• Old-Style Poisoning Sets the Scene for New Cold War

    Old-Style Poisoning Sets the Scene for New Cold War

    • March 14, 2018

    An aging Russian general and former spy is found murdered in a London park, the victim of an assassin’s gun. That’s a story straight out of a John le Carré novel. An aging Russian colonel and former spy is discovered, …

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  • Russia: Foreign Policy of a Country In-Between

    Russia: Foreign Policy of a Country In-Between

    • January 21, 2018

    by Viatcheslav Morozov

    University of Tartu, Estonia

    How much do we know about the driving forces behind Russia’s foreign policy? Despite our repeated failures to predict the Kremlin’s actions, we actually do understand a lot. Probably the most important thing …

    By CIPS
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  • A New G-20 for a Leaderless World

    A New G-20 for a Leaderless World

    • July 14, 2017

    The US retreat from leadership of liberal multilateralism could open a policy space for new members within a reformed G-20.

     

    The 2017 G-20 summit, normally dull and technical, emerges as a key transition point in global power relations. G-20 …

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  • NATO: A Liberal Alliance in an Increasingly Illiberal World?

    NATO: A Liberal Alliance in an Increasingly Illiberal World?

    • July 9, 2017

    By Alexandra Gheciu

    Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa

    In recent weeks, we have witnessed a number of developments designed to signal NATO’s persistent — arguably reinvigorated — role as the key security institution of the …

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  • Trump should try on the velvet glove in dealing with Moscow

    Trump should try on the velvet glove in dealing with Moscow

    • April 15, 2017

    Every country in the world, Canada included, is scrambling to catch up to some breathtaking changes in the fundamental approach of the United States to global politics. These changes were prompted by the Trump administration’s reactions to the use of …

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  • One Thing Trump is Right About

    One Thing Trump is Right About

    • January 20, 2017

    Throughout the Cold War, the amount of military violence worldwide grew steadily, reaching a peak in 1992. A major reason was interference by the superpowers in local conflicts. The proxy wars that resulted when the United States and the Soviet …

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