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CIPS Working Groups: Canada and the World Policy Reports
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- October 20, 2015
New Directions for Canadian International Policy In Fall 2014, CIPS convened four working groups of academics and policy practitioners to explore new thinking and policy options in four areas: International Security and Defence, International Development, International Trade and Commerce, and International Human Rights. This initiative grew out of discussions at the May 2014 Ottawa Forum,
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What Are ‘Hotspots’? The Inevitable Rise of Detention in the Quest for Asylum Solutions in the EU
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- October 16, 2015
Mstyslav Chernov/Creative Commons By Stephanie J. Silverman The Syrian refugee crisis has finally grabbed the world’s attention and is testing the sustainability of the European Union and its common asylum adjudication procedures. Policymakers are struggling to find solutions from under a complex latticework of administering and securitizing refugee and immigration admissions policy. This struggle is
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The Future of Track Two Diplomacy
- Research
- October 16, 2015
The Iran nuclear deal was Track One. But its roots are Track Two. So whither Track Two in this new century? Track Two diplomacy exists quietly – on the margins of international affairs. The term ‘Track Two Diplomacy’ was coined by US diplomat Joseph Montville in the early 1980s, even if it had been around
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National Security: The Election Issue that Wasn’t
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- October 16, 2015
It has been a long and tumultuous federal election campaign in Canada, now coming to an end with a bang not a whimper. Whatever the result on October 19, one promised election ground was largely, and strangely, vacated by all three main parties. The missing issue was national security. Not that Canadian elections are routinely
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