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China and UN Peacekeeping
- 14 janvier 2019
For the last year or so, I have been researching China’s contributions to UN peacekeeping. It has been an interesting journey, culminating in a new CIPS report, 30 years of Chinese Peacekeeping, which will be launched on January 24, …
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Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019
- 19 décembre 2018
By Stéphanie Bacher
Over the past year, Canada has taken some important steps to promote and protect human rights abroad. However, the picture is not as rosy as often presented by the government, and Canada still has a long way …
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États-Unis : une nouvelle stratégie pour l’Afrique
- 19 décembre 2018
L’administration Trump n’a pas eu grand-chose à dire sur l’Afrique, sinon quelques remarques absurdes ou offensantes, ou les deux. Il y eut d’abord le fameux commentaire du président « sx!#hole » , puis ses éloges pour le pays inexistant de …
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Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation
- 18 décembre 2018
By Gabriel Bichet, Eve Cassavoy, Maddie Hunt, Jasmine Sebastian, and Emma Turner (ENG1100Q), edited by Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr
In September, I took on teaching three sections of ENG1100: Workshop in Essay Writing, a required course for first-year students at the University …
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Canada’s Security Council Campaign
- 18 décembre 2018
In a recent CIPS blog, also published in the Globe and Mail, my colleague Roland Paris outlined the reasons “Why Canada cares about that Security Council seat.” This blog wonders whether the world cares about Canada’s …
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Competitive Financing: An Alternative Solution for Doing Business in China
- 12 décembre 2018
By John Gruetzner
Canada is currently exploring the parameters permitted under USMCA Article 32.10 for realistic mechanisms to improve its commercial position in the Chinese market.
In the Joint Outcomes of the First Canada–China Economic and Strategic Dialogue, the Government …
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Time to Move Past the Errors of the War on Terror
- 10 décembre 2018
The aftermath of 9/11 produced many problems in many countries. Canadian police and security agencies made numerous mistakes as followers and participants in an ill-considered American-led War on Terror declared shortly after that tragedy. The evidence in two public inquiries …
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Human and Non-Human Rights — Convergence or Conflict?
- 10 décembre 2018
Today is the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Most reflections on this milestone are likely to sound a sombre note, dwelling on the many challenges faced by those championing human rights in an increasingly …
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Democracy’s Promise Unfulfilled while Violence against Women in Politics Persists
- 10 décembre 2018
In October 2018, the Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls presented a report to the UN General Assembly recognizing violence against women in politics (VAWP) as a human rights violation …
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The Alt-Right Gets its Own University
- 6 décembre 2018
Early in September, a new institution of higher learning opened its doors in Europe. In itself, this is not usually a particularly noteworthy event. But this is no run-of-the-mill college, nor are its founders conventional academics. The school in question …
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- 3 décembre 2018
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 two-year terms in January 2021.
There …
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Budget Bill Will Reduce Government Accountability for Canadian Foreign Aid
- 28 novembre 2018
By Stephen Brown and Hunter McGill
To help ensure that Canadian foreign aid is spent on supporting people in need in developing countries — rather than things like white elephants and Canadian commercial interests — Canada has legislation that mandates …
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