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  • 🏅2020 CIPS Blog Award Winner! MBS admits “full responsibility” for the Khashoggi murder: What this means for the Kingdom’s allies

    🏅2020 CIPS Blog Award Winner! MBS admits “full responsibility” for the Khashoggi murder: What this means for the Kingdom’s allies

    • Analysis, CIPS, News
    • September 29, 2020

     


    Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is either behind the assassination of the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, or has no control. Either way, the situation begs a serious response


    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (the now notorious ‘MBS’) recently admitted his …

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  • Le Canada et le développement démocratique dans le monde

    Le Canada et le développement démocratique dans le monde

    • Analysis
    • November 25, 2019

    Le Canada affiche un maigre bilan en matière de soutien à la démocratie dans le monde. Ce blogue suggère quelques pistes pour corriger le tir, tel qu’adopter un plan d’action


    À plusieurs reprises, tant au Canada qu’à l’étranger, l’ancienne ministre …

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  • Most wars don’t make states (so what’s a policymaker to do?)

    Most wars don’t make states (so what’s a policymaker to do?)

    • Analysis
    • November 11, 2019

    Most modern warfare is intrastate. Most take place in poorer, weaker states and challenge many of our assumptions about the evolution of most states. Foreign policymakers should reevaluate their priorities and focus on ending civil wars rather than building centralised …

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  • Key Drivers in US-North Korea relations

    Key Drivers in US-North Korea relations

    • Analysis
    • November 7, 2019

    North Korean and US relations have oscillated between hostility and limited detente for decades. This has only grown more intense in recent years. What are the underlying drivers in US-North Korean relations in the age of Donald Trump and Kim …

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  • Issues in Repairing U.S.-Russian Strategic Relations

    Issues in Repairing U.S.-Russian Strategic Relations

    • Analysis
    • October 24, 2019

    Similar to during the Cold War, the US and Russia are once again nuclear peer competitors. However, the emergence of a range of new nuclear actors hamper traditional understandings and represent a new – more complex – era in nuclear …

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  • What does a new ambassador mean for Canada-China relations?

    What does a new ambassador mean for Canada-China relations?

    • Analysis
    • October 17, 2019

    By John Gruetzner and Geoffrey Ziebart


    The appointment of former McKinsey executive, Domonic Barton, as Canada’s new ambassador to China presents a new opportunity to reset bilateral relations. However, while Barton is well-positioned to further Canadian interests in the world’s …

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  • Why would anyone trust a British Prime Minister or an American President ever again?

    Why would anyone trust a British Prime Minister or an American President ever again?

    • Analysis
    • October 10, 2019

    Boris Johnson’s betrayal of the Good Friday agreement and Donald Trump’s abandonment of the US’ Kurdish allies demonstrate not only the capriciousness of populist authoritarianism but also how little both men understand about where their power comes from.


    Three years …

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  • Star Wars: Coming soon to a space near you – the diplomatic alternative

    Star Wars: Coming soon to a space near you – the diplomatic alternative

    • Analysis
    • October 3, 2019

    Will Outer Space become a new frontier for international conflict? Or can it remain a global commons? As states dither, this question may soon be taken over by other actors.


    I confess that I gave this blog its title with …

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  • The Remarkable Consistency of Canada’s Foreign Policy

    The Remarkable Consistency of Canada’s Foreign Policy

    • Analysis, Repost
    • September 25, 2019

    Canada’s foreign policy is driven primarily by geopolitics, and its overriding concern is to remain close – but not too close – to its southern neighbour.


    At the victory rally on election night 2015 the leader of Canada’s federal Liberal

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  • History, memory, and politics in post-communist Eastern Europe

    History, memory, and politics in post-communist Eastern Europe

    • Analysis
    • September 19, 2019

    The fact that East European trauma under communism is not adequately understood and appreciated in the West is the central grievance of these movements, and this feeds into new cycles of victimization

    In October 2017, a commemorative plaque “In Memory …

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  • CAR’s Peace Accords and Rebel Warlords

    CAR’s Peace Accords and Rebel Warlords

    • Analysis
    • May 17, 2019

    By Gino Vlavonou

    After ten years in power, in 2013, Séléka rebels ousted the Central African Republic’s (CAR) President François Bozizé, after which Anti-Balaka militia groups rose up in response. The country has since been searching for peace, and seven …

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  • Is the Sky the Limit? Risk, Uncertainty, and Nature

    Is the Sky the Limit? Risk, Uncertainty, and Nature

    • Analysis
    • May 11, 2019

    By Sylvain Maechler

    The Living Planet Report 2018, published by the World Wild Fund for Nature in collaboration with the research division of the Zoological Society of London, recently valued nature at an estimated US$125 trillion.

    The International Organization …

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  • What Makes a Market Economy?

    What Makes a Market Economy?

    • Analysis
    • May 11, 2019

    By Alice Chessé

    What makes a market economy? To many, the answer is simple: they are countries where the market is the main mechanism of resource allocation. Yet, this intuitive definition is at odds with the political impact of the …

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  • China, State Capitalism, and the Global Financial Order

    China, State Capitalism, and the Global Financial Order

    • Analysis
    • May 11, 2019

    By Johannes Petry

    In 1989, capital markets did not exist in China. Fast forward to 2018, China’s capital markets have become the second largest equity markets, second largest futures markets, and third largest bond markets in the world. More …

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  • What Canada Can Do About the Rohingya Genocide

    What Canada Can Do About the Rohingya Genocide

    • Analysis
    • May 1, 2019

    By Payam Akhavan and John Packer

    Twenty-five years ago, as young UN human rights officers working together in Geneva, we witnessed how the world watched and did nothing as close to a million Rwandan Tutsis were exterminated. Brimming with idealism …

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  • Transforming the Global Refugee System

    Transforming the Global Refugee System

    • Report
    • April 2, 2019

    In a recent CIPS blog — New Partnerships for Minister Monsef? — John Sinclair asks why supporting refugees is not a central goal of development co-operation when development issues have so much impact on refugees. Here, CIPS presents a short …

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  • “Nothing to Lose”: The Daily Struggles of Venezuelans

    “Nothing to Lose”: The Daily Struggles of Venezuelans

    • Analysis
    • February 5, 2019

    By Rosana Lezama Sanchez

    Venezuelan emigrants always talk about how much they miss the country they left behind. I returned to Caracas in August of 2018, but I too miss Venezuela. The Venezuela that I grew up in was certainly …

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  • Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019

    Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019

    • Analysis
    • December 19, 2018

    By Stéphanie Bacher

    Over the past year, Canada has taken some important steps to promote and protect human rights abroad. However, the picture is not as rosy as often presented by the government, and Canada still has a long way …

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  • Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation

    Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation

    • Analysis
    • December 18, 2018

    By Gabriel Bichet, Eve Cassavoy, Maddie Hunt, Jasmine Sebastian, and Emma Turner (ENG1100Q), edited by Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr

    In September, I took on teaching three sections of ENG1100: Workshop in Essay Writing, a required course for first-year students at the University …

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  • Competitive Financing: An Alternative Solution for Doing Business in China

    Competitive Financing: An Alternative Solution for Doing Business in China

    • Analysis
    • December 12, 2018

    By John Gruetzner

    Canada is currently exploring the parameters permitted under USMCA Article 32.10 for realistic mechanisms to improve its commercial position in the Chinese market.

    In the Joint Outcomes of the First Canada–China Economic and Strategic Dialogue, the Government …

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  • How Do You Make Donald Trump Laugh? Democrats Should Think About It.

    How Do You Make Donald Trump Laugh? Democrats Should Think About It.

    • Analysis
    • November 23, 2018

    By Jeremy Kinsman

    Many times in the past two years, people have told me they’ve never seen Donald Trump laugh.

    So, what would it take?

    A sure bet would be if — after the mid-term elections that bore very ominous …

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  • Bulldozing Human Rights in Tanzania

    Bulldozing Human Rights in Tanzania

    • Analysis
    • November 16, 2018

    by Dane Degenstein

    Tanzania has recently started a campaign to identify, track down, and arrest gay people, an unprecedented move in a previously more tolerant country. The regional governor of Dar es Salaam, Paul Makonda, announced a task force to …

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  • Sectoral Free Trade with China: Harder than it Looks

    Sectoral Free Trade with China: Harder than it Looks

    • Analysis
    • November 12, 2018

    by Philip Calvert

    Canada has announced a change of tack in its pursuit of free trade with China. Instead of pursuing a broad free trade agreement, Canada will seek reductions in Chinese tariffs through bilateral sectoral agreements. The agriculture sector …

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  • Lest We Forget Why We Fought World War I

    Lest We Forget Why We Fought World War I

    • Analysis
    • November 7, 2018

    Lauchlan T. Munro

    School of International Development and Global Studies

    On Remembrance Day, I think of my two grandfathers and my two great uncles who served in the Canadian army in World War I. I remember their sacrifice. But I …

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  • Thinking with Maps: Geospatial Reasoning in War

    Thinking with Maps: Geospatial Reasoning in War

    • Analysis
    • October 31, 2018

    by Antoine Bousquet

    Visual representations of space have long served a role in military affairs, assisting the strategic planning of campaigns, the design and placement of defensive fortifications, and navigation in unfamiliar territory. Yet it is only in the past …

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  • Decisive Action is Overdue to Protect the Rohingyas

    Decisive Action is Overdue to Protect the Rohingyas

    • Analysis
    • September 15, 2018

    By John Packer

    Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa and Neuberger-Jesin Professor of International Conflict Resolution

    Finally, the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar has stated the obvious: the Rohingya …

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  • Treason or Good Management? How Officials React When the Boss Goes Rogue

    Treason or Good Management? How Officials React When the Boss Goes Rogue

    • Analysis
    • September 12, 2018

    Lauchlan T. Munro

    School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa

    Should we be surprised that a senior official in the Trump administration has admitted to thwarting the president’s expressed wishes and intentions? I for one am not. …

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  • Moving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 1

    Moving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 1

    • Analysis
    • August 27, 2018

    By Jeremy Kinsman

    The summer of 2018 has shaken the rules-based world order that emerged from the devastation of the Second World War. A rogue president of the United States has apparently chosen unilateralism and nationalist competition over the multilateral …

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  • Moving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 2

    Moving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 2

    • Analysis
    • August 27, 2018

    By Jeremy Kinsman

    Part 1 of this article appears here.

    Though Trump’s electoral victory was a shock, allies hoped it was hyperbole when Trump declared in his inaugural address in January, 2017, that he placed the interests of America …

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  • Germany: Yet Another Migration Debate?

    Germany: Yet Another Migration Debate?

    • Analysis
    • August 1, 2018

    Asli Ilgit, Cukurova University

    Audie Klotz, Syracuse University

    Once again, pundits predict the downfall of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Why? Her migration policies appear to fuel the rise of the nationalist …

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  • Making the United Nations Fit for Purpose in an Illiberal Era

    Making the United Nations Fit for Purpose in an Illiberal Era

    • Analysis
    • July 15, 2018

    Louise Riis Andersen, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies

    The return of geopolitics and the rise of populism have reinforced crude and divisive distinctions between “us” and “them.” As a result, the notions of collective security and the …

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  • How History Helps Us Uncover the Real Successes of Middle Power Internationalism

    How History Helps Us Uncover the Real Successes of Middle Power Internationalism

    • Analysis
    • July 15, 2018

    Heidi Tworek, Assistant Professor in International History, University of British Columbia, and Visiting Fellow, Center for History and Economics, Harvard University

    Over 15 years ago, Barry Buzan and Richard Little lamented that international relations had long sustained “a dominant …

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  • Small States vs. Middle Powers — What’s the Difference?

    Small States vs. Middle Powers — What’s the Difference?

    • Analysis
    • July 15, 2018

    Njord Wegge, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

    In early June 2018, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide expressed in an interview with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) that Norway, as a “middle-sized economy,” benefited from …

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  • Opioids and Capitalism

    Opioids and Capitalism

    • Analysis
    • July 10, 2018

    by Paulo Pereira

    In recent years, tens of thousands of Americans have died of opioid related overdoses, and millions of Americans are classified by the country’s health agency standards as having some sort of problematic opioid use. Canada is facing …

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  • Mona Mahmudnizhad, 10 September 1965–18 June 1983

    Mona Mahmudnizhad, 10 September 1965–18 June 1983

    • Analysis
    • June 19, 2018

    by Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr

    The 35th anniversary of the death of Mona Mahmudnizhad seems to have passed without world notice yesterday. On 18 June 1983, she was executed in Iran for being Baha’i and for teaching that faith to the …

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  • Need More Proof of Genocide in Myanmar? It’s Being Born Right Now

    Need More Proof of Genocide in Myanmar? It’s Being Born Right Now

    • Analysis
    • June 3, 2018

    by John Packer

    Nine months since the violent attacks of August 25, 2017, and thereafter forced 700,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, the first of thousands of pregnancies as a result of rape are coming to term.

    For these …

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  • The G7: Hard Talk or a Sleepwalk?

    The G7: Hard Talk or a Sleepwalk?

    • Analysis
    • May 24, 2018

    by Jeremy Kinsman

    As the Charlevoix G7 approaches, there is some question as to how the June 8–9 summit could play out as a Trumpian disaster. As veteran diplomat Jeremy Kinsman writes, if the disruptive president plays skunk at the …

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  • Is Facebook Just a “Tool”?

    Is Facebook Just a “Tool”?

    • Analysis
    • April 14, 2018

    by Nolen Gertz

    This past week, Facebook CEO, chairman, and founder Mark Zuckerberg testified before members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives to answer to the growing scandal surrounding Facebook’s role in helping Cambridge Analytica (and, by …

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  • Russian Expulsions: “If there was ever a time for diplomacy, this is it”

    Russian Expulsions: “If there was ever a time for diplomacy, this is it”

    • Analysis
    • April 5, 2018

    By Jeremy Kinsman

    About 50 years ago, Swedish writers Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo created addictive detective stories rooted in sociology. The reader knew who was murdered and often learned early on who did it. The mystery to be solved …

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  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “I Have a Dream”

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “I Have a Dream”

    • Analysis
    • April 4, 2018

    I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

    Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand …

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  • Why Deleting Facebook Isn’t Enough

    Why Deleting Facebook Isn’t Enough

    • Analysis
    • April 4, 2018

    By Taylor Owen and Ben Scott

    While being pessimistic about the depressing tableau of Silicon Valley malfeasance is easy, let us not forget that the internet has brought tremendous value to our society. Therefore, the answer is not to lock …

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  • Drug Dealers on Death Row?

    Drug Dealers on Death Row?

    • Analysis
    • March 25, 2018

    By Dane Degenstein

    Donald Trump has suggested the death penalty for drug dealers.

    It has been difficult to pin down President Trump’s policies on anything and the opioid crisis is no different. The fact that he uses language similar …

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  • Russia: Foreign Policy of a Country In-Between

    Russia: Foreign Policy of a Country In-Between

    • Analysis
    • 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 …

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  • The Central African Republic: Forgotten by the World?

    The Central African Republic: Forgotten by the World?

    • Analysis
    • December 18, 2017

    By Gino Vlavonou

    International news headlines move quickly from one disaster to another. A political crisis in one country is forgotten as turmoil unfolds in the next: Mugabe’s fall from power; a mass shooting in the US; sub-Saharan African …

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  • How Rational are Capitalists in the Developing World?

    How Rational are Capitalists in the Developing World?

    • Analysis
    • December 13, 2017

    By Thomas Chiasson-LeBel

    A questionable fundamental assumption underpins a great deal of the literature in International Development studies. It suggests that given the proper incentives, a “national bourgeoisie” will adequately reinvest its profits and provoke a virtuous cycle of reinvestment …

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  • Mapping Out a North Korean Peace Process

    Mapping Out a North Korean Peace Process

    • Analysis
    • December 11, 2017

    By John Gruetzner

    There are ultimately four critical components to a peace process:

    The first component is to submit and then finalize a draft of a document acceptable to the original signatories that converts the armistice agreement signed on 27 …

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  • Canada Doubling Down on Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula

    Canada Doubling Down on Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula

    • Analysis
    • December 11, 2017

    By John Gruetzner

    Canada has announced that it is co-hosting a 16-nation summit with the United States early next year to explore options to engage North Korea. Prime Minister Trudeau is also likely to meet this month with US Secretary …

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  • Canada Needs a Wait-and-See Approach on Afghanistan

    Canada Needs a Wait-and-See Approach on Afghanistan

    • Analysis
    • September 1, 2017

    By Lindsay Rodman

    Will US President Donald Trump’s new plan for Afghanistan pull Canada back into a war that many deem a “lost cause”? Mr. Trump explicitly invited other nations to contribute in support of his new plan. Although Prime …

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  • CETA after Opinion 2/15: Legal Clarity or Confusion?

    CETA after Opinion 2/15: Legal Clarity or Confusion?

    • Analysis
    • July 13, 2017

    By Jens Ladefoged Mortensen

    Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

    The EU’s trading partners must wonder what goes on inside Europe. What does it take to get a trade deal done? True, trade negotiations are notoriously complex. The CETA …

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  • After Abdication

    After Abdication

    • Analysis
    • July 9, 2017

    By Peter Marcus Kristensen

    University of Copenhagen

    American observers of international affairs are currently enmeshed in a debate on the uncertain future of the “US-led liberal international order.” This is, of course, spurred by the election of President Trump and …

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  • Liberal Interventionism: The Crisis Within

    Liberal Interventionism: The Crisis Within

    • Analysis
    • July 9, 2017

    By Katja Lindskov Jacobsen

    Center for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen

    Liberal interventionism today not only responds to crises in countries experiencing violent conflicts, distress, and disaster. It also responds to a crisis within. This crisis is not simply about …

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  • What to Watch for this Summer

    What to Watch for this Summer

    • Analysis
    • June 14, 2017

    We asked our CIPS experts to give us a heads-up on what to watch for this summer. No one can predict the next coup or terrorist attack, of course, but we can be certain of some things. Donald Trump will …

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  • The Politics of Border Security in the Sahel

    The Politics of Border Security in the Sahel

    • Analysis
    • May 9, 2017

    By Philippe M. Frowd

    A casual observer of the Sahel could be forgiven for understanding this region of West Africa as a space of threat: radicalization, terrorism, massive population growth, and irregular migration all grab the headlines. …

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  • A Treaty to Protect the Rights of Older People is Long Overdue!

    A Treaty to Protect the Rights of Older People is Long Overdue!

    • Analysis
    • April 24, 2017

    By Gordon Digiacomo, Martine Lagacé, and Caroline Andrew

    “Homelessness, malnutrition, unattended chronic diseases, lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation, unaffordable medicines and treatments and income insecurity are just a few of the most critical human rights issues …

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  • In Memoriam: Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, murdered 23 April 2016

    In Memoriam: Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, murdered 23 April 2016

    • Analysis
    • April 20, 2017

    By Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr

     

    First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Socialist.

    Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a …

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  • The New Colossus

    The New Colossus

    • Analysis
    • March 30, 2017

    by Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr

    “Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” The words inscribed at the base of the statue of Liberty are famous, and yet hardly anyone knows that they are from a sonnet …

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  • Canada–China Free Trade Part 2: Forging an Agreement

    Canada–China Free Trade Part 2: Forging an Agreement

    • Analysis
    • March 10, 2017

    by John Gruetzner and Phil Calvert

    A new free trade agreement with China, in whatever form it takes, should be advanced within the context of a broader strategy for Canada’s engagement with China, particularly (but not exclusively) the strategy of …

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  • Canada–China Free Trade Part 1: Business before Politics

    Canada–China Free Trade Part 1: Business before Politics

    • Analysis
    • March 10, 2017

    by John Gruetzner and Phil Calvert

    Canada and China have begun exploratory discussions on a possible free trade agreement (FTA). Expanding Canada’s economic ties with China and moving the commercial relationship forward is a positive step. If it is properly …

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  • #rezist: Protest in Romania

    #rezist: Protest in Romania

    • Analysis
    • March 9, 2017

    by Teodor Lucian Moga

    In the past weeks, Romanians have staged the largest mass protests since the country’s break from Communist rule in 1989. On Sunday, February 27, several thousand protesters gathered in front of the government building in Bucharest’s …

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  • Humanitarian Action on the Front Lines

    Humanitarian Action on the Front Lines

    • Analysis
    • March 1, 2017

    by Dominik Stillhart

    The ICRC is mandated by the international community to assist and protect those affected by conflict or violence, including promoting international humanitarian law, monitoring respect for that law, and assisting people affected by war. This mandate reflects …

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  • Community Engagement in Mining: Sharing Experiences and Best Practices

    Community Engagement in Mining: Sharing Experiences and Best Practices

    • Report
    • January 30, 2017

    By Caitlin Sievert and Ainsley Butler

    Resource-rich countries are home to 3.5 billion people. When these resources become a source of conflict between communities, corporations, and government, opportunities for community development are often lost.

    The immovability of natural resources …

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  • Syrian Refugees and Canada’s “Defining Moment”: One Year On

    Syrian Refugees and Canada’s “Defining Moment”: One Year On

    • Report
    • December 7, 2016

    By Elke Winter, Benjamin Zyla, Charlotte Murret-Labarthe

    University of Ottawa

    Origins of the crisis

    In March 2011, three months after the Arab Spring began in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, fifteen Syrian schoolchildren were arrested and tortured for writing on a …

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  • Gender and Peacebuilding: Trudeau Can Do More to Support Gender Rights in Africa

    Gender and Peacebuilding: Trudeau Can Do More to Support Gender Rights in Africa

    • Analysis
    • December 1, 2016

    By Dr. Annie Bunting

    With the Canadian government about to confirm the deployment of peacekeepers to Africa (likely to Mali), and Prime Minister Trudeau’s recent visit to Liberia and address to the Francophonie on the centrality of the rights of …

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  • We Must Not Close the Doors to Spontaneously Arriving Asylum Seekers

    We Must Not Close the Doors to Spontaneously Arriving Asylum Seekers

    • Analysis
    • November 8, 2016

    By Stephanie J. Silverman

    Governments understandably focus on enhancing security, surveillance, and risk management for their citizens, and as we have seen, particularly since 9-11, much of this increased attention is directed at national borders. While every person enjoys the …

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  • Working Towards a Trinity of Trust: A Few Suggestions on National Security Reform in Canada

    Working Towards a Trinity of Trust: A Few Suggestions on National Security Reform in Canada

    • Analysis
    • November 3, 2016

    by Stephanie Carvin

    A year after its election, the Trudeau Government is now taking steps to fulfill its campaign promises to improve intelligence oversight in Canada and reform Bill C-51 — the Harper Government’s controversial terrorism legislation. So far, there …

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  • The European and Canadian public needs a reasoned debate on CETA

    The European and Canadian public needs a reasoned debate on CETA

    • Analysis
    • October 26, 2016

    This is an open letter to Europeans and Canadians signed by 16 academics based in Canada who believe in the value for democracy and society in a more reasoned and balanced debate on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) …

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  • Between Past and Future: Canada’s Next Role in International Democracy Assistance

    Between Past and Future: Canada’s Next Role in International Democracy Assistance

    • Analysis
    • July 29, 2016

    by Gerald J. Schmitz

    Where can Canada go from here in re-establishing its role as a partner in promoting democracy? Let us focus on four main areas: Parliament’s role, research capacity, stable funding, and healthy democracy at home.

    1. Parliament’s Role
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  • A New Era for Persons with Disabilities and International Development?

    A New Era for Persons with Disabilities and International Development?

    • Analysis
    • May 13, 2016

    by Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo

    Momentum behind the disability-inclusive development agenda is at an all-time high — and growing. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the key international document, now has 163 States-Parties. Additionally, the Addis Ababa …

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  • Intersectionality and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Global Development

    Intersectionality and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Global Development

    • Analysis
    • April 28, 2016

    by Julianne Acker-Verney, Pamela Johnson, and Susan Manning

     Intersectionality is a tool that can guide researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to learn about and respond to the diverse experiences of women and men, girls and boys with disabilities and the …

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  • Disability and Development in Africa: What Role for Canada?

    Disability and Development in Africa: What Role for Canada?

    • Analysis
    • April 21, 2016

    by David Black

    It has become widely accepted that the previous Conservative government sharply diminished Canada’s focus on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Against this backdrop, the new Liberal government has signalled its intent to re-engage.

    There are several problems with …

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  • W.E.B. Du Bois: From Global to Transnational Justice

    W.E.B. Du Bois: From Global to Transnational Justice

    • Analysis
    • April 7, 2016

    By Inés Valdez

    Theories of global justice spring from a genealogy of internationalism that includes the Parliament at The Hague, the League of Nations, and the United Nations. These theories rely on a conceptualization of the West as homogeneously affluent, …

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  • Bringing Canada “Back” for the Long Haul

    Bringing Canada “Back” for the Long Haul

    • Analysis
    • March 10, 2016

    By Margaret Biggs and John McArthur

    This week Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will lead a delegation to Washington with great fanfare. Like many of our fellow Canadians, we are excited to see the outcomes of the country’s first White …

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  • Slow and Costly: The Crisis Confronting Internationalized Criminal Justice

    Slow and Costly: The Crisis Confronting Internationalized Criminal Justice

    • Analysis
    • March 6, 2016

    By William Wiley

    Internationalized criminal justice is in crisis — a crisis laid bare by the limited criminal-justice response to the conflict in Syria and, more widely, the struggles endured by the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International …

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  • It Had to Happen: China Finally Gets Tough on North Korea

    It Had to Happen: China Finally Gets Tough on North Korea

    • Analysis
    • March 4, 2016

    By David Slinn

    China was always going to get tough with Kim Jong-Un’s North Korea. It wasn’t a question of whether, but when.

    North Korea is supposed to be China’s buffer against South Korea and the US. Until DPRK started …

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  • Ending Poverty by 2030: Sharing Prosperity with the Bottom 40%

    Ending Poverty by 2030: Sharing Prosperity with the Bottom 40%

    • Analysis
    • March 1, 2016

    By Christopher Lakner, Mario Negre, and Espen Beer Prydz

    While the world has seen a rapid reduction in extreme poverty in recent decades, the goal of “ending poverty” by 2030 remains ambitious. The latest estimates show that in 2012 almost …

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  • Information Might be the Key to Dealing with North Korea’s Nuclear Threat

    Information Might be the Key to Dealing with North Korea’s Nuclear Threat

    • Analysis
    • February 18, 2016

    By David Slinn

    Dealing with North Korea is not easy. Dealing with a dictatorship never is. It took the West 45 years to overcome the challenges posed by the Soviet Union.

    North Korea has now developed into a serious threat …

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  • Interview: Margaret Biggs and John McArthur – Welcoming a new era of global development

    Interview: Margaret Biggs and John McArthur – Welcoming a new era of global development

    • News
    • February 2, 2016

    This post originally appeared on the Open Canada blog.

    In the months following the election of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, there has been much debate in academic and public policy circles as to what Canada’s priorities should be when …

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  • La Turquie, est-elle destinée à durer ?

    La Turquie, est-elle destinée à durer ?

    • Analysis
    • January 27, 2016

    par Halil Karaveli

    La Turquie était censée  représenter un « modèle » pour le Moyen-Orient. Pour l’Occident en quête d’un antidote à l’islamisme, le pays a incarné les espoirs de laïcité et de démocratie: La preuve qu’un pays puisse être …

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  • Turbulent Times: Volatility in Foreign Policy

    Turbulent Times: Volatility in Foreign Policy

    • Analysis
    • January 20, 2016

    By Eleonora Mattiacci, Amherst College

    In 2015, two momentous rapprochements took place on the international stage. In July, the United States and Cuba restored diplomatic relations. In December, Pakistan hosted a surprise visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, …

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  • ‘Are there any women here?’ Gender Representations in Hyena Road.

    ‘Are there any women here?’ Gender Representations in Hyena Road.

    • Analysis
    • December 11, 2015

    Pete (Paul Gross), Ryan (Rossif Sutherland), and Jennifer (Christine Horne) in Hyena Road

    By David Mutimer

    In 2010 Christopher Dornan argued that “Alone among G8 nations, Canada apparently has no great appetite for making war movies.” While that observation is …

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  • Welcoming Syrians, detaining others

    Welcoming Syrians, detaining others

    • Analysis
    • December 8, 2015

    By Philippe Bourbeau

    The newly elected Trudeau government seems to be moving quickly on one of its promises made during the federal election campaign: to accept 25,000 Syrians by January 1, 2016.

    On November 9, while announcing the formation of …

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  • Back To Tehran: Strategies for Success

    Back To Tehran: Strategies for Success

    • Analysis
    • November 27, 2015

    By John Mundy

    It won’t be easy for Canada to re-establish diplomatic relations with Iran, but it’s worth the trouble.

    In September 2012, the Harper government suspended diplomatic relations with Iran, closed the Canadian embassy in Tehran and expelled Iran’s …

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  • Working group on International Trade and Commerce

    Working group on International Trade and Commerce

    • Report
    • November 17, 2015

    What are the principal international trade and commerce challenges facing Canada—and how should Canada respond? CIPS convened a working group of seasoned policy experts and asked them to answer these questions. Their report, based on months of deliberation and consultation, …

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  • Working Group on International Development

    Working Group on International Development

    • Report
    • November 15, 2015

    The world is in the midst of a complex and dramatic set of transformations. The traditional view of “international development” as solely a matter of charity and moral importance, secondary to Canada’s hard interests, is long outdated. The complex, inter-related …

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  • Working Group Report on Human Rights in Canadian Foreign Policy

    Working Group Report on Human Rights in Canadian Foreign Policy

    • Analysis, Report
    • November 9, 2015

    A new Canadian government has been elected. What should it do to promote human rights in its foreign policy? How can Canada best contribute to global efforts to protect human rights? CIPS convened a working group of seasoned policy experts …

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  • Working Group Report on Canada’s International Security and National Defence Policy

    Working Group Report on Canada’s International Security and National Defence Policy

    • Report
    • November 4, 2015

    What are the principal security and defence challenges facing Canada, and how should Canada respond? CIPS asked two former senior officials, one recently retired general, and two academic security policy experts to answer these questions. Their report, based on months …

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  • CIPS Working Groups: Canada and the World Policy Reports

    CIPS Working Groups: Canada and the World Policy Reports

    • NewsNewsNews
    • October 20, 2015

    New Directions for Canadian International Policy

    In Fall 2014, CIPS convened four working groups of academics and policy practitioners to explore new thinking and policy options in four areas: International Security and Defence, International Development, International Trade and Commerce, and

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  • What Are ‘Hotspots’? The Inevitable Rise of Detention in the Quest for Asylum Solutions in the EU

    What Are ‘Hotspots’? The Inevitable Rise of Detention in the Quest for Asylum Solutions in the EU

    • Analysis
    • October 16, 2015

    Mstyslav Chernov/Creative Commons

    By Stephanie J. Silverman

    The Syrian refugee crisis has finally grabbed the world’s attention and is testing the sustainability of the European Union and its common asylum adjudication procedures. Policymakers are struggling to find solutions from under …

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  • Why Does the Reconciliation between Israel and Military Intellectuals Matter?

    Why Does the Reconciliation between Israel and Military Intellectuals Matter?

    • Analysis
    • October 14, 2015

    By Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard

    Appointing a new Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner rarely stirs up controversy, but in Israel it can easily turn into a media storm. This might not come as a surprise. Israel has an assault rate of …

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  • Clarifying the Caretaker Convention

    Clarifying the Caretaker Convention

    • Analysis
    • October 13, 2015

    by Philippe Lagassé

    What is the caretaker convention? When does a period of caretaker government begin? When does it end?

    These questions should be pretty simple to answer. Shortly after the federal election began, the Privy Council Office (PCO) released …

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  • Making Peace in a Divided World: New Roles for the United Nations?

    Making Peace in a Divided World: New Roles for the United Nations?

    • Analysis
    • October 1, 2015

    © Crown Copyright 2013

    By Richard Gowan

    There is no more annoying phrase in discussions of international affairs than “If the United Nations did not exist, we would have to invent it!” It is certainly true that the world urgently …

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  • Low-Fee Private Schools and Development: What Do We Really Know?

    Low-Fee Private Schools and Development: What Do We Really Know?

    • Analysis
    • September 8, 2015

    by Prachi Srivastava

    I have been researching low-fee private schooling for nearly a decade and a half. No one could be happier that the issue is finally receiving the high-level attention it deserves, with discussions in development circles and an …

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  • The Charter Strikes Back: A Step Forward for Refugee Rights in Canada

    The Charter Strikes Back: A Step Forward for Refugee Rights in Canada

    • Analysis
    • July 30, 2015

    By Stephanie J. Silverman

    Almost a year after the Federal Court of Canada struck down the ban on refugee claimants’ denial of health care, a new judicial review finds that a pernicious aspect of the Conservatives’ overhaul of refugee rights …

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  • Shining a Light on Canada’s Deteriorating Human Rights Record

    Shining a Light on Canada’s Deteriorating Human Rights Record

    • Analysis
    • July 15, 2015

    By Leilani Farha

    Published in the Toronto Star, July 13, 2015 Last May I was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing. The goal of this position is to advance the rights of marginalized communities around the world …

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  • The Final Push: Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal

    The Final Push: Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal

    • Analysis
    • July 15, 2015

    By Arne Ruckert, Ronald Labonté and Ashley Schram

    The Trans-Pacific Partnership is nearing the end game of negotiations, creating a market of 800 million people with a combined economic clout of US$28-trillion annually. After the U.S. Congress granted fast-track authority …

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  • At Any Cost: The Injustice of the ‘4 and 4’ Rule in Canada

    • Analysis
    • June 1, 2015

    By Stephanie J. Silverman

    Published on openDemocracy, May 29, 2015

    Tens of thousands of law-abiding foreign workers residing in Canada became deportable last April. This sudden vulnerability to deportation resulted from the Parliamentary passage of a small legislative change …

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  • Reflections on Gender in the DFATD Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program

    • Analysis
    • May 18, 2015

    By Sarah Tuckey

    In March 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development released the Synthesis Report: Summative Evaluation of Canada’s Afghanistan Development Program. On April 14, CIPS and its Fragile States Research Network (FSRN) held a panel…

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  • L’émergence de l’Union européenne comme puissance militaire au XXIème siècle

    • Analysis
    • April 21, 2015

    Par Michael E. Lambert, chercheur invité au Centre d’études en politiques internationales

    Published on the CDA Security and Defence Blog, April 21, 2015

    L’Europe apparait aujourd’hui comme la principale promotrice du dialogue pour solutionner les conflits, en témoigne le …

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  • L’émergence du smart power transatlantique

    • Analysis
    • March 30, 2015

    Par Michael E. Lambert, chercheur invité au Centre d’études en politiques internationales 

    L’année 2015 s’impose comme celle des négociations sur la mise en place du TTIP et du rapprochement entre les États-Unis et l’Union européenne. Dans les faits, le Traité …

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  • Military Deployments and a ‘Political Convention’ of Commons Support

    • Analysis
    • March 24, 2015

    by Philippe Lagassé

    Published on Policy Options, March 24, 2015

    Prime Minister Harper has presented a motion to the House of Commons announcing an extension and expansion of Canada’s mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant …

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  • How Dangerous is C-51? You Might Be Surprised

    • Analysis
    • March 22, 2015

    by Michael Geist

    Published in the Toronto Star, March 13, 2015

    As witnesses line up to warn about the dangers associated with Bill C-51, Canada’s anti-terrorism bill, it’s increasingly clear that the proposed legislation is an unprecedented undermining of …

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  • Intellectual Property, Industrial Espionage and the Future of Military Diffusion

    • Analysis
    • March 19, 2015

    By Robert Farley, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky

    What do intellectual property law, industrial espionage, and cyber-warfare have to do with one another?

    Industrial espionage is, by definition, a violation of most existing schemes …

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  • International Aid Transparency: Cui Bono?

    • Analysis
    • March 10, 2015

    By Catherine Weaver (University of Texas at Austin and Innovations for Peace and Development) and Josh Powell (Development Gateway and AidData, Washington, DC)

    Over the past decade, the international aid transparency movement has made considerable progress in opening the information …

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  • To Understand International Security, Consider Social Relations

    • Analysis
    • March 5, 2015

    By Jarrod Hayes, School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech

    The world is a complex place. Social tides ebb and flow, diverse social systems interacting with agency to produce an ever-shifting mix of international challenges. This is all the more …

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  • Should Parliament ‘Oversee’ National Security Affairs?

    • Analysis
    • February 26, 2015

    by Philippe Lagassé

    Published on the Policy Options Blog, February 25, 2015

    Bill C-51, the Conservative government’s anti-terrorism legislation, has sparked renewed debate about Parliament’s role in overseeing Canada’s intelligence services. Opposition parties and former prime ministers have …

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  • An International Election That Canada Can Help to Fix

    • Analysis
    • February 25, 2015

    By David Petrasek and Allan Rock

    Published in the Toronto Star, February 24, 2015

    The emergence of potential candidates reminds us that the 2016 race for the White House has already begun. Canadians will watch the American contest in …

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  • Sending Lethal Weapons to Ukraine May Not Be the Answer

    • Analysis
    • February 15, 2015

    Roland Paris appeared on the Sunday morning broadcast The West Block with Tom Clark to discuss the question on whether Western countries should send lethal weapons to help the Ukrainian government.

    Paris noted that there were no good policy options …

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  • Baird Improved Over Time, But Ultimately Fell Short

    • Analysis
    • February 8, 2015

    By Colin Robertson

    This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by Peter Jones, Ferry de Kerckhove and David Petrasek.

    John Baird …

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  • Canadian Mission Creep in Iraq? A CIPS Debate – Part 3

    • Analysis
    • January 30, 2015

    by Philippe Lagassé

    For Parts 1 and 2 of this CIPS debate, see the posts by Roland Paris and Thomas Juneau.

    Published on Canadian Defense Politics, January 29, 2015

    Did the Prime Minister mislead the House of Commons …

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  • Canada’s F-35 Rumour Mill

    • Analysis
    • November 10, 2014

    by Philippe Lagassé

    The replacement of Canada’s CF-18s is back in the news. Last week, Murray Brewster reported on a leaked PowerPoint presentation indicating that Canada will acquire four F-35s in 2017. Since this would require swapping with aircraft slated …

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  • S’élever dans l’adversité

    • Analysis
    • October 23, 2014

    par Robert Asselin

    Pour quiconque qui y a travaillé, l’endroit est impressionnant. Quand on marche dans le grand hall qui mène à la bibliothèque, là même où les coups de feu d’hier ont été perpétrés, on comprend que le Parlement …

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  • Mexico’s Abducted Students: Where Does the Country Go From Here?

    • Analysis
    • October 20, 2014

    by Claude Denis

    How does one write about Mexico today?

    The country is in full crisis mode after 43 students from the Ayotzinpa teachers’ college in rural Guerrero were kidnapped by the police on September 26, and six other people …

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  • Spring Into Summer? The Tunisian Elections

    • Analysis
    • October 12, 2014

    by Bruce Montador

    Tunisia will soon complete the transition begun when President Ben Ali fled in January 2011. Under a new constitution, it will elect a parliament (via regional lists) this month, and then a president.

    Although the constitution gives …

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  • The Death of the North-South Institute

    • Analysis
    • September 16, 2014

    by Lauchlan Munro

    Canada’s only independent think tank on international development and foreign policy, the North-South Institute, will soon close its doors. According to media reports, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) communicated its decision not to …

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  • Canada Should Prepare for a Long Fight Against IS

    • Analysis
    • September 12, 2014

    By George Petrolekas and Ferry de Kerckhove

    Published in the Globe and Mail, September 12, 2014

    In 1938, Neville Chamberlain returned to a hero’s welcome in London having given away parts of Czechoslovakia to Hitler at Munich. He announced …

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  • The Scottish Independence Referendum: How Did It Come About?

    • Analysis
    • September 9, 2014

    By Richard Wyn Jones, Cardiff University.

    On the 18th of September, the Scottish electorate will go to the polls to vote on the proposition “Should Scotland be an independent country?” Remarkably, it’s only now that the rest of the

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  • Russia Sanctions: Could Sports Have an Impact?

    • Analysis
    • September 8, 2014

    by Robert Hage

    In a month’s time, the roar of Formula 1 engines will replace the clatter of downhill skies in Sochi as the Russian Grand Prix gets underway. The names of the competing teams will sound familiar in the …

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  • When Does Parliament Get to Vote on Military Deployments?

    • Analysis
    • September 8, 2014

    by Philippe Lagassé

    Canada’s deployment of military advisors to Iraq has raised questions about Parliament’s role in deployment decisions. The Conservative government has decided that a parliamentary committee will be briefed about the operation. The New Democratic Party (NDP) deems …

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  • Social Media and the Rise of Scholar-Blogging

    • Analysis
    • September 7, 2014

    By Mira Sucharov, Department of Political Science, Carleton University

    As the prominence of social media in society intensifies, the question of how scholars can most effectively engage in the public sphere has taken on new significance. In a piece …

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  • Canada Needs to Reconnect with its Diplomatic Tradition

    • Analysis
    • July 10, 2014

    The Harper government’s neglect of diplomacy has resulted in a largely ineffective foreign policy that has not served Canada’s interests, argues CIPS director Roland Paris in this video clip. His remarks were part of a panel discussion organized by Canadian …

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  • Canada’s Iran Policy: ‘Reckless Rhetoric’ and More Out of Step Than Ever

    • Analysis
    • June 19, 2014

    by John Mundy

    Published in the Globe and Mail, June 19, 2014

    Canada has a dysfunctional relationship with Iran and our government is proud of it. That is the underlying message of Foreign Minister John Baird’s latest statements about …

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  • Principles and Prejudice: Foreign Policy Under the Harper Government

    • Analysis
    • June 19, 2014

    by Gerd Schönwälder

    Values have been critical drivers behind the foreign policy making of Canada’s current and past governments, both Conservative and Liberal. However, the Harper government’s use of values-based foreign policymaking does not meet three criteria that would ensure …

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  • Policy Experts Submit Report to NATO Secretary General

    • Analysis
    • June 10, 2014

    In March 2014, the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, appointed ten independent policy experts to a panel and asked them to provide advice on the future of the transatlantic bond. The panel included a …

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  • Parliament Neglects its Duty to Debate Military Deployments

    • Analysis
    • May 7, 2014

    by Philippe Lagassé

    Published in the Ottawa Citizen, May 6, 2014

    It is easy to blame Parliament’s failings on an excess of executive power in our system of government. In certain cases, however, the legislature is the source of …

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  • Quick Take: What’s the Significance of Ukraine/Russia So Far?

    • Analysis
    • April 30, 2014

    What’s the most significant outcome to date of developments in Ukraine/Russia?

    CIPS faculty were invited to give brief responses to this question—still very much a development in progress, as many of them point out. Here’s a range of strikingly disparate …

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  • The Ottawa Forum: Rethinking Canada’s International Strategy

    • Analysis
    • April 27, 2014

    It’s been almost a decade since Canada conducted a foreign policy review.

    The Ottawa Forum on May 23-24, co-organized by CIPS and the Canadian International Council, will bring together some of Canada’s most insightful “next generation” policy thinkers and most …

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  • NATO, China and Afghanistan at the Security-Development Nexus

    • Analysis
    • February 24, 2014

    By Kirsten Van Houten and Benjamin Zyla

    Since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban in 2001, NATO has provided extensive security and development assistance to Afghanistan. While NATO is slated to withdraw from Afghanistan later this year, the international …

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  • Shale Gale or Shale Fail? Will North America’s Leaders Miss the Boat on Energy?

    • Analysis
    • February 21, 2014

    by Monica Gattinger

    At the North American Leaders Summit in Mexico this week, Prime Minister Harper, President Obama and President Pena Nieto committed to tasking their respective energy ministers to meet in 2014 to “discuss opportunities to promote common strategies …

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  • Diplomatic Prospects for Supporting Democracy Development

    • Analysis
    • February 5, 2014

    By Jeremy Kinsman, University of California and Ryerson University

    Jeremy Kinsman will be speaking at the CIPS panel ‘Is Democracy Rising or Receding?’ on February 14, 2014.

    From its inception in 2007, the international project A Diplomat’s Handbook for …

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  • Refugee Protection and Human Rights: Nothing Bogus About It

    • Analysis
    • January 31, 2014

    By Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada

    Watch the video of Alex Neve’s CIPS talk: Protecting Refugees: It’s a human rights issue

    The lambasting that Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews received from federal Immigration Minister Chris Alexander last …

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  • Ironic or Apt? Experiencing NATO

    • Analysis
    • January 26, 2014

    By Stephen Saideman, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

    Stephen Saideman will be giving a talk at CIPS about his newly-released book on January 28, 2014

    I am not sure whether it was ironic or just especially …

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  • Bangladesh: The Future of Development Partnerships

    • Analysis
    • January 20, 2014

    By Syed Sajjadur Rahman, Visiting Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa

    This essay, along with the ones by Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy and by Stephen Baranyi and Alicia Dobson, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out …

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  • Bangladesh: Out of Fragility?

    • Analysis
    • January 20, 2014

    By Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy, Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

    This essay, along with the ones by Sajjad Rahman and by Stephen Baranyi and Alicia Dobson, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out …

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  • Authorizing U.S. Warfare: Domestic Critics, Global Constituencies and the Renewal of the AUMF

    • Analysis
    • January 19, 2014

    By Mariah Zeisberg, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan. She will be giving a lecture at CIPS on January 23, 2014.

    The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which the United States Congress enacted after …

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  • Why is Ottawa Accelerating its International Aid Budget Cuts by Stealth?

    • Analysis
    • January 14, 2014

    by Bruce Montador

    The Harper government started two years ago to cut back on official development assistance (ODA), announcing in 2012 a three-year series of cuts (even if Canada is among the donor countries least under fiscal pressure to cut …

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  • Democracy or the “Almighty Dollar” – Do We Need to Choose?

    • Analysis
    • January 1, 2014

    by Gerd Schönwälder

    When the Harper government made the interests of Canada’s business community its top foreign policy priority last month, effectively sidelining traditional Canadian concerns such as democratic development, good governance, or human security, some observers were quick to …

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  • Democratic Emerging Powers and Democracy Promotion

    • Analysis
    • December 16, 2013

    by Gerd Schönwälder

    CIPS has just received the report on a conference it helped facilitate in October 2013 on the role of democratic emerging powers (DEPs)—such as India, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, and Turkey—in supporting democracy beyond their own borders. …

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  • Stephen Harper and a ‘Rising’ Canada

    • Analysis
    • December 12, 2013

    By Colin Robertson, Vice President, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute

    Stephen Harper aims to position Canada as a ‘rising power’. While protecting our privileged access to the USA, Canada under Harper’s leadership actively seeks new markets for our goods …

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  • A Dignified Warrior for Peace: Nelson Mandela

    • Analysis
    • December 8, 2013

    By Joanne St. Lewis, Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa

    My heart is heavy. The braided life of pain, joy, courage, strength and love – indeed, all that was the brilliant complex persona of Nelson Mandela is …

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  • Is Canada a Responsible Global Partner?

    • Analysis
    • December 4, 2013

    In anticipation of the December 5th book launch of the Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, CIPS posed the following question to former Prime Minister Paul Martin (who will be speaking at the event): “What does the recently announced DFATD …

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  • How Canada Goes to War

    • Analysis
    • December 3, 2013

    by Philippe Lagassé

    Canada’s military training mission in Afghanistan will end in 2014. When the Canadian Forces are next sent overseas, members of Parliament will likely vote on the mission. The Conservative government has made it a point to consult …

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  • As Iran Opens to the World, Canada is Left Behind

    • Analysis
    • November 25, 2013

    by John Mundy

    Published in The Globe and Mail, November 25, 2013

    The earth moved Sunday in Geneva when the United States, its P5 plus 1 negotiating partners and Iran came to an interim agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. …

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  • Sexy Vanilla: Canada-EU Free Trade

    • Analysis
    • November 14, 2013

    by Robert Hage

    The same week that celebrity British street artist Banksy upset New Yorkers by saying the new World Trade Center is “vanilla…and looks like something they would build in Canada”, an Economist headline stated, “Canada doesn’t get any …

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  • Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa: Beyond Consistent Inconsistency?

    • Analysis
    • October 18, 2013

    By David Black, Dalhousie University

    A preview of David Black’s CIPS lecture on October 22, 2013

    Among the various criticisms of the Harper government’s foreign policy, its presumed neglect or even abandonment of sub-Saharan Africa is among the most frequently …

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  • Regional Innovation Policies in a Globally Connected Environment: Lessons from Europe

    • Analysis
    • October 16, 2013

    By Michele Mastroeni, University of Edinburgh

    A preview of Michele Mastroeni’s CIPS lecture on October 18, 2013

    Industry leaders and governments have pursued innovation as a source of economic growth for the last two decades. While firms have been striving …

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  • Democracy Promotion and the Role of the ‘Democratic Emerging Powers’

    • Analysis
    • October 9, 2013

    by Gerd Schönwälder

    A preview of the conference on ‘Promoting Democracy: What Role for the Emerging Powers?’ to take place at the University of Ottawa on October 15-16, 2013.

    Millions around the world continue to name democracy as their preferred …

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  • Iran’s Diplomatic Opening is a Test of Intentions

    • Analysis
    • September 30, 2013

    by John Mundy

    Published in the Globe and Mail, September 30, 2013

    For the first time in many years there are hopeful signs that Iran is prepared to negotiate a comprehensive deal on its nuclear program with the United …

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  • Terror 2.0: Kenya’s #Westgate and a New Face of Terrorism

    • Analysis
    • September 26, 2013

    by Joshua Ramisch

    The harrowing images from Nairobi’s burning and blood-soaked Westgate Mall have come not just from journalists but from the cellphones nearly everyone in the building was carrying.  Twitter has been alive with updates from all sides: from …

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  • R2P Down But Not Out After Libya and Syria

    • Analysis
    • September 18, 2013

    By Gareth Evans

    Published on the openDemocracy blog, September 9, 2013. This essay is part of a symposium on R2P and the human rights crisis in Syria, guest edited by David Petrasek.

    The lack of consensus in the …

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  • On Law, Policy, and (Not) Bombing Syria

    • Analysis
    • September 3, 2013

    Ian Hurd is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University

    The debate sparked by Syria’s chemical weapons attack includes at least three separate controversies: 1) which (if any) international legal instruments govern Syria’s use of chemical weapons; 2) …

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