Natalie Brender

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Natalie Brender
Publications Coordinator and Research Associate, CIPS

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There’s Weirder Stuff Than Niqabs at Stake in the Citizenship Oath 0
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- 30 mars 2015
It was reported with mild fanfare this week that new rules of royal succession have come into effect, with all Commonwealth countries now assenting to give girls equal standing in the British monarchy’s line of succession. However, a group of …
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An Alliance Above Politics? Israel Tests Diaspora Strategists 0
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- 12 février 2015
At first glance, Israel’s current relations with Canada and the United States, two of its closest allies, could hardly seem more divergent.

Last week’s surprise resignation by foreign minister John Baird gave rise to days of media coverage noting the …
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Les Grands Moments du CÉPI, Partie 4: Soldats et Espions 0
- analyse, recherche
- 29 septembre 2014
Dans ce dernier épisode des Grands Moments du CÉPI 2013-14, nous nous intéressons au sujet des Soldats et Espions. Cela porte sur les controverses militaires et de sécurité qui se sont produites au Canada et mondialement. Cela mentionne, entre autres, …
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Les grands moments du CÉPI, partie 2: Les nouvelles menaces mondiales 0
- analyse, nouvelles
- 16 septembre 2014
Nous sommes enchantés d’avoir au CÉPI un déluge de bulletins de blogues exemplaires, en ce début d’année académique : pas moins de 12 blogues dans les deux dernières semaines à elles seules. Ce nombre important démontre l’engagement qu’ont les professionnels …
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Last Year’s CIPS Blog Highlights, Part 1: Harper’s Foreign Policy 0
- analyse, nouvelles
- 7 septembre 2014
L’année académique dernière – notre troisième année de publication – la section Blogues du CÉPI a présenté une série de sujets couvrant le globe, avec un intérêt plus particulier pour la politique étrangère canadienne. Ci-dessous, et dans les bulletins à …
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The Use and Abuse of Diversity in Canada’s Foreign Policy 0
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- 2 juillet 2014
In late May of this year, the Ottawa Forum delivered a sparkling lineup of speakers who proposed new directions for Canada’s international policy. A recurrent theme of the forum’s discussions, in the wordsof co-organizers Taylor Owen and Roland Paris, …
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Nine New Takes on Canada’s International Future 0
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- 2 juin 2014
On May 23-24, CIPS and the Canadian International Council (CIC) co-hosted the Ottawa Forum, which brought together a remarkable array of presenters, commenters and attendees to the University of Ottawa to discuss the future of Canada’s international policy. The …
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In Dispute with Muslim Organization, PMO Wrong to Allege Skeletons in Closet 0
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- 27 février 2014
Published in the Toronto Star, February 26, 2014

Never forget: these are charged words for Canada’s ethnic or religious groups when it comes to keeping alive the memory of historical atrocities “back home.” But they’re also charged words, in …
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Passports Are Powerful Tools 0
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- 10 janvier 2014
In A Thousand Farewells, her memoir of covering civil unrest and war in the Middle East, Canadian reporter Nahlah Ayed writes about the striking reception her citizenship received in that region. The Winnipeg-born daughter of Palestinian immigrants, Ayed found …
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Shining Light on Harper’s Darkling Mideast Outlook 0
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- 12 décembre 2013
When a private citizen holds a world view filled with forces of light and darkness, with heroes and villains and mystical bonds tying fates together, that’s generally her own business. When that person is the Prime Minister of Canada, however, …
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Two Tweets on Iran That Speak Volumes About Ottawa 0
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- 26 novembre 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, November 25, 2013

As months of negotiations between the “P5+1” world powers and Iran concluded on Saturday night with the announcement of a deal struck in Geneva, Canada’s role at this historic moment was …
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Canadian Foreign Policy for Dummies 0
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- 12 novembre 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, November 11, 2013

So it’s come to this: not only are Canadian citizens being dumbed-down by political parties who treat them as narrow-minded consumerist taxpayers, but now the leading lights of Canada’s journalism establishment …
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