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The North American Long Game: Data and Strategies from New Research for a New Approach to a New Relationship
Beyond tariff threats, negotiations for an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, and U.S. midterm elections, Canadians now recognize that these immediate issues are part of long-term, generational change in the U.S. The challenge for policymakers is how Canada balances responding to immediate challenges with preparing to confront ongoing, shifting challenges that will span years, not news cycles.

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Policy Brief - How Optimists Triumph and Change Happens
On October 1st, Robin Collins gave a keynote lecture titled "How Optimists Triumph and Change Happens". His remarks have been turned into a CIPS Policy Brief. He reflects on distinctive responses to three global problems: pandemics such as we experienced with COVID19; imminent climate-induced tipping points that are barreling towards us at a dangerous clip; and nuclear weapons/nuclear war. At the end he refers to some theory about How Change Happens, what some obstacles are, and why we can remain optimistic.

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Blog - Space Security: A Real Three Body Problem
Some of you may be familiar with the popular Netflix series entitled the Three Body Problem which is described on the company’s site as a “Mind-bending, Cerebral, Sci-Fi Mystery”. It is based on a trilogy by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. I can attest to the enchanting weirdness of the tale which revolves around a core problem in orbital mechanics, namely that it is much more difficult to calculate the gravitational interaction among three celestial bodies compared to only two.

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Blog - Japan and Canada Must Lead a New Coalition of Middle Powers
The international order is undergoing a fundamental transformation. The United States is increasingly reluctant to bear the costs of global leadership, while China has little interest in assuming the responsibilities traditionally associated with hegemony. Rather than witnessing a straightforward transition from American to Chinese leadership, the world is entering an era in which no major power is willing to sustain the international order as a whole.

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- October 26, 2026
The international order is undergoing a fundamental transformation. The United States is increasingly reluctant to bear the costs of global leadership, while China has little interest in assuming the responsibilities traditionally associated with hegemony. Rather than witnessing a straightforward transition from American to Chinese leadership, the world is entering an era in which no major

By Kazuto Suzuki
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