Lessons for International Peace Support and Effective Peacebuilding in Myanmar

May 28, 2024 - 10:00am

Presented by CIPS, the Asia Foundation, and the Knowledge for Democracy – Myanmar Initiative at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Since the military coup of February 2021, Myanmar has been affected by widespread armed conflict. Resistance to the post-coup …

Science Diplomacy Seminar – Science Diplomacy and the European Union: What Experiences? What Perspectives?

May 22, 2024 - 9:00am

This event is presented by CIPS, GSPIA and the French Embassy as part of a new project ‘Diplomatie scientifique/Science Diplomacy’ jointly funded by Ottawa U and the French Embassy.

This seminar, organized by Alexandra Gheciu (University of Ottawa), Patrick Fafard …

Emerging Threats in the Arctic

May 21, 2024 - 10:00am

This event is open to the public. Registration is required.

Registration: Google Forms

Conference organized by the Observatory on Politics and Security in the Arctic (OPSA), with financial support from the MINDS program of the Department of National Defence of …

Modi 3.0: Implications for India, the Indo-Pacific, and Canada

May 14, 2024 - 9:30am

In collaboration with the Centre for International Policy Studies, its Asian Studies Network and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

Beginning April 19, India will hold its largest national election that will likely keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the …

Transitional Justice in the 21st Century

May 2, 2024 - 2:30pm

Presented by CIPS and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

In the aftermath of mass atrocities, communities grapple with the complex challenge of healing and seeking justice. In societies that try to rebuild and move on from a …

Regional Powers and the Taliban in Afghanistan: Strategic Partnership or Fragile Interactions?

May 1, 2024 - 1:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Fragile States Research Network (FSRN)

This presentation offers a comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationships between the Taliban and key anti-US regional powers, including Russia, Iran, and China, in the aftermath of the US withdrawal …

The Politics of Evaluation in International Organizations

April 24, 2024 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Fragile States Research Network (FSRN)

Book description:

Evaluation has become a key tool in assessing the performance of international organizations, in fostering learning, and in demonstrating accountability. Within the United Nations (UN) system, thousands of …

A Talk by Anu Bradford – Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology

April 19, 2024 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS, the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, the Hyman Soloway Chair on Business and Trade Law, and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)

Professor Anu Bradford will …

Understanding Oneself and Others

April 10, 2024 - 1:30pm

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network

We regularly have trouble understanding others, whether relatives, neighbours, friends, colleagues, or members of entirely different cultures, past and present. In fact, we often struggle to understand our own selves. But what …

Latin America Water Summit

April 3, 2024 - 5:00pm

Registration: Google Forms

Presented by CIPS and Wings of Hope

To celebrate World Water Day (March 22, 2024), the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) invites you to a special roundtable discussion convened by representatives of different countries and members …

A Talk by Michael Ignatieff: What if Democracy’s Greatest Enemy is Democracy Itself?

March 27, 2024 - 12:30pm

Registration: Google Forms

Funded by the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue, hosted by the Graduate School in Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), in partnership with the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), University of Ottawa

Democracy is a “promiscuous …

Where Change Comes From: My Time in Politics, the Paris Agreement and the Future of Climate Action

March 25, 2024 - 3:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Institute of the Environment at the University of Ottawa

Days after being named Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna, landed in Paris and quickly found herself at the heart of the effort …

Technocratic Tendencies? Canada’s Quantum Policy and Critical International Relations Theory

March 21, 2024 - 11:30 am

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

Canada’s official strategic documents relating to quantum policy frequently refer to the unprecedented scope and pace of disruption promised by the next generation of quantum technologies. While these documents rely …

Assessing the PRC’s Assimilation Policies in Tibet

March 12, 2024 - 2:30pm

Presented by CIPS, the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), the Canada Tibet Committee and the U.S. Embassy in Canada

The seminar seeks to illuminate the aggressive assimilation policies of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and their impact …

2024 CIPS Graduate Student Conference

March 11, 2024 - 9:30am

Registration for the conference: Google Forms

Presented by CIPS

Conference theme: Exploring the “New” Terrain of Foreign Policy and International Relations (IR)

This conference aims to bring together graduate student scholars and researchers with policymakers and practitioners to delve into …

Beyond Borders: A Dialogue on and with Women in International Relations

March 6, 2024 - 5:30pm

Registration: Google Forms

Presented by CIPS and the International Women’s Forum (IWF)

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) and the International Women’s Forum (IWF) invite you to a special roundtable discussion on women in …

Reclaiming What Is Ours: Elite Continuity and Revanchism

February 29, 2024 - 4:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN)

What explains the revanchism of territorial reduced states? This question has renewed salience amid Russia’s expanded war against Ukraine in 2022. In this talk, we discuss revanchism as a foreign policy …

Why is it Necessary to Review the Bank of Canada Act?

February 27, 2024 - 11:45am

Presented by CIPS, International Political Economy Network (IPEN) and the Economics Department at the University of Ottawa

The pandemic, and particularly, the current post-2021 macroeconomic environments have shown that inflation is not uniquely a demand-side phenomenon. Indeed, an aging Canadian …

The War in Ukraine & The OSCE: Changing Orders in Pan-European Security

February 27, 2024 - 11:30am

Registration: Microsoft Forms

Presented by CIPS, the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), the Neuberger-Jesin Professor of International Conflict Resolution, and the International Law Group at the Faculty of Law

From the Helsinki Final Act to the breakdown of …

The Annual Global Ideas Lecture – Governing AI: Opportunities and Challenges for Global Governance

February 15, 2024 - 5:15pm

Registration: Google Forms

Presented by CIPS and The University Research Chair in Global Political Thought

Alondra Nelson will examine the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) governance. As AI systems and tools begin to permeate society, related issues of …

Safe Third Country Practices as a Tool for Containment of Human Mobility

February 14, 2024 - 11:30am

Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network

The “safe third country” concept emerged in the global asylum governance scene in the late 1980s as an effort to prevent secondary movement of refugees, after they flee persecution and find safety …

Breaking Barriers: The Path to Stronger National Security Through Diversity

February 13, 2024 - 11:30am

Registration: Google Forms

Presented by CIPS as part of Black History Month

Huda Mukbil, a former senior intelligence officer at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), will discuss her groundbreaking experiences as a Black Muslim woman within CSIS post-9/11. Drawing …

Mapping Blended Finance: What Is the Experience of Canadian Development Cooperation Organizations?

February 8, 2024 - 11:30 am

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

Blended finance is a controversial aspect of contemporary aid policy. Promoters argue that it is a way to fill the ‘finance gap’ to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030). …

Mediating Contemporary Conflicts and the Role of Non-State Actors

February 5, 2024 - 5:00 pm

Presented by CIPS, Ottawa Dialogue, and the Neuberger-Jesin Professorship of International Conflict Resolution, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Jonathan Cohen is Executive Director of Conciliation Resources and will speak about the organisation’s experience of facilitating dialogue and providing meditation …

After the Elections in Taiwan: Which Path Forward for President-elect Lai?

January 23, 2024 - 4:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Asian Studies Network

The January presidential and legislative elections of January 13th in Taiwan were followed worldwide because of the dire warnings issued by the leadership of the CCP in Beijing. Although Taiwanese are acutely …

What to Expect on the Canadian National Security Front in 2024

January 18, 2024 - 5:00pm

Registration: Google Forms

Presented by CIPS

2024 will be an unusually busy year in Canada on the national security front. The agenda will be dominated by the commission of inquiry on foreign interference, but several other issues will keep the …

The 2023 Arctic Year in Review

January 18, 2024 - 10:00am

Presented by CIPS and OPSA (Observatoire de la politique et la sécurité de l’Arctique)

In 2023, as in 2022, Arctic sub-regions continued to suffer the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, climate change and, more broadly, the changing balance of …

Export Controls, Import Restrictions and Sanctions: From Free Trade to Controlled Trade?

December 8, 2023 - 11:30am

Registration: Google Form

Presented by CIPS, the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy and the Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law

Trade policy used to be about opening foreign markets. The ideal was for goods, …

The Fragility of Depoliticization: What the Failure of Past Inflation-management Strategies Means for Today

December 6, 2023 - 11:30am

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

As inflation has spiralled upwards in recent months, central banks have rushed to reimpose strict inflation targeting policies, pivoting away from their brief flirtation with paying more attention to the …

Potentia Journal of International Affairs – 14th Issue Launch and Information Session

December 4, 2023 - 12:00pm

This event will be held in person in room FSS 4006 but those who wish to join the event via Zoom, please register here: Google Forms

Potentia, the interdisciplinary student journal of CIPS invites you to celebrate the publication …

The Indebted Woman. Kinship, Sexuality and Capitalism

November 20, 2023 - 12:00pm

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

Poor women have become essential cogs in the wheel of financialized capitalism. Globally, it is most often women who manage household debt to make ends meet, and that debt has …

Atlas Asunder? Neoliberal Think Tanks and the Radical Right

November 15, 2023 - 11:30am

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

How are neoliberal thought leaders reacting to the recent rise of radical conservatism? Looking at Atlas, a worldwide network of around 500 “free market” …

Good Soldiers Don’t Rape: The Stories We Tell About Military Sexual Violence

November 15, 2023 - 4:00pm

Presented by CIPS

In this presentation Megan MacKenzie (Simon Fraser University) will draw out the key contributions of her recent book, Good Soldiers Don’t Rape: The Stories We Tell About Military Sexual Violence. The book uses feminist theories …

Canada Alone? The Enduring Challenge of America First

November 9, 2023 - 5:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network

In Canada Alone: Navigating the Post-American World, Nossal argues that the return of a Republican ‘America First’ president to the White House would bring about an unprecedented challenge to the unity of …

An Armchair Conversation on Women’s Issues in Afghanistan

November 3, 2023 - 3:30pm

Presented by CIPS and the Asia Studies Network (ASN) and the Fragile States Research Network (FSRN)

The University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies, together with its two networks, the Asia Studies Network (ASN) and the Fragile States Research …

AI, Generative AI, and Trade Agreements

November 2, 2023 - 11:30am

Presented by the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, the Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law, the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) and CIPS

The Centre for International Policy Studies, its International Political Economy …

Queer Diplomacy

November 1, 2023 - 4:00pm

Presented by CIPS in partnership with the Dignity Network Canada, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa and GAC 2SLGBTQI+ Pride Network

Diplomats have become increasingly assertive in their promotion of the rights of sexual and gender …

Beyond 2%: NATO Partners, Institutions & Burden Management

October 31, 2023 - 4:30pm

Presented by CIPS

Kimball’s book advances North Atlantic Treaty Organization (henceforth, NATO) burden analysis through a decomposition of the political, financial, social, and defense burdens members take on for the institution. The overemphasis of committing a minimum of 2% of …

Reflections on International Law and the Israel/Palestine Conflict: Presentation by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory

October 30, 2023 - 3:30pm

Presented by CIPS, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), and the International Law Group of the University of Ottawa

In May 2021, the UN Human Rights Council decided to “urgently establish …

The Digital Development Dilemma: Technology-Enabled Authoritarianism

October 30, 2023 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS

Development discourses, from modernisation to Sustainable Development Goals, have been scrutinised from many perspectives, such as colonial, gender-based, and dependency relations. With the substantial digital transformation of our societies, development programmes have extended their goals to close …

Ending the Perpetual Menace of Nuclear Weapons

October 23, 2023 - 4:00pm

Read the related Policy Brief by Tariq Rauf here.

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

Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention and Centre for International Policy Studies invite you to a …

The Security Challenges of Emerging Technologies

October 20, 2023 - 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)

In an era defined by technological leaps …

Foreign Fighters in the Former Soviet Union

October 18, 2023 - 9:00am

Presented by CIPS

The event will gather international experts studying foreign fighters in the former Soviet Union to analyze the causes explaining why the region became the biggest contributors of foreign combatants in Syria surpassing the Middle East. It will …

A Puzzling Innovation in Global Financial and Environmental Governance? Explaining the Creation of the New Network for Greening the Financial System

October 17, 2023 - 11:30am

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

In December 2017, eight central banks and financial supervisors created a new “Network for Greening the Financial System” to support the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement and the …

Book Launch: Sustainable Development Goal 16 and the Global Governance of Violence

October 17, 2023 - 11:30am

Registration: uOttawa

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

Adopted in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals include 17 objectives designed to direct global development through to 2030, with …

Connectivity, Colonialism, and Content Moderation: The International Politics of Internet Shutdowns in Africa

October 11, 2023 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS 

One in four Africans were impacted by internet shutdowns and restrictions in 2022. Scholarly analysis has generally analysed these developments through a domestic lens, understanding state-imposed internet disruptions in Africa as part of broader authoritarian regime maintenance …

Imperial Ignorance: The Production of Knowledge and Uncertainty about Civilian Casualties

October 5, 2023 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS 

In December 2021, The New York Times released close to 1,400 files that document how the US military assesses allegations of civilian deaths and injuries. Most of these files document responses to individual allegations, and the vast …

Accelerating Climate Action: Private Sector Engagement and Global Partnership

September 25, 2023 - 10:00am

Presented by CIPS, the Asian Studies Network and the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy

The Centre for International Policy Studies’ Asian Studies Network and the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy invite you …

Beyond the Headlines: The War in Ukraine – A Roundtable

September 20, 2023 - 2:30pm

Presented by CIPS and GSPIA

CIPS invites you to join us for an insightful and thought-provoking roundtable discussion at the University of Ottawa, as we delve into the multifaceted dimensions of the ongoing war in Ukraine. This event will bring …