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Quelle nouvelle structure de gouvernance pour l’Arctique?
- 13 février 2020
At the end of January, the Arctic Frontiers conference, held in Norway, organized a discussion on the future of governance in the Arctic region. Some voices were raised to demand new regional structures of decision-making; these echo the wishes of …
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La réélection de la Présidente Tsai à Taïwan : Une victoire qui ne fait pas de doute
- 4 février 2020
La ré-élection de la présidente Tsai Ying-wen le 11 janvier dernier représente une rare occasion à célébrer dans la région Indo-Pacifique, où on a vu des chefs populistes de l’Inde aux Philippines mener à une détérioration du processus démocratique.
Après …
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Que pensez-vous de la Chine et des États-Unis?
- 20 décembre 2019
Selon notre sondage, l’opinion publique est en général favorable au maintien de contacts continus à plusieurs niveaux avec la Chine, malgré certaines inquiétudes.
epuis la crise diplomatique qui affecte les relations entre le Canada et la Chine, la couverture médiatique …
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Tunisie: Élection de Kais Saïed. Quel projet pour quelle réalité politico-juridique?
- 13 décembre 2019
Constitutionaliste de formation, Kais Saïed a remporté haut la main les élections présidentielles tunisiennes en récoltant 72% de l’ensemble des votants (57%). L’exercice électoral était digne d’une grande démocratie comme en témoignent les observateurs nationaux et internationaux. Cependant, de nombreuses …
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30 Years After Tiananmen: Democracy More Urgent than Ever
- 30 mai 2019
In early May, US State Department Director of Policy Planning Kiron Skinner was rebuked in China’s English-language media for characterizing US–China relations as a “clash of civilizations.” Skinner’s rhetoric reflects a Cold War mentality that overlooks centuries of mutual contact …
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Mass Wedding Banquet to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan
- 30 mai 2019
After new legislation permitting same-sex marriage came into effect in Taiwan on 24 May 2019, LGBT couples and their families began celebrating their new freedom. Journalists and foreign diplomats (including Canadian representative Jordan Reeves) crowded into Taipei City Hall to …
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WHO: Better Health for Everyone, Everywhere — Except Taiwan
- 17 mai 2019
The World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), meets 20–28 May in Geneva. Although the WHO promises “better health for everyone, everywhere,” the organization systematically excludes one country from the annual discussions. Taiwan, officially …
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CAR’s Peace Accords and Rebel Warlords
- 17 mai 2019
By Gino Vlavonou
After ten years in power, in 2013, Séléka rebels ousted the Central African Republic’s (CAR) President François Bozizé, after which Anti-Balaka militia groups rose up in response. The country has since been searching for peace, and seven …
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Dawn of a New Era: Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s Visit to Ottawa
- 13 mai 2019
A new era is dawning in Japan. With the abdication of Emperor Akihito on 30 April and the ascension of his Crown Prince Naruhito to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1 May, calendars will change from the 31st year of …
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Conceptualising Markets
- 11 mai 2019
By Pascale Massot and Julian Gruin
Markets are ubiquitous in contemporary everyday life and society as well as central features of the global economy. Markets have political, economic, social, and cultural origins, as well as consequences. But in the public …
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Is the Sky the Limit? Risk, Uncertainty, and Nature
- 11 mai 2019
By Sylvain Maechler
The Living Planet Report 2018, published by the World Wild Fund for Nature in collaboration with the research division of the Zoological Society of London, recently valued nature at an estimated US$125 trillion.
The International Organization …
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What Makes a Market Economy?
- 11 mai 2019
By Alice Chessé
What makes a market economy? To many, the answer is simple: they are countries where the market is the main mechanism of resource allocation. Yet, this intuitive definition is at odds with the political impact of the …
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