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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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CIPS Best Blog Award 2025: Public Voting Now Open 0
- CIPS
- September 17, 2025
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 sixth year …
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CIPS Best Blog Award 2024: Public Voting Now Open 0
- CIPS
- October 1, 2024
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 fifth year …
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CIPS Best Blog Award 2023: Public Voting Now Open 0
- CIPS
- December 5, 2023
It’s time to vote for the winner of the CIPS Best Blog Award! The CIPS Best Blog Award is designed to recognize the very best blog written by the CIPS community for the previous academic year. This is the fourth …
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CIPS Special: Novels We Recommend 0
- Analysis, CIPS
- October 27, 2020
For reading week this year we asked CIPS‘ distinguished members to recommend a novel to their students (and to all students of good writing).

Rita Abrahamsen: Director of CIPS and Professor of Public and International Affairs

For over twenty …
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What’s at Stake for the World? Global Perspectives on the 2020 US Elections: Launching a CIPS Podcast Series 0
- CIPS
- October 15, 2020
With the US as an all-powerful neighbour and main trading partner, Canadian analyses of the American elections are naturally focused on what’s at stake for Canada and Canadians. But the November 2020 elections are also eagerly watched in other parts …
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🏅2020 CIPS Blog Award Winner! MBS admits “full responsibility” for the Khashoggi murder: What this means for the Kingdom’s allies 0
- Analysis, CIPS, News
- September 29, 2020
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is either behind the assassination of the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, or has no control. Either way, the situation begs a serious response

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (the now notorious ‘MBS’) recently admitted his …
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