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Remembering David Petrasek
- CIPS
- May 15, 2020
We have lost a wonderful colleague and friend. David Petrasek, associate professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) and former director of the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), died on Monday after a long, hard-fought illness. David was no ordinary professor. He came to the University of Ottawa from a
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Israel-Palestine: Annexation Will Change Everything and Nothing
- Analysis
- May 14, 2020
On 29 April, Israelis celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the foundation of their state, while at the same time, on ‘Land Day,’ Palestinians mourned the Nakbah (catastrophe), which remembers the ethnic cleansing of some 700,000 people from their land in the 1948 war. While in previous years these events have been focal points for high
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Supporting African-Led Responses to COVID-19
The virus that causes COVID-19 has now reached Africa, a few weeks after it hit Europe and North America. Many analysts fear that the virus’s impact on the continent is nothing less than a “time bomb”, due to a lack of adequate health infrastructure and personal protective equipment. There is an urgent need for international
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Coronavirus Shows Why Canada Must Reduce Its Dependence on the U.S.
Canadian foreign policy has long embraced both a deep continental relationship with the United States and a devotion to liberal internationalism. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the time has come to re-evaluate our approach. While Canada has been able to manage the coronavirus crisis so far, our ability to continue to keep the pandemic
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