Still United in Support of Ukraine?0

• Analysis
• December 12, 2022

Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed a series of events that, at first glance, seem to demonstrate that transatlantic unity in support of war-ravaged Ukraine remains very strong.

At a meeting in late November in Bucharest, NATO foreign …

Canada Must Protect Activists-in-Exile Against Transnational Repression0

• Analysis
• December 9, 2022

Many struggles for justice, peace, or well-being incur the pushback of the state. When the state is authoritarian and unconstrained (or unconcerned) by the rule of law, ‘pushback’ can be severe and even lethal. Not surprisingly, many dissidents or activists …

What the Indo-Pacific Strategy Means for Indigenous Peoples0

• Analysis
• December 8, 2022

With its November 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS), Canada joined a growing number of states to embrace the geo-political concept that originated in Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzō’s visionary speech to India’s Parliament in 2007.

Canada made a new contribution to …

Global Policing and the Trucker Convoy0

• Analysis
• December 5, 2022

The hearings around the “Freedom Convoy” that occupied parts of Ottawa in early 2022 have opened a window into the inner workings of Canadian police forces. The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) was widely criticized for its mishandling of the situation …

What’s Behind Taiwan’s “Blue Wave”?0

• Analysis
• December 1, 2022

On the weekend that Canada announced its new Indo-Pacific Strategy and angry protests emerged across China, Taiwan (Republic of China, ROC) held its “nine-in-one” local elections on November 26.

In what the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT, Kuomintang) celebrated as a …

Comment articuler une « solution haïtienne » à des apports conséquents du Canada et de la communauté internationale?0

• Analysis
• November 30, 2022

Le 16 novembre 2022, le Réseau de recherche sur les États fragiles (du CÉPI) et le Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire et de valorisation des savoirs en Haïti (CRIVASH), à l’Université d’Ottawa, ont accueilli un webinaire pour explorer la question évoquée …

Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Must be Complemented by a Digital Trade Strategy0

• Analysis
• November 28, 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ministers Mélanie Joly and Mary Ng recently spent a week in Asia for ASEAN, G20 and APEC meetings. In parallel to these meetings, the federal government announced several financial measures, totalling around $1 billion, …

The AUKUS Agreement: the Costs and Benefits0

• Analysis
• November 23, 2022

Emmanuel Macron is still voicing his incredulity about the Australian government withdrawing from an agreement to purchase French-designed and co-build submarines and instead enter into the AUKUS agreement where the US and UK will provide Australia – at considerable expense …

The Irony of La Francophonie0

• Analysis
• November 17, 2022

As the Summit of La Francophonie begins in Djerba in Tunisia, the organization and the francophone world it represents are faced with a profound irony. There will be no shortage of dignitaries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister Mélanie Joly and …

COP27: How Ambitious Climate Action Can Help Dig Us Out of The Global Polycrisis0

• Analysis
• November 7, 2022

The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has just begun in Egypt. As the conference’s President-Designate, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, recently wrote, the meeting is being held “at …

Bound to Lead: AUKUS and US-Taiwan Relations0

• Analysis
• October 25, 2022

In September 2021, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia established a trilateral security partnership called AUKUS, which aims to uphold the rule-based order and deepen diplomatic and defence cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Recently, there have been …

The World According to Chrystia Freeland0

• Analysis
• October 20, 2022

Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland recently gave a headline-grabbing foreign policy speech in Washington, DC. At the event, hosted by the Brookings Institution on October 11, she outlined her prescription for the international order, which …