AM

Part one in a series examining powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and potential changes.

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Foreign Policy Essay

When It Comes to CVE, the United States Stands to Learn a Lot from Others. Will It?

Eric Rosand Sun, Sep 10, 2017, 10:00 AM

Washington should be learning from the example set by its partners in Australia and Canada.

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Cross-Border Data

Google Takes the Global Delisting Debate to a U.S. Court

Andrew Keane Woods Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 2:28 PM

Google’s attempt to fight a global takedown order in Canada was stymied by the fact that the order did not pose a conflict of laws. So on Monday, Google walked into the Northern District of California to try to create one.

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Canada

Canada

Canada’s Foreign Fighter Problem is No Surprise

Book Reviews

The 'Caroline' Affair in the Evolving International Law of Self-Defense

Middle East Ticker

Saudi Arabia Responds to Human Rights Criticism by Expelling Canadian Ambassador

Canada

Canada’s Long-Needed Improvements Intelligence Information-Sharing Require More Work

Cybersecurity and Deterrence

Zero D’Eh: Canada Takes a Bold Step Towards Offensive Cyber Operations

Intelligence Oversight

Canada Tries Domestic Bulk Collection: It Just Might Work

Intelligence Oversight

Canadian Intelligence Reform Proposal: An ‘Intelligence Commissioner’ for the Communications Security Establishment

Surveillance

Canada’s Intelligence Reform: A Closer Look at Pending National Security Legislation

Foreign Policy Essay

When It Comes to CVE, the United States Stands to Learn a Lot from Others. Will It?

Cross-Border Data

Google Takes the Global Delisting Debate to a U.S. Court

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