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Sunday, November 3, 2013
The history of Niger has been characterized by intermittent ethnic conflicts due to the marginalization of its ethnic minorities. Combined with rampant underdevelopment, poverty, and socio-political marginalization, the ethnic dimension has contributed to the outbreak of violent conflict that has surfaced during the post-independence transitional... More
In the midst of the Syrian civil war, Lebanon has been faced with a humanitarian crisis, economic instability, and sectarian violence. 2013 Lebanon Conflict Diagnostic 2013 Lebanon Conflict Diagnostic... More
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
The Democracy and Governance Processes Project aims to contribute to a better understanding of democratic processes in a selected number of countries, thereby providing support to decision-makers engaged in Canadian foreign policy and development. In this way, the project aims to support informed, evidence-based decision making for Canadian... More
Measuring Haiti's... More
Monday, September 30, 2013
In the last several decades of conflict in neighbouring countries Sudan, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the international community has largely overlooked the impoverished and oppressive conditions plaguing the Central African Republic (CAR). Central African Republic at... More
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Thestar.com columnist Natalie Brender recently argued that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka this November is because of that country’s deteriorating human rights and governance record. Harper’s purpose, she claims, is “to convey principled condemnation of... More
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
This introductory, 2–day, training workshop has been developed for policy and risk professionals working in Government, NonGovernment and Corporate institutions that are seeking to engage, deploy or embark upon business in a state or region of the world where civil-society has collapsed or is under threat from political and economic upheaval.... More
Justin Trudeau’s comments on the “root causes” of terrorism have sparked considerable debate in the media. The discussion has focused on narrow political point-scoring at the expense of deeper understanding of the issues at stake. Finding ‘root causes’ of terrorism is the core of Canadian policy - The Globe and... More
Saturday, April 20, 2013
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the benefits expected to come from folding Canada’s development agency, CIDA, under the wing of Foreign Affairs. The new entity will be home to development, trade and foreign policy and likely will be called DFATD. Many pundits see the change as positive, anticipating gains in... More
Diaspora politics can become a double-edged sword if left in the hands of politicians. As evidence, look no further than the new Office of Religious Freedom — a policy outcome one might expect when parties curry favour with particular ethnic constituencies. A better way of doing diaspora politics... More
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
The so-called New Deal for international engagement in fragile states is intended to be an innovative model of partnership between fragile and conflict-affected countries and their development partners from the Development Assistance Committee at the OECD The New Deal’s fragility... More
Saturday, February 23, 2013
The appointment of Andrew Bennett, an obscure bureaucrat turned academic from a small religious school in Ottawa, to lead the Office of Religious Freedom in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) is part of the Conservative government’s one-two punch to capture the ethnic-minority vote. Freedom from... More
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