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There is No Silver Bullet Train Solution: Lessons From Abroad for High-Speed Rail in Canada0
If you read material from Alto – the Crown Corporation charged with developing a high-speed rail line connecting Toronto and Quebec City – there are some useful lessons from abroad with respect to building this type of transport infrastructure: Namely, …
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Ensuring the Role of Humans in Military Applications of AI0
Can military applications of AI be controlled? I would say yes, there is a possibility of restricting and limiting how AI technologies are developed and used in the military domain. However, the focus of those efforts should not be on …
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The Deterrence Within Common Security0
The Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues (ICDSI) in 1982 offered this to frame the idea of common security:
States can no longer seek security at each other’s expense; it can be attained only through cooperative undertakings. Security in …
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India–Canada relations: Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, and the Indo-Pacific0
When historians look back on the 2020s, they may conclude that the Strait of Hormuz crisis was not merely an energy shock. Rather, it was a strategic inflexion point that accelerated the reorganization of global trade, energy flows, and international …
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250 Years Later, Canada is Still Facing the “51st State” Challenge0
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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Canada Leads in the Deployment of Women Police Officers to International Peace Operations0
On March 30, 2026, the Gender, Peace and Development Research Network at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies hosted a screening of A War Movie (Casques bleuEs), a cinéma vérité documentary that follows Canadian women …
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Trump, Africa, Critical Minerals and the Global Order0
The Davos speech by Prime Minister Mark Carney was a watershed moment in the history of Canada. It was the public affirmation that the global order constructed over the post-war period, which facilitated US hegemony and benefited Canada, was being …
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Canada-Germany Relations: Finding Each Other and Finding Themselves Over 75 Years0
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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Splash, Ripple, Repeat – Reflections From the Director of Broken Courage0
I first encountered the idea that, “Stories are meant to heal,” through the work of the late Richard Wagamese. It’s teased out in his marvelous book Medicine Walk and so many other places. Over the years it has slowly become …
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When AI Becomes a Weapon: What African Governments Must Do to Protect Women Online0
Across sub-Saharan Africa, artificial intelligence tools are being used to silence, shame, and threaten women in public life. Governments in the region have laws on the books, but almost none of them were built for this moment. The question is …
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Improving Girls’ Access to Post-Secondary Education in Ethiopia as Key to Building Unstoppable Feminist Futures0
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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Settler Colonial Worldmaking0
Looking out at our world made up of sovereign states, its organization can feel quite natural. After all, historical development has driven us to the point where sovereignty contained within modern states comes as something of a given. Settler-colonial states, …
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