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This November marks ten years since the Peace Accord between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was ratified by the Colombian Congress and became a binding legal document. The moment was far from the …
By Srdjan Vucetic and Hager Ben Jaffel There are persistent misunderstandings about what the intelligence partnership is, and what it actually does. Linking Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, the Five Eyes is a club …
On July 4, 2026, the United States celebrated the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. For Americans, this is a moment to reflect on what their country has accomplished, from the amazing (e.g., the airplane, the …
On March 30, 2026 , the Gender, Peace and Development Research Network at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies hosted a screening of A War Movie (Casques bleuEs) , a cinéma vérité documentary that follows Canadian women …
The Davos speech by Prime Minister Mark Carney was a watershed moment in the history of Canada. It was the public affirmation that the global order constructed over the post-war period, which facilitated US hegemony and benefited Canada, was being …
The world is turning its back on sexual and gender minorities. This Pride Month, Canada should double down on its support. Across Africa, from Uganda to Senegal and Mali , many countries are imposing tough prison sentences for consensual same-sex …
By Myka Burke, Torsten Geißler & Jan Claudius Völkel Canada and Germany celebrate the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations this year. A 2-day symposium at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) highlighted certain milestones in …
On June 2nd, Dominic Leblanc, the federal Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, was in Washington with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) chief negotiator, Janice Charette, to meet with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Jamieson …
Western governments have spent the past several years building increasingly elaborate frameworks to combat foreign interference, illicit finance, and democratic destabilization. In Canada, public debate has focused overwhelmingly on a familiar set of adversaries: China, Russia and, more recently, India. …
The Africa Forward Summit claims to mark a new era of partnership. But is anything really changing, or is “partnership” simply the new label for old dependencies? For decades, Africa’s development story has been framed around aid. That narrative evolved …
