• Should Canada Promote Religious Freedom?

    Should Canada Promote Religious Freedom?

    Guest contributor: ELIZABETH SHAKMAN HURD, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University.  In the United States, religious freedom is described as the ‘first freedom’: a fundamental human right and a sine qua non of democratic politics. Americans, we are told, invented and perfected religious freedom. It’s ready for export, and exporting it we are. The

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  • Teaching Hobbes

    by Philippe Lagassé After a month of lectures on Plato and Machiavelli, today I’m starting to teach Hobbes in my second-year undergraduate course on philosophical perspectives on conflict and rights. Personally, I find that this is the most interesting part of the course, except maybe for the two lectures on Foucault at the end. Based

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  • Will the ‘Future of Europe’ Group Save the EU?

    Will the ‘Future of Europe’ Group Save the EU?

    « The European Union has reached a decisive juncture. The ongoing sovereign debt crisis and the ever accelerating process of globalization pose an unprecedented dual challenge for Europe. We will have to master it if we want our continent to enjoy a bright future and effectively promote our interests and values in a more polycentric world. »

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  • Event Report: Discussion on the Will to Intervene

    Event Report: Discussion on the Will to Intervene

    On September 24, CIPS (in conjunction with the Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies at Concordia University) presented a panel discussion in honour of the Will to Intervene Day, which was proclaimed in the City of Ottawa by Mayor Jim Watson. It featured a distinguished panel of experts including former U.N. Ambassador Paul Heinbecker, former M.P.

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