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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
- 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 …
By John Packer
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Iran-U.S. Crisis Reminds Us How Culture Matters in Wartime
- January 15, 2020
As tensions have ratcheted up between the United States and Iran, a series of tweets by President Donald Trump threatening the deliberate targeting of Iranian cultural sites triggered a strong negative reaction around the world.

In fact, following Trump’s …
By Costanza Musu
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Foreign Aid on the Campaign Agenda
- October 8, 2019
While one federal party leader pledges to cut foreign aid, others fail to agree to meet Canada’s long-standing commitments. In the run-up to the 2019 elections, international assistance finally did earn a place on the campaign agenda. However, all major …
By Stephen Brown
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Boris Johnson Goes to China – via Ireland
- October 5, 2019
Boris Johnson’s ‘final offer’ to the EU for a Brexit deal may be effectively dead on arrival, but even if so, does it make a future united Ireland more likely?

Did anyone notice Boris Johnson’s Nixon-in-China move the other …
By Lauchlan T. Munro
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Justin Trudeau’s Trip to India: “Deficient” Organization and a Frigid Welcome
- March 6, 2018
by Maxime Bergeron

It is too early to call Justin Trudeau’s Indian mission a total failure. But with “deficient” organization, an icy reception from the Indian government, and media coverage dominated by the issues of Sikh extremism and Trudeau’s wardrobe …
By Nipa Banerjee
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How uOttawa is Taking Action to Support Syrian Refugees in Canada and Around the World
- May 20, 2016
The devastating civil war in Syria has resulted in the largest forced migration of people since the Second World War. To date, 13.5 million Syrians are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, including 4.8 million registered refugees and another 6.6 …
By Allan Rock
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Interview: Margaret Biggs and John McArthur – Welcoming a new era of global development
- February 2, 2016
This post originally appeared on the Open Canada blog.

In the months following the election of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, there has been much debate in academic and public policy circles as to what Canada’s priorities should be when …
By CIPS
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CIPS Working Groups: Canada and the World Policy Reports
- October 20, 2015
New Directions for Canadian International Policy

In Fall 2014, CIPS convened four working groups of academics and policy practitioners to explore new thinking and policy options in four areas: International Security and Defence, International Development, International Trade and Commerce, and
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By CIPS
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Last Year’s CIPS Blog Highlights, Part 3: International Development
- September 22, 2014
Following a turbulent period for Canada’s international aid program—one that saw the folding of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) into the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development—the 2013-14 year saw CIPS bloggers reflecting on both Canada’s own development …
By Natalie Brender
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Last Year’s CIPS Blog Highlights, Part 2: New Global Threats
- September 16, 2014
Here at CIPS we are pleased with the flurry of blog posts that our expert authors have submitted in the new academic year: more than a dozen in the past two weeks alone – and more in the works. This …
By Natalie Brender
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Last Year’s CIPS Blog Highlights, Part 1: Harper’s Foreign Policy
- September 7, 2014
Last academic year—our third year of publication—CIPS Blog presented a sterling lineup of posts on topics spanning the globe, with a particular focus on Canadian foreign policy. Below, and in successive newsletters this fall, we’ll be presenting highlights from the …
By Natalie Brender
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