• What the Indo-Pacific Strategy Means for Indigenous Peoples

    What the Indo-Pacific Strategy Means for Indigenous Peoples

    With its November 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS), Canada joined a growing number of states to embrace the geo-political concept that originated in Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzō’s visionary speech to India’s Parliament in 2007. Canada made a new contribution to Indo-Pacific governance by including Indigenous peoples as key actors. Canada’s IPS uses the word “Indigenous” no fewer than 15

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  • Global Policing and the Trucker Convoy

    Global Policing and the Trucker Convoy

    The hearings around the “Freedom Convoy” that occupied parts of Ottawa in early 2022 have opened a window into the inner workings of Canadian police forces. The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) was widely criticized for its mishandling of the situation and, according to the testimony of interim Police Chief Steve Bell, was indeed “unprepared for what

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