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Securing Canadian Elections:

Disinformation, Computational Propaganda, Targeted Advertising and What to Expect in 2019

This policy brief explores the challenges pertaining to social media manipulation as they relate to Canada’s upcoming federal election, and provides some practical and concrete steps for industry, government and Canadian citizens to enhance both the integrity and security of the information ecosystem in Canada.

By Samantha Bradshaw

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A Made-in-Canada China Strategy for 2018?

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Canada’s World Survey 2018

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CIC Victoria: Canada’s Interests in a Changing Arctic

Oct 13, 2018 | Event Summary

CIC Victoria was delighted to hear from Dr. Wilfrid (Will) Greaves, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Victoria and a noted Arctic expert.

Book Launch: discussion about power-balancing with T.V. Paul

Oct 4, 2018 | Event Summary

CIC Montreal hosted McGill political science professor T.V. Paul, whose new book, “Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era”, has just been released.

CIC Toronto: Resolution of Longstanding Disputes and Humanitarian Law – A Perspective from South Asia

Oct 4, 2018 | Event Summary

On July 5, 2018, CIC Toronto welcomed the president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Masood Khan, who provided his point of view on the Kashmir dispute and resulting human rights issues.

Engage but Criticize: Managing the Canadian Response to the Belt and Road Initiative

by Preston Lim | Sep 28, 2018 | Opinion

What right did the international community have to denounce China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the first place?

How Canada Should Engage (Properly) with China’s Belt and Road Initiative

by Leo Luo | Sep 13, 2018 | Opinion

As trade wars between the U.S. and the rest of the world heat up, Canada should take this opportunity to reassess its trade relationships, particularly with China.

A Made-in-Canada China Strategy for 2018?

by Grant Duckworth | Sep 10, 2018 | Opinion

China is destined to become a major Asian power regardless if Canada prepares for that eventuality. A well-designed China strategy that transcends a transactional trade-based foreign policy would go a long way to protecting Canada’s hard-won status as a global middle-power.

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Established in 1946 International Journal is Canada’s pre-eminent journal of global policy analysis. It combines brief, policy-relevant articles with longer, peer-reviewed, scholarly assessments of interest to foreign policy-makers, analysts and academics in Canada and around the world.