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How Canada Can Better Support Democratic Development: International Election Observers 0
- Analysis
- February 6, 2024
As part of its development, peace and security programming, Global Affairs Canada sends election observers to monitor foreign elections in countries where electoral processes are weak or developing. Its election observation efforts are part of GAC’s programs to support the …
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Canada Braces for the Possible Return of Donald Trump 0
- Analysis, Repost
- January 30, 2024
As Trump consolidates his position as Republican front runner, Canada must prepare for his possible new administration to ensure access to the vital US market.

Following the Republican primary result in New Hampshire this week, Canada is not the …
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International Students: How We Could Learn From Others—And Ourselves 0
- Analysis
- January 29, 2024
How is Canada at a point where there is no record of one in five of the international students with study permits studying at college or university here, with the no show rate over 90% at some private colleges? How …
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Defying Foreign Interference Means Taking an Independent Stance on Taiwan 0
- Analysis
- January 29, 2024
As Canada begins a public inquiry on foreign interference this week, the behaviour of China’s diplomats may come into the spotlight in ways that Canada’s Ambassador to China Jennifer May describes as “deeply uncomfortable.” Just a fortnight after Taiwan’s presidential …
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Myths about the Sustainable Development Goals 0
- Analysis
- January 18, 2024
As we head into the last half of the UN’s Agenda 2030, my progressive friends and colleagues continue to denounce the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as “neoliberal” or even “the continuation of coloniality and a legitimisation of …
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Indigenous Peoples in Taiwan’s Election: Voices from Orchid Island 0
- Analysis
- January 17, 2024
On January 13, the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan) held presidential and legislative elections, keeping the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the presidency with 40.05% of the vote going to incumbent vice-president William Lai. Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang, or KMT) …
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Elections in Taiwan: Some Surprises 0
- Analysis
- January 15, 2024
The latest Taiwanese elections constitute a fine example of democratic success that must be celebrated at a time when liberal democracies are threatened more than ever from within by populist movements and from without by authoritarian regimes. The vigor of …
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The Canadian Senate Adds Its Voice to GAC’s Reform Efforts 0
- Analysis, Repost
- December 19, 2023
The Senate has weighed in on the reform of Canada’s foreign service. Its Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s report of early December owes much to the experienced hands of its chair and vice-chair, Senators Peter Boehm and …
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Export Controls, Import Restrictions and Sanctions: From Free Trade to Controlled Trade?0
- Analysis
- December 18, 2023
Trade policy used to be about bringing down market access barriers so that goods, services, and ideas could move freely. In that world, the market determined the flows of trade. But, as a Washington Post editorial recently put it, that …
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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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Make COPs Sane Again: Towards a More Climate-Conscious Climate Conference 0
- Analysis
- December 5, 2023
As nearly 100,000 delegates descend upon Dubai for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s annual Conference of the Parties (COP), a fundamental question arises: What is a COP for? Here I argue that – while some good things are …
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Addressing Errors and Inconsistencies in Russia-Related Sanctions Declarations 0
- Analysis
- December 4, 2023
Western countries have repeatedly deployed sanctions against Russia, targeting its activities and seeking to punish individuals and organisations. However, profiles of key security actors reveal three recurring issues with sanctions declarations: basic factual errors; the neglect of key actors; and …
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