Reading Time: 7 minutes (Disponible en français : Sécurité dans la péninsule coréenne : 70 ans après le début de la guerre de Corée) Note: This publication was updated in July, 2021: Security on the Korean Peninsula: Canada’s Role In June 1950, North Korean forces invaded… Read More ›
International affairs and defence
Executive Summary – Defence Procurement Organizations Worldwide: A Comparison
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Disponible en français : Résumé — Les organismes d’approvisionnement en matière de défense dans le monde : comparaison) In Canada, defence procurement is a complex process involving several federal departments and agencies, notably the Department of National Defence; Public Services… Read More ›
The Role of Non-Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Le rôle des membres non permanents du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU) In June 2020, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly will elect 5 non-permanent members to the UN Security Council for the 2021-2022 two-year term…. Read More ›
International Institutions, Cooperation and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Reading Time: 4 minutes 1 May 2020, 10:20 a.m. (Disponible en français : Les organismes internationaux, la coopération et la pandémie de COVID‑19) The COVID-19 pandemic has mobilized international institutions established by sovereign states to facilitate cooperation in the face of a global crisis… Read More ›
Executive Summary – The World Trade Organization: Selected Challenges and Canada’s Priorities
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Disponible en français : Résumé – Organisation mondiale du commerce : Défis choisis et priorités du Canada) The World Trade Organization (WTO) is currently facing challenges relating to its executive, legislative, monitoring and adjudicative functions. As a founding member of… Read More ›
Executive Summary – Sanctions: The Canadian and International Architecture
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Disponible en français : Résumé – Sanctions : l’architecture canadienne et internationale) Sanctions are measures implemented by governments to restrict or prohibit certain types of interactions with a foreign state, individual or entity. Governments impose sanctions in pursuit of foreign… Read More ›
Resilience and Strain: Canada–U.S. Relations in 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Résilience et tensions : les relations entre le Canada et les États-Unis en 2020) In an address to the Canadian Parliament on 11 June 1947, U.S. President Harry Truman observed that the U.S. and Canada had… Read More ›
Iraq Within a Regional Struggle for Power
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : L’Iraq au cœur d’une lutte régionale pour le pouvoir) This HillNote examines Iraq’s situation from a regional vantage point, and is a companion to Iraq after ISIS and Canada’s Military Role in Iraq. While global attention… Read More ›
Canada’s Military Role in Iraq
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Le rôle militaire du Canada en Iraq) Source: Canadian Forces Combat Camera On 11 July 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the Canadian Armed Forces would be assuming the leadership of a North Atlantic Treaty… Read More ›
Iraq after ISIS
Reading Time: 7 minutes (Disponible en français : L’Iraq après l’État islamique) In December 2017, Iraq’s government declared that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State/Da’esh) had been defeated within Iraq. At its height in 2014–2015, the so-called caliphate covered one… Read More ›