Home
Analysis

Analysis

What is Montenegro to NATO Now?0
- Analysis
- January 13, 2017
Montenegro’s accession to full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) took a major step forward this week as the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the Balkan country’s membership bid. President-elect Donald Trump has yet to tweet …
READ MORE
The Liberal Democratic World Order Is Falling Apart 0
- Analysis
- January 13, 2017
As a new year opens across the globe, the post-Second-World-War order and the global rule of law are losing out to the rule of individual men. From Russia to China to the EU, authoritarian rule is tightening its grip.

In …
READ MORE
Canada has an Opportunity to be the Voice of Reason on Syria 0
- Analysis
- January 6, 2017
“‘Does this road lead to Aleppo?’ Your answer can be ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Your opinion doesn’t make it so. Consult a map before you go!” The question in this poem was first posed by the 13th-century Persian poet, Rumi. If …
READ MORE
Women in Politics, Part 2: Moving Forward — Supporting Gender-Inclusive Political Participation 0
- Analysis
- December 15, 2016
By Althea-Maria Rivas and Gabrielle Bardall

Supporting women’s public participation and political inclusion should be a critical objective of Canada’s contribution to international democracy assistance, particularly in light of the current government’s emphasis on feminism. We must prioritize gender equality …
READ MORE
Women in Politics, Part 1: Women, Inclusive Political Participation, and Canadian International Development Policy 0
- Analysis
- December 15, 2016
By Althea-Maria Rivas and Gabrielle Bardall

The Canadian government’s review of the International Development Assistance policy and funding framework is noteworthy in its ambition to promote feminism by applying “a feminist lens … to all of Canada’s international assistance …
READ MORE
Whatever Happened to the Aid Effectiveness Agenda?0
- Analysis
- December 6, 2016
In the early 2000s, Western donors finally recognized that they were partly to blame for foreign aid’s often disappointing results. The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, adopted in 2005, was the result of that soul-searching.

The Declaration was based …
READ MORE

Gender and Peacebuilding: Trudeau Can Do More to Support Gender Rights in Africa 0
- Analysis
- December 1, 2016
By Dr. Annie Bunting

With the Canadian government about to confirm the deployment of peacekeepers to Africa (likely to Mali), and Prime Minister Trudeau’s recent visit to Liberia and address to the Francophonie on the centrality of the rights of …
READ MORE
Global Nightmare, False Alarm — or a First Step to a New Geopolitical Order?0
- Analysis
- November 22, 2016
We have had a few days now to calm our jangling nerves. President-elect Trump has already had a civilized conversation with President Obama and “promised” to keep a couple of features from Obamacare. But he is going to be an …
READ MORE
Trump’s Mixed Signals Threaten Stability 0
- Analysis
- November 20, 2016
The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States has ushered in a period of unsettling uncertainty in international affairs. He has called the foundations of American foreign policy into question, but his precise intentions remain mysterious.

If …
READ MORE
Trump’s Victory Means Major Security Shocks for Canada 0
- Analysis
- November 16, 2016
The shock effect of Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential campaign will reach and shake the bedrock of Canadian national security policy. Maybe not right away, maybe not always visibly, but a Trump presidency has enormous implications for Canada’s …
READ MORE
Trump’s Election Makes US Human Rights Pariah 0
- Analysis
- November 16, 2016
The election of Donald Trump as US President poses a grave threat to human rights — in the US and worldwide. To meet this threat, the global human rights movement, and in particular its US components, must reprioritize and refocus …
READ MORE
Canada Must Work with U.S. Allies to Save NAFTA and Our Future Welfare 0
- Analysis
- November 16, 2016
Now that Donald Trump is president-elect of the United States, Canadians and Mexicans are concerned about their free-trade access to the U.S. market. During the election campaign, Mr. Trump repeatedly said he would renegotiate the North American free-trade agreement if …
READ MORE