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Crowded Out by “Big Man” Politics, Kenyan Women Still Struggle in 2017 Elections
- Analysis
- August 21, 2017
by Gabrielle Bardall, PhD, CIPS Research Associate For all its progressive constitution, high-tech society, and exceptionally resourced Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Kenya is the worst performer in the East African Community (EAC) regarding women in parliament. These failures have been attributed to a lack of political will to enforce laws designed to bolster
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The US Has Much to Gain in Embracing Freeland’s Free-Trade Approach
- Analysis
- August 16, 2017
On 14 August, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland outlined Canada’s objectives for renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement in view of the negotiations that began on 16 August. Freeland was optimistic about the real possibility of modernizing NAFTA in a way that would not only improve trade and investment flows across the North American continent
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China’s Republican Flag: A Conundrum for Canada–Taiwan Relations
- Analysis
- July 30, 2017
China’s Republican flag — the French-inspired tricolore representing nationalism, democracy, and peoples’ livelihood in Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles of the People — was the national flag of all of China from 1928 until the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. After 1949, Cold War politics kept both flags flying internationally. Since
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Why NAFTA’s Chapter 19 is Worth Fighting For
- Analysis
- July 29, 2017
Canada has reportedly drawn a “red line” over Chapter 19 as the US calls for NAFTA renegotiations. That’s a good thing. Even before the negotiations to revise and modernize NAFTA begin on 16 August, a red line has been drawn in the sand between Canada and the United States: Chapter 19, on the “Review and
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