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  • 20th Century Laws Meet 21st Century Surveillance: Why Metadata Surveillance is a Serious Concern

    • Analysis
    • June 11, 2013

    by Michael Geist

    Published on www.michaelgeist.ca, June 11, 2013.

    The concerns about telephone and Internet surveillance moved north yesterday as the Globe revealed that Canada has its own metadata surveillance program. The program was discontinued in 2008 after concerns …

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  • In Defense of Academic ‘Fiddling’

    • Analysis
    • June 10, 2013

    Published in the Ottawa Citizen, June 5, 2013

    Are political scientists failing to play their part as critics of the government in Canada? Lawrence Martin thinks so. Writing in the Globe and Mail last week, he lamented that academics …

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  • The ICTY at 20: Mission Accomplished?

    • Analysis
    • May 29, 2013

    by Rachel Kerr

    On May 25, 2013, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia celebrated its twentieth anniversary. After 20 years and $2.2 billion, what has this extraordinary experiment in international criminal justice achieved? In The Hague, an exhibition …

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  • Making Disability Visible: Inclusive Reconstruction in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

    • Analysis
    • May 21, 2013

    Guest blog post by Deborah Stienstra, Professor in Disability Studies, University of Manitoba

    Policy makers, researchers and activists may be skeptical about including disability in discussions about fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS). There are so many urgent and competing …

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  • In Confronting Iran, John Baird Stands in the Way of Real Solutions

    • Analysis
    • May 21, 2013

    by John Mundy

    Published in the Globe and Mail, May 21, 2013

    Imagine if U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had delivered the speech that Foreign Minister John Baird gave to the Global Dialogue on Iran’s Future last week …

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  • Call for Papers — International Conference on Promoting Democracy: What Role for the Emerging Powers?

    • Analysis
    • May 3, 2013

    Conference to be held on 15-16 October 2013 in Ottawa, Canada

    Co-sponsored by:
    German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
    International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and
    Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), University of Ottawa

    Deadline for submission

    …READ MORE
  • A High-Water Mark in Canadian Diplomacy

    • Analysis
    • April 17, 2013

     Guest post by John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

    In this post, Mr. Baird responds to Bob Rae’s commentary on Canadian foreign policy. CIPS is pleased to provide a venue for this debate. To receive notification of future blogposts, …

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  • Adapting to a Newly Fragile Environment: Lessons from Mali

    • Analysis
    • April 15, 2013

    By guest-bloggers Steve Mason, Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC), and Katie McGregor, University of Ottawa.

    Renowned as a place of rich history, diverse cultures and world-famous musicians, Mali has been making headlines for very different reasons over the …

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  • The High Price of Harper’s Foreign Policy

    • Analysis
    • April 14, 2013

    Guest post by Bob Rae, MP

    John Baird’s recent trip to the Middle East—and seemingly incoherent announcements before and after—give us a chance to re-assess the Conservative government’s foreign policy.

    The Reform Party’s reverse takeover of the Progressive Conservative Party, …

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  • Learning the Tricks of the Trade: Canada in South Sudan

    • Analysis
    • April 4, 2013
    By guest-bloggers Jennifer Erin Salahub, Senior Researcher and Team Leader at the North-South Institute, and Margaret Capelazo, Gender Advisor at CARE Canada.

    As part of the global aid effectiveness agenda, the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States…

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  • Will it be a ‘New Deal’ or a ‘Raw Deal’ for FCAS?

    • Analysis
    • April 3, 2013
    By guest-blogger Julia Sanchez, President-CEO of the Canadian Council for International Co-operation, the national platform for Canadian civil society organizations working on international development.

    Based purely on need, enhancing our focus (and resources) on fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) …

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  • Iran’s Nuclear Gamble, Canada and Obama’s Second Term

    • Analysis
    • March 22, 2013

    CIPS Policy Brief No. 21, March 2013.
    By JOHN MUNDY, Visiting Associate, CIPS.

    • War with Iran is closer than we may think, but is not inevitable.
    • If war with Iran does occur, the likely tactical victory of the U.S.
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  • The Queen of Canada is Dead; Long Live the British Queen

    • Analysis
    • February 4, 2013

    by Philippe Lagassé

    Published in Macleans.ca, February 3, 2012

    Canada’s most monarchist government in decades has just dealt a serious blow to the Canadian Crown. In an effort to quickly enact changes regarding royal succession, the government has introduced …

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  • Defence Procurement Problems Run Deeper Than the F-35

    • Analysis
    • December 10, 2012

    by Philippe Lagassé

    Published in the Ottawa Citizen, December 6, 2012

    It’s been a rough year for Canadian defence procurement.

    This past spring, the Auditor General lambasted the defence department’s lack of due diligence in selecting the F-35 to …

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  • Succeeding to the Canadian Throne

    • Analysis
    • December 5, 2012

    By James W.J. Bowden and Philippe Lagassé

    The full article was published in the Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 2012

    We learned this week that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their first child. The news was greeted …

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  • The F-35 is Down but Not Out as Canada’s Next Fighter

    • Analysis
    • November 30, 2012

    by Philippe Lagassé

    The Harper government recently announced that the National Fighter Procurement Secretariat (NFPS) will be looking at various options to replace Canada’s aging CF-18s. This comes at a time when the news about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, …

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  • War with Iran: Real, Horrific Costs, but What Benefits?

    • Analysis
    • November 26, 2012

    by John Mundy

    Published in the Globe and Mail, November 26, 2012

    The Munk Debate on the question of war with Iran, to be held on Monday night in Toronto, could not be more timely. With elections finally decided …

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  • Fédéralisme et relations internationales : le rôle des provinces

    • Analysis
    • November 16, 2012

    Par Stéphane Paquin, Professeur agrégé à l’École nationale d’administration publique

    Lorsque le gouvernement du Québec, sous Jean Charest, a exigé une plus grande participation des provinces canadiennes aux négociations et organisations internationales dont le Canada est membre, de nombreux …

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  • The Iranians We Left Behind

    • Analysis
    • October 26, 2012

    by John Mundy

    Published in the Globe and Mail, October 25, 2012

    When Canada closed its embassy in Tehran last month, it wasn’t just Canadian diplomats who were affected. We left behind a small number of local staff, and …

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  • Une diplomatie verbeuse

    • Analysis
    • October 7, 2012

    par Justin Massie

    Published in La Presse, October 5, 2012

    Lors de son dernier discours aux Nations unies, le ministre John Baird a exposé les fondements de la politique internationale de son gouvernement. Elle repose sur deux piliers: une …

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  • Should Canada Promote Religious Freedom?

    • Analysis
    • October 2, 2012

    Guest contributor: ELIZABETH SHAKMAN HURD, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University.

    In the United States, religious freedom is described as the ‘first freedom’: a fundamental human right and a sine qua non of democratic politics. Americans, we are …

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  • Teaching Hobbes

    • Analysis
    • October 2, 2012

    by Philippe Lagassé

    After a month of lectures on Plato and Machiavelli, today I’m starting to teach Hobbes in my second-year undergraduate course on philosophical perspectives on conflict and rights. Personally, I find that this is the most interesting part …

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  • Realizing the Potential of Unarmed Civilians in Reducing Violent Conflict

    • Analysis
    • September 26, 2012

    Guest contributor: LIAM MAHONY, Director of Fieldview Solutions and a pioneer in the theory and practice of international protection

    When the international community struggles today with decisions about how to address the terrible civilian costs of armed conflict, the …

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  • Canada’s Abandonment of the Responsibility to Protect

    • Analysis
    • September 20, 2012

    Guest contributor: KYLE MATTHEWS, Senior Deputy Director of the Will to Intervene Project at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (Concordia University)

    The Responsibility to Protect doctrine has many enemies. States that will not or cannot …

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  • Abandoning Diplomacy with Iran: Why, and Why Now?

    • Analysis
    • September 10, 2012

    by John Mundy

    Published in the Globe and Mail, September 10, 2012

    No country suspends diplomatic relations with an adversary lightly. It signals that the possibility for future dialogue is over. While it is true that Canada has not …

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  • The Measure of a CDS

    • Analysis
    • September 3, 2012

    by Philippe Lagassé

    First published on the Canadian International Council website.

    A new Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) was appointed by the Governor-in-Council last week. Following a few months of speculation about who would be named, Cabinet decided on …

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  • Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq

    • Analysis
    • June 20, 2012

    CIPS Policy Brief No.18, June 2012.
    By JOSHUA ROVNER, U.S. Naval War College.

    • Some amount of friction is normal in relations between intelligence agencies and policymakers.
    • However, intelligence-policy relations become pathological when policymakers neglect intelligence or politicize it.
    • The
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  • John Mundy, CIPS Visiting Associate in 2012-13

    • Analysis
    • June 16, 2012

    CIPS is pleased to announce the appointment of John Mundy as Visiting Associate for the 2012-13 academic year.

    Mr. Mundy is a former Canadian diplomat. Before retiring in 2008, he held senior diplomatic appointments in Trinidad and Tobago, Iran and …

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  • Multiple Crises and Global Health: The Maps and the Rules are Changing

    • Analysis
    • June 11, 2012

    by Ted Schrecker

    In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Laurie Garrett argues that the current economic crisis represents “a watershed moment for global public health” because of the probable stagnation of development assistance for health. In fact, the situation …

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  • A Good Day for International Criminal Justice?

    • Analysis
    • May 17, 2012

    by Rachel Kerr

    May 16, 2012 was an auspicious day for international criminal justice for two reasons. First, the Special Court for Sierra Leone heard statements from the Prosecutor and from former Liberian President Charles Taylor at his sentencing hearing. …

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  • Archive of CSIS Inspector General Reports

    • Analysis
    • May 7, 2012

    The Office of the Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was established through legislation in 1984, in the same Act that created CSIS. The model was the U.S. practice of Inspector Generals, with a review and compliance …

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  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai Endorses Ottawa Dialogue

    • Analysis
    • April 27, 2012

    The Ottawa Dialogue is a Track Two process involving a distinguished group of retired senior officials and military officers from India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is led by Peter Jones, Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School …

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  • Crash or Burn? The Conservatives’ F-35 Dilemma

    • Analysis
    • April 3, 2012

    by Philippe Lagassé

    Published in the Globe and Mail, April 3, 2012.

    In the wake of Tuesday’s expected report by the Auditor-General, the Conservative government’s hedging about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is likely to accelerate. After nearly two …

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  • Quels chasseurs pour le Canada?

    • Analysis
    • March 29, 2012

    par Justin Massie

    A shortened version of this article appeared in La Presse on March 27, 2012.

    Le recul du gouvernement Harper à l’égard de l’acquisition de 65 F-35 témoigne des malheurs entourant le développement du programme multinational d’avions de …

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  • Forward — to the Past? Re-thinking a Human Rights Museum

    • Analysis
    • March 15, 2012

    CIPS Policy Brief No.17, March 2012.
    By DAVID PETRASEK, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

    • The Canadian Museum of Human Rights has set itself a sound objective: to challenge and equip visitors actively to promote human freedom and
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  • The KONY2012 Campaign and Its Critics

    • Analysis
    • March 8, 2012

    Guest contributor: REX BRYNEN
    Professor of Political Science, McGill University

    In recent days, a social media-based campaign called KONY2012 has gone viral with worldwide calls for the arrest of Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). …

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  • Can NATO Rethink its Exit Strategy from Afghanistan?

    • Analysis
    • March 5, 2012

    CIPS Policy Brief No.16, March 2012.
    By STEVE COLL, New America Foundation.

    • The NATO transition plan for Afghanistan is based on faulty assumptions and must be rethought before time runs out.
    • The international community must invest in a successful
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  • Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran and the 2009 Election Scandal

    • Analysis
    • February 25, 2012

    CIPS Policy Brief No. 14 (February 2012).
    By TRITA PARSI.

    • Barack Obama’s presidency began with a diplomatic outreach to Iran.
    • However, the space for diplomacy turned out to be limited, due in part to the effects of Iran’s fraudulent 2009
    …READ MORE
  • Surprise en Inde : le Rafale remporte la compétition

    • Analysis
    • February 8, 2012

    par Justin Massie

    Le mardi, 31 janvier 2012, le titre de Dassault Aviation s’est envolé rapidement à la bourse de Paris. Avant 17 heures, le constructeur aéronautique français gagnait près de 22% en valeur boursière. Cette hausse tient pour l’essentiel …

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  • La révolution conservatrice

    • Analysis
    • January 10, 2012

    par Justin Massie

    Quel bilan annuel peut-on dresser de la politique étrangère du gouvernement Harper ? Grâce à la majorité parlementaire obtenue en mai dernier, le premier ministre bénéficie d’une immense autonomie politique – une « dictature bienveillante » selon …

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  • The Queen is the Canadian Crown

    • Analysis
    • January 10, 2012

    by Philippe Lagassé

    The full article was published in the Ottawa Citizen on January 9, 2012

    Should Canada abandon its constitutional monarchy and become a republic? Several commentators and notable politicians think so.

    Accustomed to seeing the monarchy as a …

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  • Un énoncé conservateur de politique étrangère

    • Analysis
    • November 28, 2011

    par Justin Massie

    Suite aux élections de mai, le ministre des Affaires étrangères, John Baird, s’est vu confier la tâche de réviser la politique actuelle et d’élaborer un nouveau document avec l’espoir de permettre à Ottawa de mieux anticiper l’environnement …

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  • Almost One Year On: Lessons from the Arab Spring

    • Analysis
    • November 25, 2011

    Guest contributor: STEFAN WOLFF
    Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham, UK

    When Mohamed Bouazizi, a jobless graduate in the provincial city of Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia, about 200km southwest of the capital Tunis, set himself …

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  • Science Diplomacy: What’s It All About?

    • Analysis
    • November 18, 2011

    CIPS Policy Brief No. 13 (November 2011).
    By Daryl Copeland.

    • Science diplomacy can play a critical role in addressing the complex transnational issues which feed underdevelopment and insecurity.
    • Foreign ministries, multilateral organizations and science-based institutions are unprepared and ill-equipped to
    …READ MORE
  • Honing Canada’s Approach to Interventions

    • Analysis
    • November 16, 2011

    By Roméo Dallaire and Philippe Lagassé

    Published in Embassy Magazine, November 16, 2011.

    Canada and its NATO allies performed admirably during their recent intervention in Libya. They acted to prevent a predatory regime from potentially committing a mass atrocity; …

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  • Le règne du On the Cheap pour les F-35

    • Analysis
    • November 4, 2011

    par David Grondin

    Cela fait plusieurs années que les Forces canadiennes sont passées maîtres du faire beaucoup avec peu; le Canada fait peu d’envieux, mais son personnel est qualifié et réputé pour savoir tirer le maximum d’un matériel qui n’est …

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  • Libya and Canada’s Political Influence: A Different Perspective

    • Analysis
    • October 28, 2011

    by Philippe Lagassé

    Did Canada play a critical political role in relation to the Libya intervention? My colleague Roland Paris is skeptical. In an earlier post on this blog, he points out that Canada’s political influence was secondary at best, …

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  • Mission incomplète

    • Analysis
    • October 28, 2011

    par Justin Massie

    Published in La Presse.ca, October 27, 2011

    La guerre en Libye est maintenant terminée, du moins celle dans laquelle sont engagés les Occidentaux, avec la mort du dictateur Mouammar Kadhafi. Selon le ministre des Affaires étrangères, …

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  • A Democratic or Technocratic Civil Service?

    • Analysis
    • October 21, 2011

    by Philippe Lagassé

    Forum: DND and Academic Policy Advice.
    In this forum, CIPS blog contributors respond to a report written by Douglas Bland and Richard Shimooka of Queen’s University, who argue that the Department of National Defense pays little attention …

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  • Il n’y a pas péril en la demeure

    • Analysis
    • October 21, 2011

    par Justin Massie

    Forum: DND and Academic Policy Advice.
    In this forum, CIPS blog contributors respond to a report written by Douglas Bland and Richard Shimooka of Queen’s University, who argue that the Department of National Defense pays little attention …

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