Roundtable Discussion on Natural Resource Governance and Sustainable Development

June 22, 2016 - 1:00pm

Presented by the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute

If managed responsibly, resource industries can drive economic growth, generate jobs,and can be an important source of revenue for developing countries.  Extractive industries hold this potential for more than 50 developing …

Workshop on Canada’s Contribution to Strengthening Democracy Abroad

June 13, 2016 - 9:00am

Canada’s Global Role in Promoting Inclusive Governance Recommendations and Report on Workshop Findings

Executive Summary EN

Full Report EN

Canada’s commitment to democracy, freedom and human rights is at the core of its national values. These values are pillars of …

Canada and a Changing Middle East

May 30, 2016 - 9:00am

Presented by CIPS and the Middle East Series

**BY INVITATION ONLY**

The Middle East is going through a series of profound changes, perhaps the most profound in a century.  Massive refugee flows, internal conflicts and a new foreign policy for …

Canadian-Haitian cooperation: lessons learned and beyond.

May 18, 2016 - 10:00am

Presented by CIPS and the Latin America and Caribbean Group of the Canadian International Council’s National Capital Branch

In 2015, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) published a summary of the Evaluation of Canadian-Haitian Cooperation. What were the main findings and …

The Netherlands and Canada: Partners for Peace – UN Peacekeeping Seminar

May 17, 2016 - 9:15am

Presented by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC)

***BY INVITATION ONLY**

The Netherlands and Canada are …

South China Sea: Issues and Implications

May 11, 2016 - 11:30am

Presented by the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS).

A light lunch will be served.

Prof. Kuen-chen Fu has an LL.M. and SJD (with specialization in oceanic law) from the University of Virginia School of Law. In 2013, he was …

Doping in Sport: Creation of an International Policy Framework

May 9, 2016 - 12:00am

Location: Social Sciences Building, 120 University Pvt., room 4004 (5th floor)

Dick Pound, Former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Presented by CIPS

Free. In English. Registration is not required …

Pursuing a nuclear weapon-free world: the Secretary-General’s Five Point Plan on nuclear disarmament

May 3, 2016 - 11:00am

Presented by CIPS

Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis

United Nations Under Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Kim Won-soo

Mr. Kim Won-soo assumed his position

……

The Global Crisis and the Architecture of Development Finance

April 7, 2016 - 12:00am

ILENE GRABEL, University of Denver

Presented by the CIPS and the International Political Economy Network.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

The global crisis of 2008 …

On the front lines of Afghanistan after the US withdrawal

April 5, 2016 - 4:00pm

Matthieu Aikins: Schell Fellow, Nation Institute

Presented by CIPS

Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

The Taliban’s capture of Kunduz in September marked the first time since …

Why Canada Needs an International Justice Ambassador

April 4, 2016 - 4:00pm

Stephen J. Rapp: former US Ambassador for War Crimes

Presented by CIPS and the Canadian Centre for International Justice.

Canada has historically been a global leader on international justice issues. That tradition should continue — but it requires some innovative …

Centenary of the Battle of Kut-al Amara: From the Siege and Surrender to the Allied Occupation of Istanbul

March 31, 2016 - 6:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Middle East Series in collaboration with the International Development Student’s Association at the University of Ottawa

Light refreshments will be served

Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a …

What does Critical Security Studies have to offer the Arab World?

March 22, 2016 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN)

The Arab World is currently undergoing rapid changes wrought by the ongoing Arab uprisings and the proliferation of violence and insecurity therein. For most researchers in/of the region, approaches in traditional …

The Refugee Crisis – Local Responses to a Global Problem

March 21, 2016 - 7:00pm

Mr. Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Presented by Refugee 613, Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), UNHCR Canada and CIPS

Louisa Taylor of Refugee 613 will moderate a discussion with High Commissioner Filippo Grandi. He is in …

Advising the Government of Myanmar on the traps in negotiating Bilateral Investment Treaties

March 18, 2016 - 11:30am

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

Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Professor Mendes will be talking about his recent mission to Myanmar, …

Twin threats – how the politics of fear and the crushing of civil society imperil human rights

March 15, 2016 - 4:00pm

KENNETH ROTH, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch

Presented by CIPS.

Video of the event is available on the CPAC wesbite.

Fear stands behind many of the big, recent human rights developments. Fear of being killed or tortured in …

Phantoms, Failures & Temporal Loops: Reflections on Researching Border Security Technologies

March 14, 2016 - 12:00

DEBBIE LISLE, Queen’s University.

Presented by  CIPS and the Security Studies Network.

This paper reflects on two funded research projects examining how science and ethics shape the development and deployment of border security technologies in the EU. It examines …

Investigating War Crimes in Syria – in search of accountability

March 9, 2016 - 4:30pm

Presented by CIPS and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre

Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Now entering its fifth year, the Syrian civil war has …

The Role of Inclusive Growth in Ending Extreme Poverty

March 7, 2016 - 12:00 pm

Location: Social Sciences Building, 120 University Pvt., room 4004 (4th floor)

Presented by CIPS and the Fragile States Research Network.

Over the past two decades, global extreme poverty has decreased rapidly. According to the World Bank (WB), since 1990, the …

South Sudan today: A discussion with Canadian Ambassador Nicholas Coghlan

March 4, 2016 - 7:30 p.m to

Presented by CIPS and Fragile States Research Network.

Despite the signature of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan in 2015, the humanitarian and economic situation on the ground remains dire.  What is the state of …

The Syrian Jihad

March 1, 2016 - 12:00pm

Presented by CIPS and the Middle East Policy Series

Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Charles Lister is a Fellow at the Middle East Institute, where he …

The Subject of Global Justice: Kant, Du Bois, and Radical Hospitality

February 29, 2016 - 12:00am

INÉS VALDEZ, Ohio State University.

Presented by the CIPS and the International Theory Network.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Scholars of Kant are often puzzled …

Achieving food security in an era of conflict and climate change

February 26, 2016 - 11:30 a.m

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

George Stroumboulopoulos in conversation with Ms. Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP).

Video of this event is available on the CPAC website

Ms.

Rethinking the Causes of Genocide

February 22, 2016 - 12:00am

Location: Social Sciences Building, 120 University Pvt. room 5028

SCOTT STRAUS, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Presented by the CIPS and the Security Studies Network.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, …

China under Xi Jinping : New Perspectives from Canadian Political Scientists

February 19, 2016 - 2:30pm

Location: Social Sciences Building, 120 University Pvt., room 5028 (5th floor)

Presented by CIPS and the School of Political Studies.

China is increasingly important to Canada, yet the relationship is a complex one; it involves carefully reconciling Canada’s economic and …

Track Two Diplomacy: In Theory and Practice

February 11, 2016 - 5:00pm

PETER JONES, University of Ottawa.

Presented by the CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. A reception will follow. Copies of the book will be …

Building Peace with Justice in Colombia

February 10, 2016 - 12:00-

Location: Social Sciences Building, 120 University Pvt., room 5028 (5th floor)

Kimberly Inksater, Executive Director, Just Governance Group (JGG), Ottawa.

César Torres, Principal Researcher, ABC Paz and INDAPAZ in Bogota, and Associate, JGG.

Presented by CIPS and the …

Minority Group Candidates and Electoral Discrimination

February 10, 2016 - 14:30

NENAD STOJANOVIC, Princeton University.

Presented by the CIPS and the Chaire de recherche sur la francophonie et les politiques publiques.
Free. In French. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Nenad

Seeing Gender in Private Security

February 4, 2016 - 12:00

MAYA EICHLER, Mount Saint Vincent University.

Presented by the CIPS and the Security Studies Network.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

The increasing reliance on private …

Ottawa Forum 2016: Building a Foreign Policy for Canada’s Future

January 28, 2016 - 9:00

Presented by Canada 2020 and CIPS.

In English. Registration required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

The Ottawa Forum has quickly become Canada’s preeminent foreign affairs and policy platform talking about the future …

With Strings Attached: Conditional Cash Transfers and Female Empowerment

January 26, 2016 - 11:30

SUSAN SPRONK, University of Ottawa and MELISA HANDL, University of Ottawa

Presented by the CIPS and the International Political Economy Network.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first …

From Realism to Neorealism: Kenneth Waltz, Democratic Politics and International Relations Theory

January 25, 2016 - 12:00

NICOLAS GUILHOT, New York University.

Presented by  CIPS and the Security Studies Network.
Free. In English with bilingual question period. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Neorealism is one

Illusive Stability: Central Banks and the Social Construction of Money

January 22, 2016 - 12:00

JULIET JOHNSON, McGill University.

Presented by the CIPS and the International Political Economy Network.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

This talk discusses how central banks …

Pig and Papists: On the Informal Origins of American Imperialism

January 20, 2016 - 12:00

ERIC GRYNAVISKI, George Washington University.

Presented by CIPS and the International Theory Network.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Listen to the Podcast:

Traditional theories about …

Covering the New Wars: A Conversation with C.J. Chivers

January 19, 2016 - 12:00pm

C.J. CHIVERS, New York Times Magazine.

Presented by  CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Video of the event:

C. J. Chivers is a senior writer …

Turbulent Times: Volatility in Foreign Policy

January 18, 2016 - 12:00

ELEONARA MATTIACCI, Amherst College.

Presented by the CIPS and the International Theory Network.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Listen to the Podcast:

Under what conditions …

Facilitating Mobility, Fostering Diversity: Lessons from the Global North’s Response to Migration Challenges

January 18, 2016 - 12:00pm

FRANÇOIS CRÉPEAU, McGill University.

Presented by the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, the International Commission of Jurists Canada and CIPS.

Free. In English. Registration is required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. …

A Cursed Historical Legacy: Why Turkey Has Remained in the Grip of Authoritarianism

January 12, 2016 - 9:30

HALIL M. KARAVELI, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute.

Presented by  CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Since 1923, periods of authoritarian rule have dwarfed the brief periods …

Going Forward: Canadian Policy in the Middle East

January 11, 2016 - 4:00pm

PATRICK MARTIN, Globe and Mail.

Presented by  CIPS and the Middle East Policy Series.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

During the past decade the Harper …

On the Road to Afghanada: Militarisation and Popular Culture in Canada

December 3, 2015 - 12:00

DAVID MUTIMER, York University.

Presented by the CIPS, the International Theory Network (ITN) and the Security Study Network (SSN).
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

The …

The Global Refugee Crisis: Responses and Solutions

December 3, 2015 - 5:30pm

Presented by the International Development and Globalization Students’ Association and CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

How are human rights mediated in the global refugee crisis? …

Realism, Pessimism, Tragedy and Hope

December 2, 2015 - 1:00 pm

RICHARD FRENCH, University of Ottawa.

Presented by the CIPS and the Security Studies Network.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Realism is often misunderstood as encouraging …

Squandered opportunity: Iran’s failed foreign policy

November 30, 2015 - 4:00pm

THOMAS JUNEAU, University of Ottawa.

Presented by the CIPS and the Middle East Series.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

The Islamic Republic of Iran faced …

A New Peace in South Sudan? Ground-Level Realities and Options for Canada

November 27, 2015 - 11:30

Presented by the CIPS, the Fragile State Research Network and the Africa Study Group of the Canadian International Council/National Capital Branch.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.…

Russia’s Endgame in Donbass

November 25, 2015 - 12:00

PAUL ROBINSON, University of Ottawa.

Presented by the CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

The Minsk agreement signed in February 2015 laid out a route …

The Israeli “One State/Two States” Alternatives and their Consequences

November 23, 2015 - 4:00pm

DAN KURTZER, Princeton University and REX BRYNEN, McGill University.

Presented by the CIPS and the Middle East Policy Series.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.…

No Time for Complacency: A 21st Century Trade Strategy for Canada

November 17, 2015 - 9:30

Presented by the CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Video of the event:

What are the principal international trade and commerce challenges facing Canada—and how should …

Towards 2030: Building Canada’s Engagement with Global Sustainable Development

November 16, 2015 - 9:30

Presented by the CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

How can Canada best contribute to the promotion of global sustainable development? CIPS convened a working group …

Politics in the Shadow of the Gun: The Political Legacies of Rebellions for Party Politics after Civil War (in Burundi and Beyond)

November 11, 2015 - 16:30

KATRIN WITTIG, Université de Montréal.

Presented by the CIPS and the Fragile States Research Network (FSRN).
Free. In English with bilingual question period. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.…

Les organisations-frontières dans les complexes de régimes : une analyse des réseaux de l’IPBES

November 9, 2015 - 2:30

JEAN-FRÉDÉRIC MORIN, Université Laval.

Presented by the CIPS and the International Political Economy Network.
Free. In French with bilingual question period. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Complex systems …

Human Rights in Canadian Foreign Policy: New Departures

November 9, 2015 - 9:30

Presented by the CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Video of the event:

A new Canadian government has been elected. What should it do to promote …

Arab Dawn

November 5, 2015 - 11:00

BESSMA MOMANI, University of Waterloo.

Presented by the CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

In the West, news about the Middle East is dominated by …

Material Publics and the Flux of Secrecy: The Case of the 9/11 Commission

November 4, 2015 - 12:00

WILLIAM WALTERS, Carleton University.

Presented by the CIPS and the International Theroy Network (ITN).
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Actor-network theory and governmentality have contributed …

Between ‘Doomsday Machine’ and ‘Climate Fix’: The Ecological Political Economy of Nuclear Energy in Canada

November 3, 2015 - 11:30

RYAN KATZ-ROSENE, University of Ottawa.

Presented by the CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN).
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. A light lunch will

Toward a New International Security and Defence Policy for Canada

November 3, 2015 - 10:00

Presented by the CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

What are the principal security and defence challenges facing Canada, and how should Canada respond? CIPS asked …

Jerusalem Old City Initiative

October 20, 2015 - 4:00 pm

JOHN BELL, Toledo Institute, Madrid & MICHAEL BELL, University of Ottawa.

Presented by the CIPS and the Middle East Policy Series.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first …

Notes from the Archives: Preliminary Reflections on EH Carr, RG Collingwood and the ‘Idea of History’ as applied to IPE

October 15, 2015

RANDALL GERMAN, Carleton University.

Presented by the CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN).
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. A light lunch will be

The Current Crisis in Yemen: Causes and Prognosis

October 15, 2015 - 13:00

Presented by The Human Rights Research and Education Centre and CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. To register, please contact [email protected].

PANELISTS:

  • John Packer, Director, HRREC
……

The United Nations at 70: Looking Ahead

October 9, 2015 - 10:30

Presented by the CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Video of the event:

On the occasion of the UN’s 70th anniversary, this panel of distinguished Canadians …

China’s New Foreign Policy Priorities

October 7, 2015

JEAN-PIERRE CABESTAN, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Presented by the CIPS.
Free. In French with bilingual question period. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Since Xi Jinping came to power …

International Hierarchy and Symbolic Capital: the Ming Treasure Fleets and the Apollo Missions

October 6, 2015 - 12:00

DANIEL NEXON, Georgetown University.

Presented by the CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN).
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Why do dominant actors invest in …

Making Peace in a Divided World

October 5, 2015 - 12:00

RICHARD GOWAN, Columbia University.

Presented by the CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Video of the event:

In a period in which new wars and …

Edward Snowden, Mass Surveillance and the Future of Privacy

September 29, 2015

BEN WIZNER, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project.

Presented by the CIPS.

Free.In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Ben Wizner is director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy …

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Canadian and Global Responses

September 29, 2015 - 13:30

Presented by the CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Many are calling the Syrian civil war the worst humanitarian disaster of our time. Millions of refugees …

Contested Multilateralism

September 24, 2015

ROBERT O. KEOHANE, Princeton University.

Presented by the CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN).
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

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Can We Wage War with Post-Positivist Approaches? Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Stories

September 22, 2015 - 12:00

PHILIPPE BEAULIEU-BROSSARD, University of Ottawa.

Presented by the CIPS and the Security Studies Network.
Free. In English with bilingual question period. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Post-positivist approaches …

Recalling ROC’s Role in WWII: Taiwan as a Peace and Security Stakeholder in Western Pacific Region

September 18, 2015

ANDREW N.D. YANG, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Republic of China).

Presented by the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada, and CIPS.

Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating …

Sharing the Burden? NATO and its Second-Tier Powers

September 17, 2015 - 12:00

BENJAMIN ZYLA, University of Ottawa.

Presented by the CIPS and the Fragile States Research Network.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Video of the event:

Since …

Producing the Climate: Scientists, States, and the Emergence of Global Climate Governance

September 14, 2015 - 12:00

BENTLEY B. ALLAN, Johns Hopkins University.

Presented by the CIPS and the International Theory Network (ITN).
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

From the 16th century …