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The Impacts of the Feminist International Assistance Policy on Implementing Organizations
- Analysis
- March 10, 2020
Canada’s feminist international assistance policy aims to achieve sustainable development and peace through gender equality, but it has also helped reshape the aid industry itself, at home and abroad. Has it gone far enough? Launched in 2017, Canada’s feminist international assistance policy (FIAP) commits 95 percent of Canada’s international assistance to focus on gender equality
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The NPT Turns 50: A Mid-life Crisis?
- Analysis
- March 4, 2020
On March 5, the (Nuclear) Non-proliferation Treaty will turn 50-years old. Whether this will be an occasion for celebration or lamentation is an open question. The NPT’s once-in-five-year review conference will take place at UN HQ, April 27-May 22, and coming after a failed 2015 review conference many observers view the upcoming meeting as crucial
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Time to End the Exclusion of Taiwan From the International Civil Aviation Organization
- Analysis
- March 3, 2020
On February 13, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) posted an online notice about the economic impact of the travel ban created in response to the international transmission of the COVID-19 virus (i.e. the coronavirus). Its estimates about the cancellation of international flights to or from mainland China, however, “… do not include potential impacts
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Understanding Canada’s Middle East Policy in a Tumultuous 2020
- Analysis
- March 3, 2020
The new year began with two major crises in the Middle East, both of which have impacted Canadian policy and interests. First, the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by the US in Iraq precipitating the downing of Ukraine Airlines flight PS752 in Iran, with 57 Canadians and 29 permanent residents aboard. Second, the Trump
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