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Harnessing Disruption: Working with China on Global Trade 0
- Analysis
- August 3, 2018
Patrick Leblond and Pascale Massot

Ottawa provided welcome news with its recent announcement of a fall meeting with multiple nations to discuss the future of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

It confirmed that the Trudeau government is not shifting its …
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Germany: Yet Another Migration Debate?0
- Analysis
- August 1, 2018
Asli Ilgit, Cukurova University

Audie Klotz, Syracuse University

Once again, pundits predict the downfall of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Why? Her migration policies appear to fuel the rise of the nationalist …
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The Prospects for Chinese Leadership in an Age of Upheaval 0
- Analysis
- July 24, 2018
Srdjan Vucetic, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa

Bentley B. Allan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University

Ted Hopf, Provost Chair Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore…
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UK Rendition and Torture: Lessons for Canada 0
- Analysis
- July 18, 2018
The British Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has produced two reports on collusion in rendition (the legal term for shipping someone from one jurisdiction to another) and torture operations in the US-led War on Terror. They remind us in blunt …
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Liberal Internationalism: Save, Ditch, or Reform?0
- Analysis
- July 15, 2018
Rita Abrahamsen, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, and Director of CIPS

When President Donald Trump reneged on his commitment to the G7 Communiqué after the Charlevoix Summit in June, it was but one …
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Making the United Nations Fit for Purpose in an Illiberal Era 0
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- July 15, 2018
Louise Riis Andersen, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies

The return of geopolitics and the rise of populism have reinforced crude and divisive distinctions between “us” and “them.” As a result, the notions of collective security and the …
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How History Helps Us Uncover the Real Successes of Middle Power Internationalism 0
- Analysis
- July 15, 2018
Heidi Tworek, Assistant Professor in International History, University of British Columbia, and Visiting Fellow, Center for History and Economics, Harvard University

Over 15 years ago, Barry Buzan and Richard Little lamented that international relations had long sustained “a dominant …
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The View from MARs: American Populism and the Liberal World Order 0
- Analysis
- July 15, 2018
Jean-François Drolet, Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University, London

Michael C. Williams, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa

Each day seems to bring a new body-blow to the liberal international order. Longstanding alliances are strained. …
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In Defence of Liberal Internationalism?0
- Analysis
- July 15, 2018
Alexandra Gheciu, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, and Associate Director of CIPS

At first glance, the recent — unprecedentedly acrimonious — G7 Summit had a silver lining: it seemed to demonstrate that …
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Small States vs. Middle Powers — What’s the Difference?0
- Analysis
- July 15, 2018
Njord Wegge, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

In early June 2018, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide expressed in an interview with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) that Norway, as a “middle-sized economy,” benefited from …
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Opioids and Capitalism 0
- Analysis
- July 10, 2018
by Paulo Pereira

In recent years, tens of thousands of Americans have died of opioid related overdoses, and millions of Americans are classified by the country’s health agency standards as having some sort of problematic opioid use. Canada is facing …
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Mona Mahmudnizhad, 10 September 1965–18 June 1983 0
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- June 19, 2018
by Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr

The 35^th anniversary of the death of Mona Mahmudnizhad seems to have passed without world notice yesterday. On 18 June 1983, she was executed in Iran for being Baha’i and for teaching that faith to the …
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