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The CUSMA Game of Chicken 0
- Analysis, CIPS, News
- June 4, 2026
On June 2nd, Dominic Leblanc, the federal Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, was in Washington with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) chief negotiator, Janice Charette, to meet with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Jamieson …
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Foreign Interference Frameworks Have an American Blind Spot 0
- Analysis, CIPS
- May 26, 2026
Western governments have spent the past several years building increasingly elaborate frameworks to combat foreign interference, illicit finance, and democratic destabilization. In Canada, public debate has focused overwhelmingly on a familiar set of adversaries: China, Russia and, more recently, India.…
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Canada to Host New NATO‑Linked Defence Bank as Mark Carney Pushes Security Overhaul 0
- Analysis, CIPS, Repost
- May 15, 2026
Canada has been chosen to house the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). Originally dubbed “the NATO bank,” the new institution will help NATO and non-NATO countries more easily direct funding toward defence and security needs.

This translates to hundreds …
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Canada’s Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus: A Shift from the Trudeau Administration 0
- Analysis, CIPS, News
- May 6, 2026
In May 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney travelled to Yerevan to attend the 8th European Political Community Summit. This visit constituted the first visit by a sitting Canadian prime minister to Armenia in nearly a decade. The Canadian …
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The FIAP is Gone. What Comes Next?0
- Analysis, CIPS
- April 29, 2026
In 2017, Canada introduced its Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP). It promised that by 2022, at least 95% of Canada’s international assistance spending would go toward women’s empowerment, and half of these funds would be allocated to Sub-Saharan Africa. Nine …
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2025: The Year Foreign Aid Fell Off a Cliff 0
- Analysis, CIPS, Repost
- April 28, 2026
The latest numbers on foreign aid are out, and 2025 proved to be a record-breaking year – but not for the right reasons. It was a historic retreat, with a devastating impact. And there is no sign that aid will …
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Improving Girls’ Access to Post-Secondary Education in Ethiopia as Key to Building Unstoppable Feminist Futures 0
- Analysis, CIPS, Events
- April 13, 2026
By: Rebecca Tiessen, University of Ottawa, Yvette Macabuag, Cuso International, and Anik Cooke, Cuso International

Bethlehem is a young woman completing grade 11 in secondary school in Ethiopia. As a participant in the U-GIRLS 2 project facilitated by Cuso International, …
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Cultural Heritage Protection as a Strategic Imperative in a Widening War on Iran 0
- CIPS, News, Repost
- March 24, 2026
Since the start of the ongoing United States–Israeli military campaign against Iran, the human toll of the conflict has mounted relentlessly.

Civilian casualties have been reported across the country, and the bombing campaign has caused widespread destruction to infrastructure. …
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War in Iran: What Does Trump Want?0
- Analysis, CIPS, News
- March 11, 2026
From the beginning of the Iran conflict, Donald Trump has presented an array of reasons and objectives for attacking Iran. Many of them are contradictory.
- It’s about nuclear weapons (the same ones that were “obliterated” last year);
- It’s about fundamental
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War Against Iran: From International Law to Epstein’s Law 0
- Analysis, CIPS, News
- March 4, 2026
The new episode in the war against Iran is unlike the previous ones, which were either conducted directly or mainly through proxies. We are witnessing a large-scale aggression that is a turning point not only in the history of the …
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Trump’s Iran Strikes and Carney’s New-World-Order Tightrope 0
- Analysis, CIPS, Repost
- March 3, 2026
Early Saturday morning, the United States and Israel initiated a second round of aerial attacks against Iran following the strikes on Iranian nuclear sites of last June.

The justifications for this latest illegal military action by the Trump administration …
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Middle Power Pragmatism Needed 0
- Analysis, CIPS, News
- March 2, 2026
By Benjamin Zyla, Madison Fillmore and Katelyn Cassin

After Mark Carney’s special address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the idea of a “middle power” has gained renewed attention in Canada. It was also mentioned several times at …
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