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The German Election: A (Preliminary) Analysis
- 28 septembre 2017
Minister of the Interior Thomas de Maizière, of the Christian Democrats (CDU), had a hard time defending his seat in Sunday’s general election in Germany. This is rather surprising given that his riding in Saxony, close to Dresden, in the …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLe Canada est de retour… à la maison
- 27 septembre 2017
Le deuxième discours de Justin Trudeau devant l’Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies étonne. Pour une deuxième année d’affilée, le Premier Ministre canadien a décidé de s’adresser directement au forum, ne préférant pas déléguer la ministre des Affaires globales. Sur …
EN SAVOIR PLUSJust Don’t Share, Except With Care
- 26 septembre 2017
The federal government’s Public Safety Department has just released a bombshell ministerial directive dealing with the sensitive issue of intelligence sharing in cases that might involve torture. This issue has long and delicate roots, reaching back to the terrible case …
EN SAVOIR PLUSAll the President’s Friends: Adventures in “Nambia”
- 24 septembre 2017
Every year, I begin my African Politics classes by giving the students a map of Africa with the state borders drawn, but their names missing. Filling in the blanks is a humbling exercise, and most manage only a handful: South …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhy Taiwan is an International Issue
- 20 septembre 2017
China works hard to convince the world that any decision about Taiwan is entirely a Chinese domestic affair. This has not, however, always been the official line of the Chinese Communist Party. In 1936, when the Republic of China (ROC) …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLe futur de la navigation en Arctique
- 20 septembre 2017
Il y a maintenant plusieurs années que les spéculations vont bon train sur le futur de la navigation dans la région arctique. Libre de glace en 2015 (pas tout à fait…), navigation commerciale à l’horizon 2030–2040 : les prévisions à …
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NAFTA is the Wrong Venue to Govern Digital Trade
- 14 septembre 2017
By Susan Ariel Aaronson and Patrick Leblond
Diplomats from Canada, Mexico, and the United States are thinking about the website where you met your soulmate, and the cloud service where you store your photos. In an increasingly digital economy, policy …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada Needs a Wait-and-See Approach on Afghanistan
- 1 septembre 2017
By Lindsay Rodman
Will US President Donald Trump’s new plan for Afghanistan pull Canada back into a war that many deem a “lost cause”? Mr. Trump explicitly invited other nations to contribute in support of his new plan. Although Prime …
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Crowded Out by « Big Man » Politics, Kenyan Women Still Struggle in 2017 Elections
- 21 août 2017
by Gabrielle Bardall, PhD, CIPS Research Associate
For all its progressive constitution, high-tech society, and exceptionally resourced Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Kenya is the worst performer in the East African Community (EAC) regarding women in parliament. These failures …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe US Has Much to Gain in Embracing Freeland’s Free-Trade Approach
- 16 août 2017
On 14 August, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland outlined Canada’s objectives for renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement in view of the negotiations that began on 16 August.
Freeland was optimistic about the real possibility of modernizing NAFTA in a …
EN SAVOIR PLUSChina’s Republican Flag: A Conundrum for Canada–Taiwan Relations
- 30 juillet 2017
China’s Republican flag — the French-inspired tricolore representing nationalism, democracy, and peoples’ livelihood in Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles of the People — was the national flag of all of China from 1928 until the founding of the People’s Republic of …
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Why NAFTA’s Chapter 19 is Worth Fighting For
- 29 juillet 2017
Canada has reportedly drawn a “red line” over Chapter 19 as the US calls for NAFTA renegotiations. That’s a good thing.
Even before the negotiations to revise and modernize NAFTA begin on 16 August, a red line has been drawn …
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