Rethinking Gender-Based Violence in a Post-Pandemic World
TW/CW: gender-based violence; domestic violence As the impacts of COVID-19 continue to expand throughout the world, the gendered…
Early Warning and COVID19: Bridging the Gap between Analysis and Response
Over the course of four months in 1994, 850,000 people were systematically butchered during the Rwanda genocide. A…
With Freeland Gone, Can Trudeau Take Back Canada’s Foreign Policy?
It is no coincidence that on the same day Canada voted in favour of a UN resolution condemning…
The Middle East and ‘Game of Thrones’
**Spoilers for both the books and the TV Series ahead (but, who are we kidding? You’ve already binge-watched…
Politics and Humility: Training Tomorrow’s Peace Leaders
In July 2015, the Washington-based International Peace and Security Institute held its third Hague Symposium on Post-Conflict Transitions…
Is a World Without Nuclear Weapons Possible?
A world without nuclear weapons is a conceptually desired utopia. Nuclear zero, a scenario in which all nuclear…
Sexual and Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Emergencies
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, where the…
Preventing Conflict: From Macedonia to Crimea and Back Again
What do Macedonia in 1992, Kosovo in 1999, Afghanistan in 2001, Iraq in 2003, Libya in 2011 and…
Questions Raised over Canadian Reversal on United Nations Arms Trade Treaty
More than a few eye-brows were raised by the Canadian government’s recent decision last month not to sign…