Reading Time: 5 minutes(Disponible en français : Les Nations Unies, 75 ans plus tard : « imparfaites, mais indispensables »?) At a 21 September 2020 high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the United Nations’ (UN’s) member states adopted a declaration… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Reading Time: 6 minutes(Disponible en français : Le Canada et l’OTAN – 70 ans de participation) In spring 1949, the Government of Canada ratified the North Atlantic Treaty, becoming one of the 12 founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). A political, military… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6 minutes(Disponible en français : Le contexte international de la protection des réfugiés) More people than ever before have been displaced from their homes around the world as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations. The United… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes(Disponible en français : Le Parlement et la Première Guerre mondiale – 3. L’embourbement) This is the third in a series of three articles. No peace in sight By the time Parliament was prorogued on 15 April 1915, about 33,000 Canadian… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes(Disponible en français : Le Parlement et la Première Guerre mondiale – 2. L’enthousiasme des débuts) This is the second in a series of three articles. Canada at war From the moment Great Britain declared war on 4 August 1914,… Read More ›