Potentia Journal of International Affairs – 10th Issue Launch and Information Session

October 23, 2019 - 3:30pm

Potentia, the interdisciplinary student journal of CIPS invites you to celebrate the publication of its tenth issue! Potentia publishes academic articles written, reviewed, and edited by graduate students. This year, we are delighted to showcase the different ways to …

Israel Update: Peace and Security, Two Elections Later

October 24, 2019 - 12:30 pm

Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network

Israelis went to the polls twice in 2019, and the surrounding election campaigns exposed significant domestic faultlines and raised questions about the future of Israel as a Jewish and democratic State, as …

Myanmar’s Democracy at a Crossroads?

October 28, 2019 - 3:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre

Myanmar has been making efforts toward democracy since 2011. The election in 2015 of the NLD, and its Nobel prize-winning leader Aung San Suu Kyi, marked a new milestone …

The Myth of International Order: Why Weak States Persist and Alternatives to the State Fade Away

October 30, 2019 - 11:00

Presented by CIPS

This talk address the puzzle that motivates Chowdhury’s book: most states in the international system are “weak” states—states unable to monopolize violence or provide public goods, and yet the nation-state remains the primary organizational form for world …

The Federal Elections and Canada’s Arctic Policy: What’s Next?

November 4, 2019 - 1:00Pm

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

The Government of Canada published its Arctic policy one day before the start of the federal election. The policy was co-developed by the Government of Canada …

Des sentinelles pour l’environnement. Les observateurs d’oiseaux à Taiwan et Hong Kong

November 5, 2019 - 4:00 pm

Book Launch: Russian Conservatism

November 6, 2019 - 13:30

Presented by CIPS.

This talk is a launch for Professor Paul Robinson’s new book. Paul Robinson’s Russian Conservatism examines the history of Russian conservative thought from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. As he shows, conservatism …

Assembling Publics around Public-Private Financial Information-Sharing

November 7, 2019 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN)

Public and private security actors increasingly collaborate within partnerships to enable the prevention, detection and prosecution of money laundering and terrorism financing. Financial information-sharing partnerships (FISPs) co-develop security knowledge and typologies. …

Neoliberalism’s Quiet Failures

November 27, 2019 - 2:30pm

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network:

Even its greatest critics have tended to see the early days of the rise of neoliberalism as an almost mythical time, when Thatcher and Reagan swept into power and turned their …

Genocide Against Indigenous Peoples, Genocide Elision, and the Conciliation Challenge in Canada

December 11, 2019 - 1:30pm

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network

This talk foregrounds the lack of discussion of genocide in the 2019 federal election, despite admissions by Prime Minister Trudeau that genocide had been committed by the state against Indigenous peoples, and …

Multilateral Peace/Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform: Canadian and Japanese Approaches in an Uncertain World

October 16, 2019 - 2:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Fragile States Research Network

Free. In English. Registration is not required; arrive early, as seating is limited.

Over the past decade, there have been concerted efforts to reform United Nations peace/ stabilization operations and link …

North Korea/USA Relations: The Paradox of Summit Diplomacy, Negotiation and Confrontation in the Age of Trump and Kim

October 8, 2019 - 12:00 pm

Presented by CIPS

This presentation analyzes the current state of North Korea/US relations in the context of historical patterns, unprecedented summit meetings, US policy and North Korean strategic goals and assess the impact of an unpredictable and norm-breaking US President, …

National Versus Human Security: Australian and Canadian Military Interventions

October 7, 2019 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS

By examining two military interventions that have defined the post-Cold War period, Somalia (1992-1995) and Afghanistan (2001-2014), this book argues that for Australia and Canada, the concept of human security works better in practice than it does …

Book launch: Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance After Communism

October 3, 2019 - 11:30

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network

Jelena Subotic is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Georgia State University (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007). Dr. Subotic writes broadly about international relations theory, memory politics, human rights, transitional …

Culture and Identities in Canada and Mexico

October 3, 2019 - 14:00

Presented by CIPS, Global Affairs Canada and the Embassy of Mexico

To mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and Mexico, the Centre for International Policy Studies, the Embassy of Mexico and Global Affairs Canada invite you to …

Facing the Heat? Canada and Climate Change

October 1, 2019 - 6:00 pm

The effects of climate change are becoming ever more evident. Rising temperatures, drought, and  extreme weather events seem part of nearly every news cycle. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has called for ‘rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all …

Speeding towards the Abyss: Contemporary Arms Racing and Global Security

September 26, 2019 - 09:00am

Presented by CIPS and the Canadian Pugwash Group 

The ‘arms race’ is a concept associated with the Cold War and often assumed to have ended with it. The current international security situation has led to a revival of arms racing …

Assessing Policy towards a Changing and Tumultuous Middle East

September 25, 2019 - 1:00 pm

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

Over the last 20 years, the Middle East has been one of the most tumultuous and strategically important regions in the world. We have seen cases where countries have undergone …

Is Canada Still a Good International Citizen?

September 24, 2019 - 6:00 pm

The Economist recently called Canada ‘A nice country in a nasty world’.  Canadians frequently see themselves and their country as ‘good international citizens’, as evidenced in consistent public support for the UN, human rights, democracy and foreign aid. Leadership in …

Strong and Secure? How Should Canada Respond to New Security Challenges?

September 17, 2019 - 6:00 pm

Video recording of the event is available here.

Canada is a peaceful country in a turbulent world. Today’s global security threats are complex and multiple, ranging from the spread of violent extremism to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction …

Global Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order

September 16, 2019 - 12:00

Presented by CIPS

The rise of radical conservative political movements is one of the most striking developments in global politics. From Asia to Africa, from the Eastern European ‘new democracies’ to the Nordic social democracies, not to mention Russia, the …

Border Security and the Insights of Data

September 12, 2019 - 11:00 am

Alone in the World? Directions for Canada in a Changing World

September 10, 2019 - 6:00 pm

Video recording of the event is available here.

The 2019 elections will take place in an international climate of uncertainty and rapid change. Liberal internationalism is in crisis and multilateral cooperation is fraying. Our powerful neighbour to the south has …