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Backwards, March! Brexit, CANZUK, and the Legacy of Empire
- January 17, 2019
By Duncan Bell and Srdjan Vucetic

It was coined in the 1950s, but the term CANZUK — a union (or alliance or pact) of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom — has been repurposed in the wake of …
By Srdjan Vucetic
Canadian Foreign Policy, Commonwealth, Europe, International Relations, International Trade, UK
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China and UN Peacekeeping
- January 14, 2019
For the last year or so, I have been researching China’s contributions to UN peacekeeping. It has been an interesting journey, culminating in a new CIPS report, 30 years of Chinese Peacekeeping, which will be launched on January 24, …
By Christoph Zuercher
China, Peacekeeping, United Nations
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Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019
- December 19, 2018
By Stéphanie Bacher

Over the past year, Canada has taken some important steps to promote and protect human rights abroad. However, the picture is not as rosy as often presented by the government, and Canada still has a long way …
By CIPS
Canadian Foreign Policy, Gender, Human Rights, International Trade, Middle East, Women
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The Geopolitics of America’s New Africa Strategy
- December 19, 2018
The Trump administration has not had much to say about Africa, and what little it has said has been mostly nonsense or offensive, or both. First there was the President’s infamous “sx!#hole” comment, then his faint praise for the non-existent …
By Rita Abrahamsen
Africa, China, Russia, USA
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Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation
- December 18, 2018
By Gabriel Bichet, Eve Cassavoy, Maddie Hunt, Jasmine Sebastian, and Emma Turner (ENG1100Q), edited by Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr

In September, I took on teaching three sections of ENG1100: Workshop in Essay Writing, a required course for first-year students at the University …
By CIPS
Éducation, Environment, Human Rights
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Canada’s Security Council Campaign
- December 18, 2018
In a recent CIPS blog, also published in the Globe and Mail, my colleague Roland Paris outlined the reasons “Why Canada cares about that Security Council seat.” This blog wonders whether the world cares about Canada’s …
By Daniel Livermore
Canadian Foreign Policy, United Nations
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Competitive Financing: An Alternative Solution for Doing Business in China
- December 12, 2018
By John Gruetzner

Canada is currently exploring the parameters permitted under USMCA Article 32.10 for realistic mechanisms to improve its commercial position in the Chinese market.

In the Joint Outcomes of the First Canada–China Economic and Strategic Dialogue, the Government …
By CIPS
Asia, Canadian Foreign Policy, China, International Trade
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Time to Move Past the Errors of the War on Terror
- December 10, 2018
The aftermath of 9/11 produced many problems in many countries. Canadian police and security agencies made numerous mistakes as followers and participants in an ill-considered American-led War on Terror declared shortly after that tragedy. The evidence in two public inquiries …
By Daniel Livermore
Canadian Foreign Policy, Defence and Intelligence, Human Rights, International Security, Middle East
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Human and Non-Human Rights — Convergence or Conflict?
- December 10, 2018
Today is the 70^th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Most reflections on this milestone are likely to sound a sombre note, dwelling on the many challenges faced by those championing human rights in an increasingly …
By David Petrasek
Environment, Human Rights, United Nations
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Democracy’s Promise Unfulfilled while Violence against Women in Politics Persists
- December 10, 2018
In October 2018, the Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls presented a report to the UN General Assembly recognizing violence against women in politics (VAWP) as a human rights violation …
By Gabrielle Bardall
Democracy, Gender, Human Rights, Women
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The Alt-Right Gets its Own University
- December 6, 2018
Early in September, a new institution of higher learning opened its doors in Europe. In itself, this is not usually a particularly noteworthy event. But this is no run-of-the-mill college, nor are its founders conventional academics. The school in question …
By Michael C. Williams
Democracy, Europe, Theory
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Why Canada Should Care — a lot — about that UN Security Council seat
- December 3, 2018
Canada will stand for election to the United Nations Security Council in June 2020. Our competitors are Norway and Ireland. Of the three countries, two will win seats on the council and begin their two-year terms in January 2021.

There …
By Roland Paris
Canadian Foreign Policy, International Relations, International Security, International Trade, United Nations
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