Thomas Juneau
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Professor, @uottawagspia. Focus on Middle East (Iran, Yemen), security & intelligence. Former department of national defence analyst.
Joined January 2010
My new op-ed: the end of the luxury of a cost-free foreign policy for Canada "Canada has benefitted from an incredible luxury for the past three decades: we have been able to make mistakes in major foreign and national security policy decisions... https://t.co/DkK7tyCVAm
theglobeandmail.com
For decades we’ve avoided consequences, but now our highly permissive security environment is deteriorating
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Mon entrevue au 98.5FM cet après-midi: frappes israéliennes à Gaza. C'était inévitable: même dans le meilleur des cas, il n'y a pas de scénario plausible selon lequel le plan de paix de Trump ne verrait pas d'épisodes de violence. https://t.co/DzYH27PT6n
985fm.ca
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The Ontario ad can plausibly be criticized for its timing. But the idea that it misrepresents Reagan's views - which were unabashedly pro-free trade - is an absolute lie, and it shows the alternate truth reality that Trump has rammed down the throats of the American right.
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RIP. An absolute monument.
Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.
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Everything Qatar has done - paying civil service salaries in Gaza, financing humanitarian assistance, opening a Hamas office in Doha, playing the role of mediator - has been at the explicit request and with the full knowledge of Israel (and the US).
💥Israel begged Qatar to keep the money flowing even as evidence emerged showing it was going to Hamas' armed wing & Qatar has the receipts for each request, and each cash transfer. Actual invoices. It's all documented, and scooped tonight by @SuleimanMas1
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How many Canadians played for the Florida Panthers when they won the Stanley Cup?
@thomasjuneau How many Canadians play for blue jays?
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If you read one thing today please make it this devastating, illuminating and insightful interview with @sianamazi the longest held, and probably worst treated, American to survive Iranian hostage-taking https://t.co/AzLLMyolKw
iranwire.com
When Siamak Namazi was blindfolded and driven to Evin Prison two days before his 44th birthday, in 2015, he laughed. The absurdity was t ...
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🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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and Trump would be right in asking, and pressuring, Israel to release Barghouti. That would potentially be a key step in strenghtening the Palestinian side.
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Trump destroying the East Wing of the White House, making the decision alone and with little opposition, paid for by private interests, is a pretty good analogy for what he is doing to Americann democratic institutions
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Many Iraqis have grown disillusioned with the ability of elections to deliver change in Iraq in the two decades of democracy since the US-led invasion. Read @renadmansour's (@CH_MENAP) explainer on democracy in 🇮🇶 for Chatham House⤵️ https://t.co/LruamVt56O
chathamhouse.org
Iraq goes to the polls on 11 November. But with few Iraqis expected to actually vote, the real contest lies in how power will be divided among the elites who dominate the system.
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How Trump’s 20-point plan is forcing regional rivals to set aside differences and collaborate after years of competition ICYMI, me in The Guardian https://t.co/Oh076KJwND
theguardian.com
Trump’s 20-point plan is forcing Middle East rivals to set aside differences and collaborate after years of competition
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That's a recipe to create a huge bottleneck and so drastically reduce the flow of information going to Congress (which, in addition to message control, is probably the point)
SCOOP: In a new memo, the Pentagon says all interactions with Congress need to be run through a central office, a change from historic norms. "Frankly don’t think it’ll fly with the members or leaders of the committee," one HASC member said. https://t.co/73JlYIKh8b
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1/2 NEW: Officials @csiscanada say CSIS never intended for new warrantless powers proposed in the Liberals’ national security bill C-2 to target medical providers and believe part of the legislation needs more “precision”. They are also surprised by some blowback on the bill ⬇️
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These are reasonable demands that are in Canada's intersts to agree to (unlike other, lunatic Trump demands).
Last week, I met with Canadian Minister of Finance @FP_Champagne to further engage on outstanding U.S. trade concerns, including the need for a unified response towards China’s global rare earth export controls. I also emphasized the Administration’s expectation that Canada,
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I would expect this lying sleazebag to join Trump's Cabinet soon, if history is any indication
George Santos: "Thank you to President Trump for clemency and for having such an amazing will for second chances. I feel like it's justice served."
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This is the correct position:
Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Varsen Aghabekian Shahin: “The responsibility of the entire international community as per international law to look at the matter in a strategic vision looking for the safety and security of the two peoples, the
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Première rencontre à Paris autour de mon ouvrage "Le Proche-Orient, miroir du monde" (@Ed_LaDecouverte, 2025), Jeudi 23 octobre à 19h30, à La Librairie Le Pied à Terre, 9 rue Custine, dans le 18ème.
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Today's @newlinesmag history piece is on the economies we prioritize, the nature we neglect and the future we risk. @dkruzman travels to Central Asia to report: https://t.co/J4ezf8MEt4
newlinesmag.com
From the United States to Jordan, lakes are shrinking, but the history of the Aral Sea may offer lessons for the future
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