Dragon Slayer: The Partial Foreign Policy of Erin O’Toole’s Conservative Party

Arjun Singh, Asia-Pacific, Canada, China, Rights, Security, Security, Trade and the Economy, Society, Trade October 13, 2020 Arjun Singh

Upon Erin O’Toole’s election to lead Canada’s Conservatives, Arjun Singh examines the party’s foreign policy platform.

Coffee Talk: Immigration and Displacement

Emerson Murray, Fadi Dawood, Human Rights, International Relations, Jordan, Layla Wahbi, NGOs, Refugee, Rights, Security, Society, Society, Culture, and Security, Terrorism, Turkey, United Kingdom August 17, 2016 Michael Lumbers

Fadi Dawood, Michael Lumbers, Emmerson Murray, and Layla Wahbi discuss the latest in immigration politics.

The Right Will Not Be Left Behind

Culture, Development, Diplomatic Relations, Germany, Human Rights, Immigration, International Law & Policy, ISIS, Islamic State, Italy, migration, Refugee, Rights, Security, Society, Society, Culture, and Security, Syria, Terrorism, Vedran Kuljanin March 23, 2016 Vedran Kuljanin

Vedran Kuljanin discusses the rise of far-right political parties in Europe and the real world effects their policies have brought.

Refugee Sponsorship: A Community in Crisis

Canada, Canada's NATO, Culture, Fadi Dawood, Health, Immigration, Iraq, Islamic State, Jordan, NATO, NGOs, Refugee, Rights, Society, Culture, and Security, Syria, The Middle East and North Africa March 21, 2016 Fadi Dawood

This is the summary of an interview about community based refugee sponsorship in Toronto.

The Arab Spring: What have we learned?

4. Programs, Canada's NATO, Culture, Egypt, Human Rights, Matthew Rae, NATO, Peace & Security, Rights, Security, Society, The Middle East and North Africa February 12, 2016 Matthew Rae

On February 11, 2011 the Arab world experienced a seismic political event, the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. This event could be compared to the fall of Prince Metternich on March 13, 1848. Both were largely symbolic events of a larger revolutionary wave sweeping across their respective regions. As the international experts and leaders market the […]

The Yazidis: Iraq’s Forgotten Victims

4. Programs, Canada's NATO, Culture, Fadi Dawood, Human Rights, Immigration, International Relations, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Kurds, migration, NATO, NGOs, Refugee, Rights, Security, Society, Terrorism, The Middle East and North Africa February 11, 2016 Fadi Dawood

This is the third article in the series focusing on the current refugee crisis in the Middle East. Focusing on the Yazidi community of Sinjar is very important in our task to better understand how these communities have been affected by the recent atrocities committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against […]

Modern Assyrians: The Story of Genocide, Political Integration, and Displacement

Canada's NATO, Culture, Development, Fadi Dawood, Immigration, Iraq, Ottoman, Refugee, Rights, Syria, The Middle East and North Africa January 27, 2016 Fadi Dawood

This is the first part of a series of articles and interviews on the current refugee crisis by Fadi Dawood.

Protection in times of Armed Conflict, Part I

Human Rights, Nancy Kanwal, NGOs, Refugee, Rights, Women, Women in Security December 16, 2015 Nancy Kanwal

Armed conflict exposes civilians to heightened sexual and gender based violence. Nancy explores how different actors define protection and why protection is necessary in times of armed conflict.