The Rise of Nature-Related Risk and the Climatization of Biodiversity0

• Analysis
• February 18, 2025

As biodiversity loss accelerates, financial actors are increasingly engaging with the issue—but not under the banner of biodiversity itself. Instead, they are embracing nature-related risk, an umbrella concept modeled after, aligned with, and integrated into existing climate finance frameworks. This …

The Rate of Change and the Role of the State: Understanding Fracture in Today’s World from a Polanyian Perspective0

• Analysis
• January 27, 2025

We live in a period of profound change and transformation, with neoliberalism now under siege and becoming channeled in new directions. At the center of all of this is the state, especially states that are also great powers. Shifting geopolitical …

Trump is Intent on Repoliticizing the Global Economy: What Happens Next?0

• Analysis
• January 24, 2025

Trump’s return to the White House will have seismic effects on the global political economy. These won’t be limited to one-off shocks like those associated with his threatened 25% tariff increase. A more lasting legacy will be the broad-based repoliticization …

Trump’s America First Trade Policy Holds Both Perils and Promises for Canada0

• Analysis
• January 22, 2025

Late on Inauguration Day, newly sworn-in President Trump signed an executive order outlining his America First Trade Policy. Although presidential impatience and the occasional tweet are bound to upset the policy’s fine print and timelines, the document is worth …

Understanding the Conflict in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region0

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• January 16, 2025

The Ethiopian diaspora in Canada held a significant protest in Ottawa on November 19, 2024. The demonstrators carried posters denouncing the Ethiopian regime. Messages such as ‘Stop the Amhara genocide’, ‘Justice for the Amhara people’, were prominently displayed. From City …

Laws Discriminating Against Women in Iran and Afghanistan Go Beyond Borders0

• Analysis
• January 13, 2025

The recently-released third edition of the Gender Equality and Governance Index (GEGI) found, not surprisingly, that the two countries with the lowest scores in the index are Afghanistan and Iran. Both countries have institutionalized gender inequality through laws and …

Mjadala Afrika: The AU Chairperson Elections & 2024 Candidate Debate0

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• December 19, 2024

Three African politicians seeking the role of Chairperson of the African Union Commission met on Friday, 13 December 2024 in a debate at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. The debate was organized in line with Article 18 (b) of …

Femmes et gestion des crises en période de conflits armées : enjeux de l’implication des femmes dans la promotion de la paix et la sécurité au Cameroun0

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• December 18, 2024

Depuis plusieurs années, le Cameroun fait face à de nombreux conflits armés qui menacent la paix et créent un climat d’insécurité sur le territoire. Pour venir à bout de ces crises qui déstabilisent le pays de façon générale, l’Etat et …

🏆 2025 Best Blog Award Winner❗️The 2% NATO Defence Spending Target is Not Evidence-Based Policymaking0

• Analysis
• December 16, 2024

With Donald Trump’s recent election victory in the United States, pressures on Canada to boost military spending to meet NATO’s 2% GDP target are bound to intensify. Trump has repeatedly criticized NATO members, including Canada, for not contributing “their fair …

Security Choices: Nuclear Deterrence or Common Security0

• Analysis
• December 13, 2024

If a state believes possessing nuclear weapons — or relying on those of allies — provides safety, then it may be less inclined to consider other options even if nuclear deterrence is extraordinarily dangerous.

The arguments for retaining nuclear weapons …

Is Angela Merkel’s Ghost Pushing Germany From the World Stage?0

• Analysis
• December 12, 2024

Otto von Bismarck left a social insurance program; Willy Brandt, the “Neue Ostpolitik” (new eastern policy); Helmut Kohl, German Unification; – and Angela Merkel, paralysis? That’s what critics claim. While Germany at the end of 2024 is in crisis, blaming …

Strategic Cultures in Flux: Slovakia, Germany, and NATO’s Eastern Flank0

• Analysis
• December 11, 2024

The war in Ukraine has strengthened the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) cooperation, but it has also revealed the power of domestic dynamics to destabilize the alliance. Slovakia’s “pro-Russian turn” under Prime Minister Robert Fico and Germany’s ambivalent approach to …