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How Trump Views NATO’s Core Obligations Should Deeply Concern Canada and Europe
- Analysis
- August 6, 2025
During his interview on Air Force One while traveling to the June 24-25 NATO summit in The Hague, President Trump was asked whether the US would honour Article 5, if Russia attacked a bordering NATO member. In a stunning response to millions of Europeans who border Russia, who thought they knew that Article 5 meant
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Drawing the Line Between Left-wing and Right-wing Populism in the Americas: The Case of Reproductive Rights Under Claudia Sheinbaum’s Presidency in Mexico
- Analysis
- June 26, 2025
“Let’s hope that in Ecuador, they’ll soon be shouting ‘Presidenta with an ‘A’! This enthusiastic endorsement, given by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to another prominent female politician, Ecuadoran presidential candidate Luisa González credited at the time with a 50\50 chance of being elected, was the focus of much media attention during the recent Ecuadoran presidential
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Canada Shouldn’t Buy into the Mirage of “Golden Dome”
- Analysis
- June 25, 2025
A new Canadian Government is assuming power at a time of great upheaval in international affairs. Norms of non-aggression, cooperative security and strategic restraint are being undermined. Regrettably, some of this disruption originates with our American ally with whom, as the Prime Minister has said, we will need to forge a new security relationship. In
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Protecting the Right to Asylum in a Closing World
- Analysis
- June 17, 2025
On April 3rd, 2025, uOttawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies, Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) and the Canadian Council for Refugees hosted a panel discussion for Refugee Rights Day, with Laïla Demirdache, Thomas Ndayiragije, Aditya Rao and Diana Gallego. The speakers focused on protecting the right to asylum from legal, policy, programming and
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