The Huawei Crisis: Canada as a Proxy in US-China Relations
Canada will always be at risk of being used as a proxy as the U.S. manages internal and external conflicts.
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Reacting to Saudi Arabia and China: Balancing Canadian Values and Interests
The Khashoggi and Meng cases highlight the difficulties that countries have in balancing their...
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CIC Victoria: Claws of the Panda: Beijing’s Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada
On 16 January, CIC Victoria hosted Jonathan Manthorpe, a highly regarded journalist with over 40 years of international reporting experience, who spoke about the tensions between Canada and China.
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A Made-in-Canada China Strategy for 2018?
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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How Canada’s Magnitsky Law Could Benefit Vladimir Putin
Rather than holding his regime to account, the Law fuels Putin’s “Russia-under-seige” narrative just in time for his March election.
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Ottawa Deploys Public — and Discreet — Diplomatic Efforts on North Korea
Subtlety obscures a surprisingly robust and active Canadian diplomatic effort to mediate with North Korea.
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The New Era of Canadian Feminist Foreign Policy
Will the new National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security hold up to scrutiny?
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Canada’s Accidental Global Leadership
While American hegemony enters a death spiral, Canadian policy circles are unimaginative at propelling Canadian ideas to fill the void.
Read MoreCanada’s Aid Program: Still Struggling After Sixty Years
Published: 2008 | By: Adam Chapnik | Volume 65, No. 3 Summary Canada’s official development assistance program is now almost sixty years old, dating from our participation in the Colombo Plan in 1950. It has...
Read MoreCanada and the Arms Trade Treaty
Published: 2007 | By: Ernie Regehr | Volume 64, No. 6 Summary As a second-tier military exporter of some significance, and as an advocate of an arms trade treaty, Canada is in a position to promote controls based on...
Read MoreCanada and the Americas: a Time for Modesty
Published: 2007 | By: Jean Daudelin | Volume 64, No. 3 Summary Political violence and repression have been displaced by levels of criminal violence that impinge on every aspect of life and that governments seem...
Read MoreArctic Sovereignty? What is at Stake?
Published: 2007 | By: Donal McRae | Volume 64, No. 1 Summary While as a matter of law all states are sovereign and independent, the degree of actual independence might vary whether one is looking at the matter from a...
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