Diplomatic Prospects for Supporting Democracy Development0

• Analysis
• February 5, 2014

By Jeremy Kinsman, University of California and Ryerson University

Jeremy Kinsman will be speaking at the CIPS panel ‘Is Democracy Rising or Receding?’ on February 14, 2014.

From its inception in 2007, the international project A Diplomat’s Handbook for …

Four Myths About Russia0

• Analysis
• February 3, 2014

The forthcoming Olympic Games in Sochi have served as a hook for Western commentators to indulge in a prolonged round of Russia-bashing. A collection of negative preconceptions about Russia continues to dominate discussions of that country. Four of them are …

Refugee Protection and Human Rights: Nothing Bogus About It0

• Analysis
• January 31, 2014

By Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada

Watch the video of Alex Neve’s CIPS talk: Protecting Refugees: It’s a human rights issue

The lambasting that Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews received from federal Immigration Minister Chris Alexander last …

Ironic or Apt? Experiencing NATO0

• Analysis
• January 26, 2014

By Stephen Saideman, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Stephen Saideman will be giving a talk at CIPS about his newly-released book on January 28, 2014

I am not sure whether it was ironic or just especially …

In Face of Ukrainian Unrest, Doing Nothing is the Best Approach0

• Analysis
• January 24, 2014

One of the strongest barriers to our understanding of world events is the tendency to view what happens in other countries as a sort of morality play in which good fights evil. This way of looking at the world encourages …

New Thinking on Global Climate Governance0

• Analysis
• January 23, 2014

While international negotiations on climate change continue to stall, innovative action to address it goes on in a wide range of places and involving a dizzying array of actors. Most people have tended to place their hopes on a single …

Reforming the Spy Game0

• Analysis
• January 21, 2014

When it comes to secret intelligence, the United States sometimes behaves like a true democracy.  It reminds me of the Leonard Cohen line, “democracy is coming…to the U.S.A.”

President Barack Obama’s speech on January 17 marked an important occasion in …