Protecting the Right to Asylum in a Closing World0

• Analysis
• June 17, 2025

On April 3rd, 2025, uOttawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies, Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) and the Canadian Council for Refugees hosted a panel discussion for Refugee Rights Day, with Laïla Demirdache, Thomas Ndayiragije, Aditya Rao and Diana …

What Future for Canada’s FIAP? Insights from Latin America and the Caribbean0

• Analysis
• June 6, 2025

By Stephen Baranyi, Jody-Ann Anderson, Safo Musta & Nancy Saint Louis

The election of a new Canadian federal government, in a context of increasing tensions with the United States and other large powers, has sparked debates about the future of …

Canada’s Place in a Disordered World: What’s Next for Canadian Diplomacy?0

• Analysis
• June 2, 2025

The strong interest in the May 12 conference co-hosted by AmbCanada and CIPS on ‘Finding Canada’s Place in a Disordered World’, reflects in a modest way growing public awareness that how Canada secures its place in a rapidly …

Writing Abortion Access into the French Constitution: The New Terrain of Populist Politics?0

• Analysis
• May 29, 2025

While the ideological confrontation between those for and those against women’s abortion access has been brewing for decades, the rise of populist parties and movements has shone a new light on the issue. As both right and left populisms take …

From Populist to Deliberative Constitutionalism: The Evolution of Abortion Law in Ireland0

• Analysis
• May 14, 2025

The voices of the people, expressed both formally and informally, lie at the centre of Ireland’s abortion law journey: from grassroots movements and protests, to moments of mass democratic participation in the form of constitutional referendums, to deliberative processes engaging …

Election 2025: What are the Parties Saying About Foreign Aid?0

• Analysis
• April 23, 2025

The recent turmoil in Washington has reshaped Canada’s 2025 election campaign, driving fundamental discussions on how Canada should position itself in the world. With election day looming, what are the contenders saying about foreign aid?

The Liberals, the current …

How the Insurance Sector is Practically Ignorant to Climate Risks0

• Analysis
• April 22, 2025

With the financial losses of climate change increasing by the year, claims made to the insurance sector have followed suit. This has both driven up premiums across the sector but, more importantly, revealed how many assets are uninsured against climate …

Growing Knowledge, Growing Nations: Indigenous Autonomy in the Academy0

• Analysis
• April 17, 2025

In early April, 2025 I had the honour of speaking at the GCTF Workshop on Indigenous Prosperity across the Indo-Pacific, hosted by the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa. Representing the Faculty of Native Studies …

A Response to Our Critics – Re: Can Canada-U.S. Defence Ties Survive Trump?0

• Analysis
• April 2, 2025

On March 21, we published an op-ed in the Globe and Mail arguing that Canada had to become less reliant on the United States in matters of national defence. We held that Canada should rely more on itself and build …

Trump, Tariffs and Free Trade, Part 2: Implications for Canada0

• Analysis
• April 1, 2025

From 1945 until recently, the United States served as the cornerstone of the liberal rules-based international order in trade, finance and security. Sometimes, the US played this role unwillingly or half-heartedly, sometimes hypocritically. Occasionally, the US acted illegally and …

Trump, Tariffs and Free Trade, Part 1: What Everybody Got Wrong0

• Analysis
• March 31, 2025

Here is a sentence no one could have written in the 1980s: “Canada’s political parties and provincial governments are united in supporting free trade with the United States”. The 1980s featured a ferocious debate on whether free trade with the …