Creating a New Country (But Not the One ISIS Wants)
In Iraq’s north, the campaign against militant jihadists has breathed new life into Kurdish nationalism
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The Real Agenda behind Bill C-51
Buried behind the government’s simplistic anti-terror talking points is a desire to liberate CSIS from its dysfunctional relationship with the RCMP
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Taking Action against Bill C-51
A report from Toronto, one of fifty-six Canadian cities to protest the government’s proposed anti-terror law
Read More Open Letter to Parliament: Amend C-51 or Kill It
An open letter addressed to all members of Parliament and signed by more than 100 Canadian professors of law and related disciplines
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Brand ISIS
The sophisticated marketing machine of the Islamic State
Read More Bill C-51: the Good, the Bad . . . and the Truly Ugly
Two eminent legal scholars detail exactly what we should welcome—and what should fear—in the government’s new anti-terror legislation
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The Valentine’s Day Fatwa
Since 1989, February 14 has been a dark anniversary for Salman Rushdie and everyone else who values freedom of expression
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Mocking the Men with Guns
An acclaimed new movie from North Africa presents authoritarian Islamist guerrillas as cruel, radicalized, violent—and ridiculous
Read MoreThink Inside the Box
The government’s new security bill is designed to scrub “terrorist propaganda” from the Internet. It will also curtail freedom of thought
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Keeping the Republic Together
Modern France was created through the assimilation of agrarian serfs. In a post-colonial age, the task of integrating five million North African émigrés has proven to be a very different sort of project
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