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The World Won’t Be the Same After the Strait of Hormuz Crisis: The Strait of Malacca and India–Canada in the Indo-Pacific
India and Canada, geographically distant and culturally contrasting, have long constituted an unlikely and often much-maligned compact in the eyes of observers of international relations. The two democracies have found more reasons to disagree than common ground in thought or action, except for their shared aspiration for economic advancement in an age of global turbulence. Resource-rich and sparsely populated, Canada has long been a magnet for India’s resource-constrained working-class population.

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Bringing the Market Back In: The Politics of the Markets for Total Defence in Sweden and Finland
The presentation brings together a new research project on the role of firms in societal security and previous conceptual/empirical work on the politics of defence markets. The project focuses on the role of business in shaping, governing and creating societal security, particularly within ‘total’ or ‘comprehensive’ defence models.

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Blog - Modern Warfare Is Changing – and So Is the Concept of Militarism
Global military spending has reached record highs, but the more consequential story is how militarism has spread beyond the battlefield into technology, finance, and everyday political life. Military spending around the world is climbing faster than it has since the Cold War. According to SIPRI, a Stockholm-based think tank, in 2025, countries spent a record $2.88 trillion on their militaries – a number that will only climb in the coming years.

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CIPS Best Blog Award 2026: Public Voting Now Open
It’s time to vote for the winner of the CIPS Best Blog Award! The CIPS Best Blog Award is designed to recognize the best blog written by the CIPS community during the previous academic year. This is the seventh year that we will be giving out the award. The 2026 award will go to a blog that was written between June 2025 and May 2026. Voting is now open and will remain open until Wednesday, September 23rd.

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It’s time to vote for the winner of the CIPS Best Blog Award! The CIPS Best Blog Award is designed to recognize the best blog written by the CIPS community during the previous academic year. This is the seventh year that we will be giving out the award. Please cast your vote here The 2026

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