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  • Mass Wedding Banquet to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan

    • May 30, 2019

    After new legislation permitting same-sex marriage came into effect in Taiwan on 24 May 2019, LGBT couples and their families began celebrating their new freedom. Journalists and foreign diplomats (including Canadian representative Jordan Reeves) crowded into Taipei City Hall to …

    By Scott Simon
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  • WHO: Better Health for Everyone, Everywhere — Except Taiwan

    • May 17, 2019

    The World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), meets 20–28 May in Geneva. Although the WHO promises “better health for everyone, everywhere,” the organization systematically excludes one country from the annual discussions. Taiwan, officially …

    By Scott Simon
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  • Dawn of a New Era: Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s Visit to Ottawa

    • May 13, 2019

    A new era is dawning in Japan. With the abdication of Emperor Akihito on 30 April and the ascension of his Crown Prince Naruhito to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1 May, calendars will change from the 31st year of …

    By Scott Simon
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  • What Canada Can Do About the Rohingya Genocide

    • May 1, 2019

    By Payam Akhavan and John Packer

    Twenty-five years ago, as young UN human rights officers working together in Geneva, we witnessed how the world watched and did nothing as close to a million Rwandan Tutsis were exterminated. Brimming with idealism …

    By CIPS
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  • Taiwan Hopes for “Oceans of Democracy”

    • April 5, 2019

    Republic of China (Taiwan) President Tsai Ing-wen, who takes pride in her Austronesian heritage through her paternal grandmother, made an 8-day voyage called “Oceans of Democracy” at the end of March to three Micronesian allies and Hawaii. This …

    By Scott Simon
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  • Out of Fragility: Evidence from Bangladesh, Part 1

    • April 5, 2019

    Almost 50 years ago, Bangladesh emerged as a new nation in 1971 out of a bloody war of independence with Pakistan that left three million dead and ten million refugees. It then found itself caught in a fragility trap with …

    By Nipa Banerjee
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  • Out of Fragility: Evidence from Bangladesh, Part 2

    • April 5, 2019

    The Bangladesh government’s significant strides in delivering basic services to the population, thus reinforcing its legitimacy, discussed in part 1 of this blog, have been enhanced by an extraordinarily strong civil society — a unique community of non-profit, non-governmental …

    By Nipa Banerjee
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  • Partnering with Japan for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific

    • March 29, 2019

    On March 7, 2019, Japanese Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane gave a lecture at CIPS entitled “Japan and Canada: Strategic Partners in the Indo-Pacific?” The question mark is perhaps the most important part of the title. At this 90th…

    By Scott Simon
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  • Competitive Financing: An Alternative Solution for Doing Business in China

    • December 12, 2018

    By John Gruetzner

    Canada is currently exploring the parameters permitted under USMCA Article 32.10 for realistic mechanisms to improve its commercial position in the Chinese market.

    In the Joint Outcomes of the First Canada–China Economic and Strategic Dialogue, the Government …

    By CIPS
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  • Blue Wave Swamps Taiwan Elections

    • November 28, 2018

    Taiwan’s mid-term elections on 24 November brought a renewed “blue wave” to the island democracy. In this case, the blues are the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang, KMT) and allies who favour rapprochement with China. The greens are the …

    By Scott Simon
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  • Learning from Taiwan’s Push to Diversify Trade Away From China

    • November 28, 2018

    Rather than cozying up to non-market economies, Canada should support Taiwan’s inclusion in the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.

    Trade diversification seems increasingly important to Canada, especially after US President Donald Trump’s heavy-handed negotiations on the new US–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA). …

    By Scott Simon
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  • Decisive Action is Overdue to Protect the Rohingyas

    • September 15, 2018

    By John Packer

    Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa and Neuberger-Jesin Professor of International Conflict Resolution

    Finally, the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar has stated the obvious: the Rohingya …

    By CIPS
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Latest Posts

  • Mass Wedding Banquet to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan
    • Analysis
    • May 30, 2019
  • WHO: Better Health for Everyone, Everywhere — Except Taiwan
    • Analysis
    • May 17, 2019
  • Dawn of a New Era: Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s Visit to Ottawa
    • Analysis
    • May 13, 2019
  • What Canada Can Do About the Rohingya Genocide
    • Analysis
    • May 1, 2019
  • Taiwan Hopes for “Oceans of Democracy”
    • Analysis
    • April 5, 2019
  • Out of Fragility: Evidence from Bangladesh, Part 1
    • Analysis
    • April 5, 2019

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