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L’alliance industrielle de défense que Washington est en train de saborder 0
- Analysis, CIPS, Repost
- September 22, 2026
Par Srdjan Vucetic & Justin Massie

Alors que les relations entre les États-Unis et le Canada continuent de se détériorer, c’est désormais la sécurité industrielle des deux pays qui en fait les frais.

Le mois dernier, le Pentagone a annoncé …
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CIPS Best Blog Award 2026: Public Voting Now Open 0
- CIPS
- September 15, 2026
It’s time to vote for the winner of the CIPS Best Blog Award! The CIPS Best Blog Award is designed to recognize the best blog written by the CIPS community during the previous academic year. This is the seventh year …
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Modern Warfare Is Changing – and So Is the Concept of Militarism 0
- Analysis, CIPS, Repost
- September 10, 2026
By Srdjan Vucetic & Bryan Mabee

Global military spending has reached record highs, but the more consequential story is how militarism has spread beyond the battlefield into technology, finance, and everyday political life.

Military spending around the world is climbing …
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Canada Didn’t Chicken Out. We Did the Right Thing 0
- Analysis, CIPS, News
- August 25, 2026
In the end, Canada and the United States didn’t get a trade deal. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter.

Yes, a deal would have prevented further economic woes imposed on Canada in the short run. But what matters is that the Carney …
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The Promise of Peace and Justice in Colombia: Ten Years Later0
- Analysis, CIPS
- August 10, 2026
This November marks ten years since the Peace Accord between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was ratified by the Colombian Congress and became a binding legal document. The moment was far from the …
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5 Myths About the Five Eyes 0
- Analysis, CIPS, Repost
- July 22, 2026
By Srdjan Vucetic and Hager Ben Jaffel

There are persistent misunderstandings about what the intelligence partnership is, and what it actually does.

Linking Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, the Five Eyes is a club …
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250 Years Later, Canada is Still Facing the “51st State” Challenge 0
- Analysis, CIPS, Events
- July 7, 2026
On July 4, 2026, the United States celebrated the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.

For Americans, this is a moment to reflect on what their country has accomplished, from the amazing (e.g., the airplane, the …
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With the Global Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash Growing, Canada Must Decide Whether to Lead 0
- Analysis, CIPS, Repost
- June 17, 2026
The world is turning its back on sexual and gender minorities. This Pride Month, Canada should double down on its support.

Across Africa, from Uganda to Senegal and Mali, many countries are imposing tough prison sentences for consensual same-sex …
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Canada-Germany Relations: Finding Each Other and Finding Themselves Over 75 Years 0
- CIPS, Events
- June 16, 2026
By Myka Burke, Torsten Geißler & Jan Claudius Völkel

Canada and Germany celebrate the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations this year. A 2-day symposium at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) highlighted certain milestones in …
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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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