International Relations

The Battle over Europe’s Future
- February 5, 2019
On January 22, France and Germany signed the Treaty of Aachen, a document designed to reaffirm their friendship and enhance co-operation in areas such as foreign policy, defense, trade, cross-border mobility, and research. The ceremony, in the historic coronation …
By Alexandra Gheciu
Europe, International Relations
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Canada, China, and the Trump Doctrine
- February 5, 2019
By Michael C. Williams

The confrontation between Canada and China set off by the detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has escalated to near-crisis proportions. Canadian citizens have been detained, diplomats dismissed, ominous words uttered. Blame for the situation has …
By CIPS
Canadian Foreign Policy, China, International Relations, USA
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Canada is on the Front Lines of Challenges to Rule of Law
- January 28, 2019
China’s apparent use of Canadian detainees as diplomatic bargaining chips is not just a problem for Canada. It is a challenge to all countries that seek to uphold the rule of law in their domestic and international affairs.

The dispute …
By Roland Paris
Canadian Foreign Policy, China, International Law, International Relations
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Backwards, March! Brexit, CANZUK, and the Legacy of Empire
- January 17, 2019
By Duncan Bell and Srdjan Vucetic

It was coined in the 1950s, but the term CANZUK — a union (or alliance or pact) of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom — has been repurposed in the wake of …
By Srdjan Vucetic
Canadian Foreign Policy, Commonwealth, Europe, International Relations, International Trade, UK
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Why Canada Should Care — a lot — about that UN Security Council seat
- December 3, 2018
Canada will stand for election to the United Nations Security Council in June 2020. Our competitors are Norway and Ireland. Of the three countries, two will win seats on the council and begin their two-year terms in January 2021.

There …
By Roland Paris
Canadian Foreign Policy, International Relations, International Security, International Trade, United Nations
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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
Asia, Democracy, Gender, Human Rights, International Relations
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“Lest We Forget”: Remembering Africa’s (Forgotten) Contributions to WWI
- November 12, 2018
The world has marked the 100^th anniversary of Armistice Day, the peace treaty that ended the bloodshed of World War I. In Paris, world leaders gathered to commemorate the day the guns fell silent. At Vimy Ridge and Mons, …
By Rita Abrahamsen
Africa, Europe, International Relations
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Lest We Forget Why We Fought World War I
- November 7, 2018
Lauchlan T. Munro

School of International Development and Global Studies

On Remembrance Day, I think of my two grandfathers and my two great uncles who served in the Canadian army in World War I. I remember their sacrifice. But I …
By CIPS
Canadian Foreign Policy, Commonwealth, Democracy, International Relations
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Moving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 1
- August 27, 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman

The summer of 2018 has shaken the rules-based world order that emerged from the devastation of the Second World War. A rogue president of the United States has apparently chosen unilateralism and nationalist competition over the multilateral …
By CIPS
Democracy, International Relations, USA
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Moving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 2
- August 27, 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman

Part 1 of this article appears here.

Though Trump’s electoral victory was a shock, allies hoped it was hyperbole when Trump declared in his inaugural address in January, 2017, that he placed the interests of America …
By CIPS
Democracy, International Relations, USA
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The Prospects for Chinese Leadership in an Age of Upheaval
- July 24, 2018
Srdjan Vucetic, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa

Bentley B. Allan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University

Ted Hopf, Provost Chair Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore…
By Srdjan Vucetic
China, International Relations, International Trade, Russia, USA
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Liberal Internationalism: Save, Ditch, or Reform?
- July 15, 2018
Rita Abrahamsen, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, and Director of CIPS

When President Donald Trump reneged on his commitment to the G7 Communiqué after the Charlevoix Summit in June, it was but one …
By Rita Abrahamsen
Democracy, International Relations
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