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Blog - Canada-Germany Relations: Finding Each Other and Finding Themselves Over 75 Years
Canada and Germany celebrate the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations this year. A 2-day symposium at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) highlighted certain milestones in this joint history. Practitioners and academics discussed events from the past, the present and the future. One of the core messages of the symposium was that both countries have found their way to each other while coming into their own.

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AmbCanada–CIPS Conference: Realities and Illusions of Canadian Foreign Policy
This conference will bring together former Canadian Heads of Mission, academic experts, and think tank analysts to discuss critical issues facing Canada and the world. The event will be open to the public, with options to attend in person (space is limited) or via livestream.

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With the Global Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash Growing, Canada Must Decide Whether to Lead
The world is turning its back on sexual and gender minorities. This Pride Month, Canada should double down on its support. Across Africa, from Uganda to Senegal and Mali, many countries are imposing tough prison sentences for consensual same-sex relations between adults. Last week, Ghana’s parliament passed among the most far-reaching anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in the world. As a result, LGBTQ+ organizations and individuals in all of these countries have been targeted for repression and gone underground.

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Blog - Trump, Africa, Critical Minerals and the Global Order
The Davos speech by Prime Minister Mark Carney was a watershed moment in the history of Canada. It was the public affirmation that the global order constructed over the post-war period, which facilitated US hegemony and benefited Canada, was being weaponized as a tool of domination and subordination. However, this was not news to many Africans. The continent has been the exporter of raw materials at the bottom of the international value chain.

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The Davos speech by Prime Minister Mark Carney was a watershed moment in the history of Canada. It was the public affirmation that the global order constructed over the post-war period, which facilitated US hegemony and benefited Canada, was being weaponized as a tool of domination and subordination. However, this was not news to many

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AmbCanada–CIPS Conference: Realities and Illusions of Canadian Foreign PolicyAlexandra Gheciu, Michael Small, Gordon Venner, Stefanie Beck, Thomas Juneau, Jonathan Berkshire Miller, George Haynal, Drew Fagan, Patrick Leblond, Nathalie Dubé, Jennifer Irish, Ann Fitz-Gerald, Rafal Rohozinski, Vass Bednar, Kerry Buck.

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Blog - Canada-Germany Relations: Finding Each Other and Finding Themselves Over 75 Years

AmbCanada–CIPS Conference: Realities and Illusions of Canadian Foreign Policy

With the Global Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash Growing, Canada Must Decide Whether to Lead

Blog - Trump, Africa, Critical Minerals and the Global Order

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Blog - Canada-Germany Relations: Finding Each Other and Finding Themselves Over 75 Years

AmbCanada–CIPS Conference: Realities and Illusions of Canadian Foreign Policy

With the Global Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash Growing, Canada Must Decide Whether to Lead

Blog - Trump, Africa, Critical Minerals and the Global Order

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Trump, Africa, Critical Minerals and the Global Order0

With the Global Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash Growing, Canada Must Decide Whether to Lead

Canada-Germany Relations: Finding Each Other and Finding Themselves Over 75 Years

The CUSMA Game of Chicken

Foreign Interference Frameworks Have an American Blind Spot

Upcoming Events

Featured Multimedia

About CIPS

Social Sciences Building

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