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The G7: Hard Talk or a Sleepwalk?

by Jeremy Kinsman As the Charlevoix G7 approaches, there is some question as to how the June 8–9 summit could play out as a Trumpian disaster. As veteran diplomat Jeremy Kinsman writes, if the...

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Alternative Facts, Chinese Style

China’s increased censorship of foreign websites came to light on May 15, when it was reported that Air Canada had changed the drop-down menus of its destinations to show Taiwan’s capital Taipei as...

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Why Canada Should NOT Move its Embassy to Jerusalem

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...

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Has the G7 Lost its Mojo?

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...

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Small States vs. Middle Powers — What’s the Difference?

Njord Wegge Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) In early June 2018, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide expressed in an interview with the Norwegian...

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How History Helps Us Uncover the Real Successes of Middle Power Internationalism

Heidi Tworek Assistant Professor in International History, University of British Columbia, and Visiting Fellow, Center for History and Economics, Harvard University Over 15 years ago, Barry Buzan and...

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Making the United Nations Fit for Purpose in an Illiberal Era

Louise Riis Andersen Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies The return of geopolitics and the rise of populism have reinforced crude and divisive distinctions between “us” and...

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Liberal Internationalism: Save, Ditch, or Reform?

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...

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The Prospects for Chinese Leadership in an Age of Upheaval

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...

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Moving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 2

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...

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Moving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 1

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...

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Lest We Forget Why We Fought World War I

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...

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“Lest We Forget”: Remembering Africa’s (Forgotten) Contributions to WWI

The world has marked the 100th 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...

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Blue Wave Swamps Taiwan Elections

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...

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Why Canada Should Care — a lot — about that UN Security Council seat

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...

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Backwards, March! Brexit, CANZUK, and the Legacy of Empire

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...

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Canada is on the Front Lines of Challenges to Rule of Law

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...

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Canada, China, and the Trump Doctrine

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...

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The Battle over Europe’s Future

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...

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Partnering with Japan for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific

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...

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