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Canada’s Place in a Disordered World: What’s Next for Canadian Diplomacy?
- Analysis
- June 2, 2025
The strong interest in the May 12 conference co-hosted by AmbCanada and CIPS on ‘Finding Canada’s Place in a Disordered World’, reflects in a modest way growing public awareness that how Canada secures its place in a rapidly changing world is up for debate. I was a panellist discussing what this new world means for
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Writing Abortion Access into the French Constitution: The New Terrain of Populist Politics?
- Analysis
- May 29, 2025
While the ideological confrontation between those for and those against women’s abortion access has been brewing for decades, the rise of populist parties and movements has shone a new light on the issue. As both right and left populisms take shape, a new political frontier is building around women’s reproductive rights. The 2024 amendment of
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From Populist to Deliberative Constitutionalism: The Evolution of Abortion Law in Ireland
- Analysis
- May 14, 2025
The voices of the people, expressed both formally and informally, lie at the centre of Ireland’s abortion law journey: from grassroots movements and protests, to moments of mass democratic participation in the form of constitutional referendums, to deliberative processes engaging ordinary citizens in the form of deliberative minipublics. The law’s evolution is bookended by two
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Election 2025: What are the Parties Saying About Foreign Aid?
- Analysis
- April 23, 2025
The recent turmoil in Washington has reshaped Canada’s 2025 election campaign, driving fundamental discussions on how Canada should position itself in the world. With election day looming, what are the contenders saying about foreign aid? The Liberals, the current frontrunners, have not raised the topic much, other than leader Mark Carney’s promise that he “would not cut foreign
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