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- December 18, 2018
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Trump, Africa, Critical Minerals and the Global Order0
The Davos speech by Prime Minister Mark Carney was a watershed moment in the history of Canada. It was the public affirmation that the global order constructed over the post-war period, which facilitated US hegemony and benefited Canada, was being …
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With the Global Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash Growing, Canada Must Decide Whether to Lead0
The world is turning its back on sexual and gender minorities. This Pride Month, Canada should double down on its support.
Across Africa, from Uganda to Senegal and Mali, many countries are imposing tough prison sentences for consensual same-sex …
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The CUSMA Game of Chicken0
On June 2nd, Dominic Leblanc, the federal Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, was in Washington with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) chief negotiator, Janice Charette, to meet with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Jamieson …
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Foreign Interference Frameworks Have an American Blind Spot0
Western governments have spent the past several years building increasingly elaborate frameworks to combat foreign interference, illicit finance, and democratic destabilization. In Canada, public debate has focused overwhelmingly on a familiar set of adversaries: China, Russia and, more recently, India.…
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Africa Forward Summit: Moving from Aid to Partnership or Moving “Forward” with Old Dependencies?0
The Africa Forward Summit claims to mark a new era of partnership. But is anything really changing, or is “partnership” simply the new label for old dependencies? For decades, Africa’s development story has been framed around aid. That narrative evolved …
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Canada to Host New NATO‑Linked Defence Bank as Mark Carney Pushes Security Overhaul0
Canada has been chosen to house the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). Originally dubbed “the NATO bank,” the new institution will help NATO and non-NATO countries more easily direct funding toward defence and security needs.
This translates to hundreds …
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Canada’s Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus: A Shift from the Trudeau Administration0
In May 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney travelled to Yerevan to attend the 8th European Political Community Summit. This visit constituted the first visit by a sitting Canadian prime minister to Armenia in nearly a decade. The Canadian …
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When AI Becomes a Weapon: What African Governments Must Do to Protect Women Online0
Across sub-Saharan Africa, artificial intelligence tools are being used to silence, shame, and threaten women in public life. Governments in the region have laws on the books, but almost none of them were built for this moment. The question is …
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The FIAP is Gone. What Comes Next?0
In 2017, Canada introduced its Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP). It promised that by 2022, at least 95% of Canada’s international assistance spending would go toward women’s empowerment, and half of these funds would be allocated to Sub-Saharan Africa. Nine …
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2025: The Year Foreign Aid Fell Off a Cliff0
The latest numbers on foreign aid are out, and 2025 proved to be a record-breaking year – but not for the right reasons. It was a historic retreat, with a devastating impact. And there is no sign that aid will …
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Improving Girls’ Access to Post-Secondary Education in Ethiopia as Key to Building Unstoppable Feminist Futures0
By: Rebecca Tiessen, University of Ottawa, Yvette Macabuag, Cuso International, and Anik Cooke, Cuso International
Bethlehem is a young woman completing grade 11 in secondary school in Ethiopia. As a participant in the U-GIRLS 2 project facilitated by Cuso International, …
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Settler Colonial Worldmaking0
Looking out at our world made up of sovereign states, its organization can feel quite natural. After all, historical development has driven us to the point where sovereignty contained within modern states comes as something of a given. Settler-colonial states, …
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