Decolonial Research & Knowledge: Perspectives on Ceremonial Transformations and Climate Resilience

June 12, 2025 - 1:00pm

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Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network

This talk will feature two presentations:

Dr. Ranjan Datta – Anti-racist and Decolonial Research as a Ceremonial Transformation: From a Colour Settler Perspective 

This presentation explores how decolonial and …

AmbCanada – CIPS Conference: Finding Canada’s Place in a Disordered World

May 12, 2025 - 1:00pm

Important update: in-person attendance is now full, but you can still join us virtually through our livestream on Zoom – please register by May 12.

Virtual registration (Zoom) here.

Presented by CIPS and the Canadian Ambassadors Alumni Association (AmbCanada)

In …

What Can We Learn From How Canada’s FIAP is Landing in Latin America and the Caribbean?

April 30, 2025 - 12:00pm

Presented by the CIPS and the Gender, Peace and Development Research Network

Much has been written about Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP), its discursive limits, its uncertain results and how it is being implemented in parts of Africa and …

Nonhuman Witnessing: War, Data & Ecology after the End of the World

April 30, 2025 - 1:30pm

Presented by CIPS

Dismantling the primacy of traditional human-based forms of witnessing is crucial if we are to reckon with an era of technoscientific war, ecological catastrophe, and technological capture. Media and mediation are central to these intersecting crises—and to …

Left Populist Movements and Women’s Reproductive Rights: A Comparative View of Recent Abortion Law Reforms

April 9, 2025 - 5:00pm

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Presented by CIPS and the International Women’s Forum

What happens to women’s reproductive rights when left populist movements have a say? Is populism always dangerous to women (Mostov 2021)? While right-wing populist parties and leaders …

GCTF Workshop: The Prosperity of Indigenous Peoples across the Indo-Pacific

April 8, 2025 - 8:30am

Registration is now closed.

Presented by CIPS, the Chair of Taiwan Studies at the University of Ottawa and The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada

The Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), the Chair of Taiwan Studies at the …

Fabricating Homeland Security: Police Entanglements Across India and Palestine/Israel

April 4, 2025 - 10:30am

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN)

When we hear ‘homeland security,’ we often think about the aftermath of September 11th and the dramatic consolidation of domestic mass surveillance in the United States. Less well-known are the term’s …

Protecting the Right to Asylum in a Closing World: Reflecting on the 40th Anniversary of Refugee Rights Day

April 3, 2025 - 2:00pm

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Presented by CIPS, the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) and the Canadian Council for Refugees

The Canadian Council for Refugees, the Centre for International Policy Studies and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre are …

Political Imaginaries of the Big Tech Right

April 2, 2025 - 11:30am

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN)

Big Tech has landed in Washington. It arrives not sporting the garb of “woke capitalism”, but popping red pills and throwing Roman salutes.

Today it is fairly standard to draw a …

Cultural and Scientific Diplomacy: Peace by Other Means

April 1, 2025 - 12:30pm

Presented by CIPS and the School of Political Studies

Join us as we welcome Vincent Michelot, Vice-President for International Relations at the École normale supérieure de Lyon in France, for a talk titled “Cultural and Scientific Diplomacy: Peace by …

Dismantling of USAID and its Impact on International Development

March 28, 2025 - 9:30am

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Presented by CIPS, the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa (SIDGS) and the Forum of Federations

The decision of the US Administration in January 2025 to issue a stop-work order to …

Youth Protests, Gender Equality and Political Transitions: Insights from Bangladesh

March 14, 2025 - 3:00pm

Presented by CIPS, the Gender, Peace and Development Research Network and the Research Network on Women, Peace and Security

Mass protests spearheaded by students in Bangladesh in the summer of 2024 had a remarkable outcome resulting in the ousting of …

Curating Data for International Security: Trust and Care in Multi-level Information Systems

March 12, 2025 - 1:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network

“Good data, they are trustworthy, first of all. They are clear and… It’s data that I can, yes, the trustworthiness, that is the most important thing for data, I think.” This is …

EU-Taiwan Relations: What Can Canada Learn?

March 7, 2025 - 2:00pm

Presented by CIPS, the Asian Studies Network (ASN) and the Research Chair in Taiwanese Studies

Between 2008 and 2020, Dr. Zsuzsa Anna FERENCZY worked at the European Parliament as a political advisor, an experience that has contributed to her research …

Book talk – Disruptive by Design: Health, Conflict, and Humanitarian Governance in the Middle East

March 6, 2025 - 2:00pm

Presented by CIPS

Emily K. M. Scott will present her research exploring how and why humanitarian actors sometimes act disruptively to control issues previously held outside humanitarian bounds. From building advanced reconstructive surgery hospitals that treat wounds ‘gone cold,’ and …

How the Insurance Sector is Practically Ignorant to Climate Risks: Anosognosic to Uncomfortable Knowledge 

February 27, 2025 - 2:30pm

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)

As social scientists continue to contend with almost ceaseless crises, scholars have undertaken an epistemic turn in International Political Economy (IPE) in a bid to deconstruct how knowledge is produced, …

Science Diplomacy in an Increasingly Fragmented and Uncertain Geopolitical World: A Confluences Grand Challenge Action Dialogue

February 25, 2025 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Institute for Science, Society and Policy

On Tuesday, February 25th, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM EST, the Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) is hosting the fourth in its series …

“Organizing Our Forces”: David Nelson Rowe, China, and the Lost History of American Political Science’s New Right

February 11, 2025 - 11:30am

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN)

“Simply put, China was an integral part of what made the “New Right” new. –Joyce Mao

“Twenty years is about the length of time it takes a group of academics to …

The Rise of Nature-Related Risks and the Climatization of Biodiversity

February 6, 2025 - 11:30am

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)

The concept of ‘nature-related risks’ has emerged over the last five years as a key framework for integrating biodiversity into sustainable finance knowledge and practices. Drawing on interviews, documents, and …

Canada First, Not Canada Alone: The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Foreign Policy

February 5, 2025 - 3:30pm

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** Please note that in-person registration is now closed due to room capacity. Virtual registration is still open. Thank you!

Presented by CIPS

Adam Chapnick and Asa McKercher’s latest book Canada First, not Canada Alone: A History …

Economic Security Cooperation in Canada-U.S. Relations: Moving from Tension to Teamwork

February 3, 2025 - 5:30pm

Presented by CIPS, the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, the Hyman Soloway Chair on Business and Trade Law & the Telfer School of Management

Tensions are high in U.S.-Canada relations. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to …

Modi’s Operandi: Effect of Ethnonationalism on Indian Civil-Military Relations

January 28, 2025 - 11:30am

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN)

How does ethnonationalism affect the military? The principal dilemma of civil-military relations is balancing between a military strong enough to protect the state and obedient enough to use its strength only …

Motivations Behind Donor Funding Refusal: Towards a Typology of Principled Refusal

January 16, 2025 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)

NGOs are perceived as organisations that are always seeking funding. However, there are many instances where donations are refused by NGOs. This counter-intuitive decision, given the often grave humanitarian needs, …

Review of the Arctic 2024

December 13, 2024 - 9:30am

Presented by CIPS and OPSA (Observatory on Politics and Security in the Arctic)

This online conference will bring together experts on the Arctic region to analyze the trends that have animated the Arctic region over the past year. Published since …

Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land

December 6, 2024 - 9:00am

Presented by CIPS

This talk interrogates no man’s land as a site of radical uncaring: abandoned by a sovereign power in a relinquishment of responsibility for the space and anyone inside it.

It documents the short history of Rukban, an …

NATO’s Eastern Flank: Challenges and Implications in the Context of the Ukraine War

December 5, 2024 - 9:00am

Watch the keynote address by William C. Wohlforth here:

Presented by CIPS, UQAM and MINDS

The conference, which will bring together leading academics and practitioners, will focus on some of the most pressing challenges facing Canada and its NATO allies …

Karl Polanyi and Critical IPE: Great Transformations, the State and the Importance of Controlling the ‘Rate of Change’

December 3, 2024 - 11:30am

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)

The work of Karl Polanyi has figured prominently over the past two decades in critical IPE scholarship that attempts to understand the changing foundations of the world economy. Especially important …

End of Immunity: Accountability for Aggression, Genocide, War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity

December 2, 2024 - 5:00pm

Rethinking Cameroon’s Humanitarian Crisis, State Fragility & Gender Inequalities

November 29, 2024 - 1:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Gender, Peace and Development Research Network (previously the FSRN)

Cameroon is grappling with multiple internal conflicts and humanitarian crises while also being encircled by fragile states. It shares borders with Nigeria, Chad, the Central African …

Book Talk – A World More Equal: An Internationalist Perspective on the Cold War

November 28, 2024 - 10:00am

Presented by the Chair in Slovak History and Culture at the University of Ottawa, the Department of History and CIPS

The post-World War II period is typically seen as a time of stark division, an epochal global conflict between the …

Territorial Operators: Companies and the Co-construction of Mining Communities

November 14, 2024 - 11:30am

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)

Companies have often been portrayed as “deterritorializing actors” that threaten and undermine alternative and subaltern visions of territory promoted by civil society organizations. However, the relationship between civil society, companies …

Book Talk – “Lloyd Axworthy: My Life in Politics”

November 11, 2024 - 4:00pm

Presented by CIPS, the International Commission of Jurists – Canada, the Canadian Bar Association, the Professional Development Institute at the University of Ottawa, and the International Law Group of the Law Faculty at the University of Ottawa

You are …

Security Options for a Troubled World

October 25, 2024 - 9:00am

Videos of all of the panels are available in this playlist.

Read the full Conference Report here

Presented by the Canadian Pugwash Group (CPG) and the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS)

The Canadian Pugwash Group and the Centre for …

The Arctic and the East-West Nuclear Confrontation

October 24, 2024 - 4:00pm

Read the related Policy Brief here.

Presented by Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention and Centre for International Policy Studies

Recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award from Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention: Ernie Regehr

Ernie Regehr will deliver …

Book Launch – China’s Vulnerability Paradox: How the World’s Largest Consumer Transformed Global Commodity Markets

October 8, 2024 - 11:30am

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)

In China’s Vulnerability Paradox, Pascale Massot unveils market power dynamics between Chinese commodity market actors and global producers. These asymmetries help explain China’s international behaviour, as well as the …

Book Talk – The War for Chinese Talent in America: The Politics of Technology and Knowledge in Sino-U.S. Relations

October 7, 2024 - 2:30pm

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)

The War for Chinese Talent in America documents China’s ‘no-holdsbarred’ effort to access U.S. technology and America’s vigorous counterattack and its efforts to disrupt the transfer of U.S. technology to …

Book Launch – The Twelfth of February: Canadian Aid for Gender Equality during the Rise of Violent Extremism in Pakistan

October 2, 2024 - 4:00pm

Presented by the School of International Development and Global Studies (SIDGS), CIPS, and the Fragile States Research Network (FSRN)

The Twelfth of February assesses how women’s organizations work to resist violent extremism and makes the connection between gender inequality and …

The Other “I” in Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: A Taiwan-Canada Dialogue on Indigenous Engagement

October 1, 2024 - 5:30pm

Registration: Eventbrite

The Canadian International Council, National Capital Branch, in collaboration with the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Canada, uOttawa Chair of Taiwan Studies, and the Centre for International Policy Studies invite you to join us at the Faculty …

Conference on Afghanistan: Changing the Approach and Reversing the Trajectory

September 18, 2024 - 9:00am

Presented by CIPS and the Embassy of Afghanistan in Ottawa

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 was a tragic turning point in Afghanistan’s recent history, plunging the country into a dark trajectory and a multifaceted crisis with devastating …

The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi

September 6, 2024 - 11:30am

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN)

T.V. Paul will join us for a discussion of his book The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi.

Book abstract:

Along with the meteoric …

Book Launch – World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order

September 5, 2024 - 1:00pm

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Presented by the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN)

The contemporary radical Right is not merely a series of nationalist projects but a global phenomenon. This book shows …