Subscribe to the CIPS Newsletter
- Home
- Blog
Blog
The Security Challenges of Emerging Technologies: Commons-Based Options for Canada
- Analysis
- November 8, 2023
Some new technology will be unstoppable. We are not going to be able to stop unmanned drone technology. At best we can try to regulate its usage, which in times of war can be like whistling in the wind. In a recent issue of Foreign Affairs, Bremmer and Suleyman offer a very sober and disturbing
READ MORE
The Arms Race in Outer Space – Prevention or Proliferation?
- Analysis
- November 7, 2023
Diplomatic efforts towards the goal of preventing an arms race in space are floundering as leading space powers opt for confrontation over cooperation. The importance of outer space in terms of the continued operations in that environment free from threats of attack or harmful interference is ever more salient for our world. The exponential growth
READ MORE
A Third Front for Israel? Reflections on the Situation in the West Bank
- Analysis
- November 3, 2023
The aftermath of Hamas’ despicable October 7 attack against Israeli civilians threatens to spiral in ways which will widen the conflict and create many more casualties. Aside from Gaza, attention is focused on Israel’s border with Lebanon and the threat of Hezbollah. Like Hamas, Hezbollah is backed and supplied by Iran. But it is significantly
READ MORE
Domestic Political Realities Will Temper Minister Joly’s Global Aspirations
- Analysis
- November 2, 2023
On Monday, October 30 and Wednesday, November 1, Foreign Affairs Minister, Mélanie Joly, gave essentially the same speech at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto and the Conseil des relations internationales de Montréal (CORIM) in Montreal. The speech was deemed a major foreign policy pronouncement meant to set out Minister Joly’s vision for Canada’s
READ MORE
The CIPS Blog is written only by subject-matter experts.
CIPS blogs are protected by the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)