The World Won’t Be the Same After the Strait of Hormuz Crisis: The Strait of Malacca and India–Canada in the Indo-Pacific

September 17, 2026 - 1:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Asian Studies Network

India and Canada, geographically distant and culturally contrasting, have long constituted an unlikely and often much-maligned compact in the eyes of observers of international relations. The two democracies have found more reasons …

Bringing the Market Back In: The Politics of the Markets for Total Defence in Sweden and Finland

September 18, 2026 - 2:30pm

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN)

The presentation brings together a new research project on the role of firms in societal security and previous conceptual/empirical work on the politics of defence markets. The project focuses on the …

Strategies for Approval: Building Support for Military Intervention at the UN Security Council

September 21, 2026 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS

UN Security Council approval remains highly desirable to prospective military interveners, especially liberal democratic ones, as domestic and international audiences often expect such approval as a condition for legitimate intervention. Yet how can UNSC approval be secured …

How Arctic Residents Think: Results From the Second Annual Canadian Arctic Survey

September 21, 2026 - 11:00am

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

Policies about the Arctic are often decided at more southern latitudes: capitals of all Arctic states are located far from the Arctic circle, …

How Optimists Triumph and Change Happens

October 1, 2026 - 4:00pm

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Presented by Canadian Leadership for Nuclear Disarmament and the Centre for International Policy Studies

Recipient of the 2026 Annual Achievement Award from Canadian Leadership for Nuclear Disarmament: Robin Collins

Robin Collins will deliver a keynote lecture: “How …

Canada and the Middle Power Challenge

October 2, 2026 - 9:00am

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

Since the Prime Minister’s clarion call in Davos this January for middle power activism in tackling international problems, there has been debate …

How to Be Human Today: Crossing Through Fire in an Age of Disconnection

November 4, 2026 - 12:30pm

Presented by CIPS

We are the most connected human beings who have ever lived — and, by nearly every measure, the loneliest, most anxious, and most fragmented. In this featured talk, internationally acclaimed artist, author, and philosopher Patricia Karen Gagic …

Authoritarian Markets: The Politics of China’s Banking Explosion

November 23, 2026 - 11:30am

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

Conventional wisdom holds that banking markets flourish where property rights are secure, the rule of law is strong, and the state keeps its hands off. China has none of these. …