USA

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
Asia, Canadian Foreign Policy, China, International Trade, USA
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How Do You Make Donald Trump Laugh? Democrats Should Think About It.
- November 23, 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman

Many times in the past two years, people have told me they’ve never seen Donald Trump laugh.

So, what would it take?

A sure bet would be if — after the mid-term elections that bore very ominous …
By CIPS
Democracy, USA
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“China Clause” in USMCA is American Posturing, Not a Veto
- October 18, 2018
There is a strong narrative developing around the non-market economy article 32.10 in the proposed United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA). Various commentaries have gone as far as saying that the clause is in effect a choice between the United States or …
By Pascale Massot
Canadian Foreign Policy, China, International Trade, USA
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How the 2008 Financial Crisis Helped Fuel Today’s Right-Wing Populism
- October 10, 2018
Ten years ago, on 3 October 2008, President George W. Bush signed the “Troubled Assets Relief Program” (TARP), promising $700 billion to support banks and companies hit by the global financial crisis. As Congress passed this historic bill, it seemed …
By Jacqueline Best
Democracy, Economy, USA
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Treason or Good Management? How Officials React When the Boss Goes Rogue
- September 12, 2018
Lauchlan T. Munro

School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa

Should we be surprised that a senior official in the Trump administration has admitted to thwarting the president’s expressed wishes and intentions? I for one am not. …
By CIPS
Theory, USA
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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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The View from MARs: American Populism and the Liberal World Order
- July 15, 2018
Jean-François Drolet, Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University, London

Michael C. Williams, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa

Each day seems to bring a new body-blow to the liberal international order. Longstanding alliances are strained. …
By CIPS
Democracy, USA
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Opioids and Capitalism
- July 10, 2018
by Paulo Pereira

In recent years, tens of thousands of Americans have died of opioid related overdoses, and millions of Americans are classified by the country’s health agency standards as having some sort of problematic opioid use. Canada is facing …
By CIPS
Economy, Health, USA
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Has the G7 Lost its Mojo?
- June 17, 2018
After a series of sessions on global trade and the key Canadian priorities of gender equality and climate change, the highly anticipated two-day Group of Seven (G7) summit ended Saturday afternoon in Charlevoix, Quebec.

There had been hopes for a …
By John Sinclair
Canadian Foreign Policy, Economy, Environment, Europe, International Relations, USA
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Why Canada Should NOT Move its Embassy to Jerusalem
- June 5, 2018
by Jon Allen and Alan Freeman

For President Donald Trump and many Israelis, the decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem is simply “a recognition of reality,” the fact that Jerusalem and not Tel Aviv is the functioning capital …
By Alan Freeman
Canadian Foreign Policy, International Relations, Middle East, USA
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