The ICC: Breach in the Dyke, or High Water Mark?0

• Analysis
• November 24, 2014

Published on openGlobalRights, November 3, 2014

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is back in the news. Pressure is growing on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to accede to the Rome Statute; if he does so, the ICC might gain …

With U.S.-China Climate Deal, Canada’s Isolation Deepens0

• Analysis
• November 19, 2014

Tuesday’s U.S.-China climate deal has been hailed widely as an “historic deal” that dramatically changes the dynamics of international climate politics as countries search for a new global agreement by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Climate …

Not for Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada0

• Analysis
• November 16, 2014

The conference Not For Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada, held on October 16, was organized jointly by the Embassies of Switzerland and Austria, in collaboration with the Centre for International Policy Studies at …

Celebrating What’s Risen Since the Berlin Wall Fell0

• Analysis
• November 7, 2014

They’re planning a big party in Germany this weekend to celebrate the 25^th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with free concerts, a light show of 18,000 illuminated helium balloons and, of course, a speech by Chancellor …

Mistral Misunderstandings0

• Analysis
• November 6, 2014

Have you seen the reports that Canada is thinking about purchasing one or both of the Mistral-class warships that France has been building for Russia? They are almost certainly false.

The latest version of this story was published by the …

Twitter and the #Ottawa Attacks0

• Analysis
• November 2, 2014

As we move past the immediate shock, anger and grief precipitated by the attack in Ottawa last week, debate is beginning in earnest on several fronts: the motivation of the attacker, the adequacy of existing laws to meet ‘lone wolf’ …

What Economic Uncertainty Means for Canadian Policymakers0

• Analysis
• October 23, 2014

If you have been reading the financial press over the past week, you know that the global economy’s chances are looking a lot more uncertain these days. What you may not know, however, is that this more recent upswing in …

S’élever dans l’adversité0

• Analysis
• October 23, 2014

par Robert Asselin

Pour quiconque qui y a travaillé, l’endroit est impressionnant. Quand on marche dans le grand hall qui mène à la bibliothèque, là même où les coups de feu d’hier ont été perpétrés, on comprend que le Parlement …

Ottawa Attacks: What We Must Do—and Not Do—in Response0

• Analysis
• October 22, 2014

Locked in today at the University of Ottawa, looking down on the largely deserted canal bike path, several hundred metres from the cenotaph where this morning’s horrifying events began, I was stunned. I was also shaking, and afraid—but not out …