• Germany: Yet Another Migration Debate?

    Germany: Yet Another Migration Debate?

    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 Alternative for Germany party (AfD). Many observers offered similar proclamations at the peak of the Syrian crisis

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  • The Prospects for Chinese Leadership in an Age of Upheaval

    The Prospects for Chinese Leadership in an Age of Upheaval

    Srdjan Vucetic, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa Bentley B. Allan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University Ted Hopf, Provost Chair Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore US President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the so-called liberal order through challenges to NATO, NAFTA, the WTO,

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  • UK Rendition and Torture: Lessons for Canada

    UK Rendition and Torture: Lessons for Canada

    The British Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has produced two reports on collusion in rendition (the legal term for shipping someone from one jurisdiction to another) and torture operations in the US-led War on Terror. They remind us in blunt terms that these issues are still with us, almost two decades after the Bush Administration

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  • Liberal Internationalism: Save, Ditch, or Reform?

    Liberal Internationalism: Save, Ditch, or Reform?

    Rita Abrahamsen, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, and Director of CIPS When President Donald Trump reneged on his commitment to the G7 Communiqué after the Charlevoix Summit in June, it was but one of many recent blows to liberal internationalism and multilateralism. In Europe, the rise of far right movements

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