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US Foreign Policy

The Short Slide From Drones to Despotism

Heather Roff | Posted 04.12.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Targeted Killings, US Foreign Policy, Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicles, Drones, Obama Targeted Killings, Obama Drones, Obama Drone Strikes, Obama Drone Program, Canada Politics News
Heather Roff

The U.S. saddles up its moral high horse and claims that drone attacks on U.S. citizens do not threaten the bedrock of individual rights and freedoms, but are done for the greater good. It is at best a legal farce and at worst detrimental to the rule of law in the U.S. (and possibly elsewhere).

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A Q&A on Syria: How Strong is Assad?

Heather Roff | Posted 01.16.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Syria, Responsibility to Protect, US Foreign Policy, Humanitarian Intervention, Syria Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton Syria, Assad Syria, Barack Obama Syria, Assad Regime, Canada Politics News
Heather Roff

Recently, I was approached to give an interview by a rather right-leaning foreign news program. It may be no surprise, but our visions did not fit together. The news show, however, sent me a list of questions about the future of Syria, the Assad regime, and the prospects of the newly unified Syrian opposition. Here are my answers.

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Giuliani: U.S. Economy Has Become 'Security Issue'

CBC | Posted 11.06.2011 | Canada
Read More: 9/11, u.s. Foreign Policy, u.s. Economy Problems, U.S. Economy, Rudy Giuliani, U.S. Debt Crisis, Osama Bin Laden, Cbc, Canada News

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani says the United States has let its economy and federal budget get so out of control that it has becom...

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