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Back To Tehran: Strategies for Success
- Analysis
- November 27, 2015
By John Mundy It won’t be easy for Canada to re-establish diplomatic relations with Iran, but it’s worth the trouble. In September 2012, the Harper government suspended diplomatic relations with Iran, closed the Canadian embassy in Tehran and expelled Iran’s diplomats from Ottawa. In diplomatic terms, this was equivalent to detonating a neutron bomb. After
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Russia’s Endgame in Donbass
- Analysis
- November 27, 2015
By Paul Robinson Although in recent weeks the attention of many has shifted to events in Syria, the war in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, has not entirely ended. Fighting continues to kill two or three people each week, and the peace process established at Minsk in February 2015 has reached something of an impasse, due to
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Canadian aid+ to fragile and conflict-affected states: From crisis to opportunity?
- Analysis
- November 17, 2015
By Stephen Baranyi The arrival of a new government in Ottawa presents an opportunity to reposition Canada in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) such as Afghanistan, Haiti and South Sudan, where distinct mixes of weak public institutions, high levels of violence and extreme poverty persist. In the ministerial mandate letters released last week, the Prime
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Working group on International Trade and Commerce
- Report
- November 17, 2015
What are the principal international trade and commerce challenges facing Canada—and how should Canada respond? CIPS convened a working group of seasoned policy experts and asked them to answer these questions. Their report, based on months of deliberation and consultation, sets out important policy recommendations for the new Canadian government on current and future international trade
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