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Middle Powers Reengaging in UN Peace Operations: Strategic Policy Recommendations
- September 13, 2021
Though a debated category, “middle power” countries use multilateralism and peacekeeping to pursue their interests, build relationships and exert influence globally. Recently, however, commitments have shifted toward regional military alliances and “smart”, technical engagements, reducing …
By Katelyn Cassin
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Action for Peacekeeping? Middle Powers, Liberal Internationalism, and the Future of UN Peace Operations
- September 13, 2021
In late May 2021, CIPS scholars hosted a virtual workshop on the topic of middle powers, liberal internationalism, and the changing geopolitical environment around UN peace operations. Workshop participants joined us from six different countries to present original research papers. …
By Caroline Dunton, Marion Laurence and Gino Vlavonou
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The Fate of Unwanted Art: Poland’s Symbolic Dealing with the Communist Past
- September 7, 2021
Ever since the regime changes in Eastern Europe in 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, communist-era monumental art has become a controversial subject. Post-communist states, both the pre-existing ones and those which emerged after the Soviet …
By Karolina Kluczewska
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Covid Vaccine Apartheid and the Failure of Global Cooperation
- September 6, 2021
Scientists responded rapidly to the Covid-19 pandemic by developing vaccines effective against infection, serious illness, and death. These medical breakthroughs presented an opportunity to manage the pandemic from a truly global perspective. Yet, it is an opportunity we have thus far …
By Stephen Brown
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Re-imagining the future: Is UNESCO on to something?
- August 26, 2021
Most famous for its World Heritage Programme, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has in recent years championed the idea of futures literacy – the skill and practice of diversifying why and how we imagine the future. …
By Sarah-Lea Effert
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What Canada Owes its Afghan Workers
- August 21, 2021
As dark clouds piled on the horizon and a catastrophic humanitarian crisis looms over Afghanistan, the Canadian government promised a special resettlement program for approximately 20,000 Afghans who fear reprisals from the Taliban for collaborating with the international community. The …
By Nipa Banerjee and Farid Asey
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‘We Managed to Participate, but We Had to Fight for It’: Collective Reparation and Women in Colombia
- July 24, 2021
Collective reparations emerged in Colombia within the legal framework of the peace process of the Government of Álvaro Uribe Vélez with the United Self-defense Forces of Colombia (AUC in Spanish) of 2005. The legal framework focused on the rights of …
By Paola Jiménez
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Transitional Justice in Colombia, Five Years After Signing the Peace Agreement
- July 22, 2021
Societies that have suffered massive violence require transitional institutions to manage injustices related to grave violations of human rights, document the truth of infringements and hold perpetrators accountable. The 2016 peace agreement in Colombia instituted the Truth Commission and the …
By Nelson Arturo Ovalle Diaz
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Peace with Justice in Colombia?
- July 21, 2021
The national strike that erupted on 28 April 2021, following a proposed tax reform by the current administration, was met with state repression of protests. That repression and the impasse of dialogue since late April have revealed deep grievances and …
By Stephen Baranyi and Kimberly Inksater
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Swazi Youth-Led Democratic Protests in Kingdom of Eswatini in Southern Africa Need Canadian Support
- July 20, 2021
This past week the international community has received detailed information about the turmoil currently ongoing in South Africa. The former President Jacob Zuma was found guilty of contempt of the Constitutional Court, the highest Court in South Africa, for …
By Bahlelisiwe (Liswa) Luhlanga and Tenille E. Brown
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The Methane Mitigation Opportunity (Or, How to Avoid an Additional 0.3°C of Global Warming by Mid-Century)
- July 15, 2021
A recent high-level report on global methane emissions has found that the world could reduce the expected warming of Earth by 0.3°C through a combination of specific policy interventions. The Government of Canada should seize the opportunity by rallying the …
By Ryan Katz-Rosene
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Canada and Global Vaccine Equity: Timid, Late and Insufficient
- July 15, 2021
Canada’s recent announcement that it would donate 17.7 million doses of vaccines to the global fight against COVID-19 is to be applauded. But don’t clap too loud. We weren’t ever going to use them anyway. For all of its rhetoric …
By Stephen Brown
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