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Nine New Takes on Canada’s International Future
- Analysis
- June 2, 2014
On May 23-24, CIPS and the Canadian International Council (CIC) co-hosted the Ottawa Forum, which brought together a remarkable array of presenters, commenters and attendees to the University of Ottawa to discuss the future of Canada’s international policy. The conference was emphatically forward-looking, covering a range of topics from international commerce, innovation and cities to
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Imagining a More Ambitious Canada
- Analysis
- June 2, 2014
By Taylor Owen and Roland Paris Published in the Ottawa Citizen, June 2, 2014 The world has undergone enormous changes since Ottawa last conducted a foreign policy review nearly a decade ago: the rise of China and other emerging economies, the transformation of global energy markets, the Arab uprising and other “public square” protests, and
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Before We Get Carried Away: Politics, Security and Nigeria’s Missing Girls
- Analysis
- May 22, 2014
It is rare that Africa captures the attention of the world. Its everyday suffering is normally barely a ripple on the global airwaves. Not so with the kidnapped schoolgirls of Chibok. By now, the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls has been retweeted over three million times. The U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is “heartbroken”. Presidents, prime ministers and
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Political Legitimacy Is What Matters in Ukraine’s Popular Referendums
- Analysis
- May 15, 2014
A decade ago, The Spectator magazine commissioned me to write an article arguing that the British government ought to hold a referendum on the proposed new constitution for the European Union. I went further, and proposed that if the government did not grant a vote, the British people should hold an unofficial referendum of their
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