Canadian Foreign Policy

Evolution or Escalation? Canada’s Military Operation in Iraq 0
- Report
- January 26, 2015
In a new CIPS policy brief on Canada’s war in Iraq, Roland Paris addresses the following questions:
- Is Canada engaged in ground combat?
- Have we witnessed mission creep?
- Why should Canada (and other Western countries) limit their participation in ground
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Engaging Iranian Dissidents, Or Catering to the Tory Base?0
- Analysis
- January 11, 2015
The Canadian government is renewing its support for a project, based at the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre, to provide Iranian dissidents with a secure means of communicating and circumventing Iranian censorship. The project will also be extended to provide …
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Will a New Development Architecture Undercut the Poorest?0
- Analysis
- October 29, 2014
We are still living in the global financial crisis. Much of Europe and even the world of emerging economies are in the doldrums. By some standards, the situation has become grimmer, with China and Germany joining the list of countries …
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This Isn’t the Kind of War Bombs Can Win 0
- Analysis
- October 10, 2014
Published in iPolitics, October 7, 2014

For starters, let’s stop calling them Islamic State. As President Barack Obama has pointed out, the mass murderers in black cutting a bloody trail through Iraq and Syria are neither truly Islamic nor …
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Canada Got It About Right in Iraq 0
- Analysis
- October 7, 2014
Canada decided last week to contribute CF-18 fighter aircraft, surveillance and refuelling planes, and advisers to the U.S.-led coalition bombing the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Was this the right decision?

Ideally, foreign policy should first seek to define …
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Standing Up Versus Marching Forward: Efforts to End Early and Forced (Child) Marriage 0
- Analysis
- September 28, 2014
Together with like-minded partners, Canada will continue to unabashedly champion the rights of, and opportunities for, girls and women around the world. After all—if we don’t speak up for them, who will?

– John Baird, July 2014

Canada’s claims …
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Are Canadians Still Liberal Internationalists?0
- Analysis
- September 25, 2014
I recently wrote in the Globe and Mail that we shouldn’t expect to see a warming in Canada’s relations with the United Nations, which have been chilly since the Harper government failed to win a seat for Canada on the …
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Canada’s Decade of Diplomatic Darkness 0
- Analysis
- September 24, 2014
Published in the Globe and Mail, Sept. 24, 2014

When Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, observers should not expect a warming in Canada’s attitude toward the world body.

Since Mr. Harper failed …
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Harper Goes to the UN for Domestic Consumption in 2015 0
- Analysis
- September 22, 2014
Published on National Newswatch, September 22, 2014

In the week of September 22, 2014, Stephen Harper will address the UN General Assembly, the global forum that not only he has shunned in his almost nine years of office but …
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Last Year’s CIPS Blog Highlights, Part 3: International Development 0
- News
- September 22, 2014
Following a turbulent period for Canada’s international aid program—one that saw the folding of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) into the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development—the 2013-14 year saw CIPS bloggers reflecting on both Canada’s own development …
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Harper at the UN: The Speech He Could (But Won’t) Give 0
- Analysis
- September 21, 2014
In a few days, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will address the UN General Assembly. In an alternate universe, imagine a scenario where he is planning to use the event to announce a fundamental new direction for his foreign policy. Perhaps …
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The Death of the North-South Institute 0
- Analysis
- September 16, 2014
by Lauchlan Munro

Canada’s only independent think tank on international development and foreign policy, the North-South Institute, will soon close its doors. According to media reports, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) communicated its decision not to …
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