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Backwards, March! Brexit, CANZUK, and the Legacy of Empire
- Analysis
- January 17, 2019
By Duncan Bell and Srdjan Vucetic It was coined in the 1950s, but the term CANZUK — a union (or alliance or pact) of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom — has been repurposed in the wake of the Brexit vote. Rallying behind it is a small but well-connected network of pro-Brexit politicians, policy-makers,
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China and UN Peacekeeping
- Analysis
- January 14, 2019
For the last year or so, I have been researching China’s contributions to UN peacekeeping. It has been an interesting journey, culminating in a new CIPS report, 30 years of Chinese Peacekeeping, which will be launched on January 24, 2019. As a preview of the report, here are the five most important lessons I learned
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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 to go to become a true leader in the promotion of human rights abroad. Here
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The Geopolitics of America’s New Africa Strategy
- Analysis
- December 19, 2018
The Trump administration has not had much to say about Africa, and what little it has said has been mostly nonsense or offensive, or both. First there was the President’s infamous “sx!#hole” comment, then his faint praise for the non-existent country of “Nambia,” not to mention the exaggerated tweet about “large scale killing of white
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