Best CIPS – uOttawa – CEPI Podcasts (2025)

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The Future Of The Canadian Foreign Service 22:07

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CIPS Director Rita Abrahamsen is joined by career diplomats Kerry Buck and Ulric Shannon (also a CIPS Research Fellow) to discuss his new report, "Competitive Expertise and Future Diplomacy: Subject-Matter Specialization in Generalist Foreign Ministries", which highlights the best practices that other foreign ministries have developed, which could …

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On ‘Critical’ Scholarship in Intelligence and Surveillance Studies 27:25

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The term ‘Critical’ is seemingly ubiquitous in the academic research in international relations and related fields. In this episode of CIPS POD, host Srdjan Vucetic and guests, David Murakami Wood Hager and Ben Jaffel discuss what ‘critical’ means to them in the context of intelligence studies.Srdjan Vucetic teaches at the Graduate School of Public…

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The Question of Englishness 44:28

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Photo by Kirill Sharkovski on Unsplash (CC)Intro music: “England” by Pictures of the Floating World (CC)Host:Prof. Srdjan Vucetic (https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/1025)Guests: Prof. Ailsa Henderson (https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/ailsa-henderson)Prof. Richard Wyn Jones (https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/330709-wyn-jones-richard)Dr. Ben Wellin…

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CIPSPOD Presents: The Ethics Of Counter Terrorism By Patti Tamara Lenard - A Book Launch 1:02:04

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In this podcast, Jeffery Howard and Issac Taylor join Patti Tamara Lenard in considering the ethical questions that are raised by the pursuit of counter-terrorism policies in democratic states. Jeff is an associate professor of political theory at University College London, and is currently on a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship. His current pro…

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CIPS US Election Special Series Episode 6 - The Middle East 28:27

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With the US as an all-powerful neighbour and main trading partner, Canadian analyses of the US elections are naturally focused on what’s at stake for Canada and Canadians. But the November 2020 elections are also eagerly watched in other parts of the world, where the outcome could have important implications. With this series of podcasts, CIPS shif…

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CIPS US Election Special Series Episode 5 - NATO 26:50

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With the US as an all-powerful neighbour and main trading partner, Canadian analyses of the US elections are naturally focused on what’s at stake for Canada and Canadians. But the November 2020 elections are also eagerly watched in other parts of the world, where the outcome could have important implications. With this series of podcasts, CIPS shif…

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CIPS US Election Special Series: Episode 4 - Asia 30:39

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With the US as an all-powerful neighbour and main trading partner, Canadian analyses of the US elections are naturally focused on what’s at stake for Canada and Canadians. But the November 2020 elections are also eagerly watched in other parts of the world, where the outcome could have important implications. With this series of podcasts, CIPS shif…

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CIPS US Election Special Series: Episode 3 - The Special Relationship 28:14

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With the US as an all-powerful neighbour and main trading partner, Canadian analyses of the US elections are naturally focused on what’s at stake for Canada and Canadians. But the November 2020 elections are also eagerly watched in other parts of the world, where the outcome could have important implications. With this series of podcasts, CIPS shif…

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CIPS US Election Special Series: Episode 2 - Africa 32:50

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With the US as an all-powerful neighbour and main trading partner, Canadian analyses of the US elections are naturally focused on what’s at stake for Canada and Canadians. But the November 2020 elections are also eagerly watched in other parts of the world, where the outcome could have important implications. With this series of podcasts, CIPS shif…

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CIPS US Election Special Series: Episode 1 - The Environment 35:52

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With the US as an all-powerful neighbour and main trading partner, Canadian analyses of the US elections are naturally focused on what’s at stake for Canada and Canadians. But the November 2020 elections are also eagerly watched in other parts of the world, where the outcome could have important implications. With this series of podcasts, CIPS shif…

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Jacqueline Best and Randall Germain | Political Economy in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic 1:17:01

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The COVID-19 pandemic has radically and rapidly transformed our lives. It’s killed tens of thousands around the world, while the number of confirmed infections is in the millions. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has confirmed that all major economies have now entered a recession. Further, according to the International Lab…

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Virginia Eubanks | Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor 1:05:24

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Virginia Eubanks, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY, discusses her new book. Since the dawn of the digital age, decision-making in finance, employment, politics, health and human services has undergone revolutionary change. Today, automated systems—rather than humans—control which neighborhoods get policed, …

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Bruce Jentleson | The Peacemakers: Leadership Lessons from Twentieth-Century Statesmanship 35:15

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Professor of public policy at Duke University and author of "The Peacemakers: Leadership Lessons from Twentieth-Century Statesmanship", Bruce W. Jentleson discusses his new book which presents thirteen profiles in statesmanship that reveal how transformative leaders, at pivotal moments in history, reshaped the modern world. At a time when peace see…

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The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres 49:53

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The Killing Season examines one of the largest and swiftest instances of mass killing and incarceration in the twentieth century—the shocking anti-leftist purge that gripped Indonesia in 1965–66, leaving some five hundred thousand people dead and more than a million others in detention. Challenging conventional narratives, the book argues that the …

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The Authority Trap 40:45

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Wendy Wong discusses her book, "The Authority Trap," with Oskar Thoms.By CIPS - uOttawa - CÉPI

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Re “image” ining Indigenous Gang Involvement in Canada, Australia and New Zealand 1:29:06

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This talk focuses on Robert Henry’s research with Indigenous men and women who were involved in street gangs. Through modified photovoice methods, Robert examines the ways in which Indigenous men and women engage in street lifestyles, where the street gang becomes a site of survivance challenging settler colonialism. Linkages between Canada, Aotear…

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Kevin McMillan | Book Launch: The Constitution of Social Practices 40:34

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This book contends that practices are perhaps the most fundamental building-block of social reality. What then would social scientists’ research look like if they took this insight seriously? The book argues that to be effective, social-scientific inquiry requires the detailed empirical study of human practices. At the same time, it makes a case fo…

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Interview with Garnett Genuis, MP for Sherwood Park- Fort Saskatchewan 28:02

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Interview with Human Rights advocate and rookie MP Garnett GenuisBy CIPS - uOttawa - CÉPI

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Conversation between Julian Go & Kevin McMillan 39:00

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Conversation between Julian Go from Boston University & Kevin McMillan from the University of Ottawa.By CIPS - uOttawa - CÉPI

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Samer Abboud | What Does Critical Security Studies Have To Offer The Arab World 54:29

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The Arab World is currently undergoing rapid changes wrought by the ongoing Arab uprisings and the proliferation of violence and insecurity therein. For most researchers in/of the region, approaches in traditional security studies are insufficient and problematic in a context in which multiple and diverse forms of insecurity are present and expandi…

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Debbie Lisle | Reflections on Researching Border Security Technologies 54:30

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This paper reflects on two funded research projects examining how science and ethics shape the development and deployment of border security technologies in the EU. It examines the different phases of research, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of border security technologies in order to see how different practitioners (e.g. computer…

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Nicholas Coghlan | South Sudan Today 2:00:32

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Despite the signature of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan in 2015, the humanitarian and economic situation on the ground remains dire. What is the state of peace implementation today? How is the economic crisis affecting the people? What are the prospects for justice and reconciliation in that context?Nicholas Coghlan …

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César Torres and Kimberly Inksater | Building Peace with Justice in Colombia 1:43:54

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After almost 60 years of war, Colombia may be on the verge of peace. On November 2012, the Colombian Government and the guerrilla group FARC (Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia) began formal peace talks. The parties have advanced in four of the five main points on the agenda and have set for themselves a deadline of 23 March 2016 to reach a fin…

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Charles Lister | The Syrian Jihad 58:54

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Charles Lister is a Fellow at the Middle East Institute, where he focuses on terrorism, insurgency and sub-state security threats across the Middle East. He is also a Senior Consultant to The Shaikh Group’s Syria Track II Initiative, within which he has managed over two years of face-to-face engagement with the leaderships of over 100 Syrian armed …

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Maya Eichler | Seeing Gender in Private Security 36:44

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The increasing reliance on private military and security companies in contemporary conflict and peacekeeping raises a host of new issues for feminist scholars and activists. In recent years, a new set of critical gender scholarship has emerged that examines gender as a central aspect of security privatization. In parallel, the private security indu…

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Susan Spronk and Melisa Handl | Conditional Cash Transfers and Female Empowerment 35:35

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Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are one of the most important trends in contemporary social policy in countries in the South, having become the standard model for delivery of social services. CCTs have been praised by their promoters due to the low cost of delivery, their relatively high impact on reducing inequality, and their positive effects o…

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Eric Grynaviski | Pig and Papists: On the Informal Origins of American Imperialism 37:59

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Traditional theories about the origins of imperialism focus on political elites, either in the metropole or the periphery, asking whose interests drive imperial rule. Through an exploration of American Empire in the Pacific, this paper argues that imperialism may be reflective of the agents who navigate between societies rather than those with infl…

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Eleonara Mattiacci | Turbulent Times: Volatility in Foreign Policy 40:48

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Under what conditions do states shift inconsistently between acts of cooperation and conflict that is, engage in volatile foreign policy behavior? Even fierce rivals such as India and Pakistan often alternate inconsistently between military clashes and bilateral trade or security agreements. Yet IR studies often overlook volatility in foreign polic…

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On the Road to Afghanada: Militarisation and Popular Culture in Canada 1:06:49

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The Global War on Terror launched in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the United States has had a series of perverse effects. At its most egregious, it has licensed the return of torture and political assassination (now known as ‘targeted killing’), as well as the widespread degradation of personal privacy. Closely tied to these effects has bee…

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Richard French | Realism, Pessimism, Tragedy And Hope 45:34

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Richard French is Professor and holder of the CN – Paul M. Tellier Professor of Business and Public Policy at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.Realism is often misunderstood as encouraging a passive or fatalist attitude toward progress in human affairs: pessimism as resignation. An examination of the some of the most penetrat…

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Thomas Juneau | Squandered Opportunity : Iran’s Failed Foreign Policy 54:43

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Thomas Juneau is an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. His research focuses mostly on the Middle East, in particular on Iran, Yemen, Syria and US foreign policy in the region. He is also interested in Canadian foreign and defence policy and in analytical methods. He is the author o…

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Bessma Momani | Arab Dawn 32:16

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Bessma Momani is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and a 2015 fellow at the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.In the West, news about the Middle East is dominated by an e…

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Jean-Frédéric Morin - Les organisations-frontières dans les complexes de régimes 1:08:08

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JEAN-FRÉDÉRIC MORIN, Université Laval. 9 novembre 2015Présenté par le CÉPI et le Réseau en économie politique internationale (RÉPI).Les organisations-frontières dans les complexes de régimes : une analyse des réseaux de l’IPBES:Les complexes de régimes sont des ensembles d’institutions dont les mandats se chevauchent partiellement. Puisque les tens…

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Jerusalem Old City Initiative 1:10:30

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The Initiative aims to find sustainable governance solutions for the Old City of Jerusalem, probably the most sensitive issues in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Our initial efforts identified the needs of stakeholders (symbolic, religious, security, economic, political and social) and posited a set of alternatives to meet them. We concluded that…

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Jean-Pierre Cabestan | China's New Foreign Policy Priorities 1:02:06

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Jean-Pierre Cabestan, ''China's New Foreign Policy Priorities'' Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa, October 7, 2015.Since Xi Jinping came to power in late 2012, China’s foreign and security policy has become more assertive by the day. Aiming to turn China into a global leader and full-fledged naval power, the new Chinese …

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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Canadian and Global Responses 39:02

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PANELISTS:Nadia Abu-Zahra, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of OttawaJamie Liew, Immigration Lawyer and Faculty of Law, University of OttawaMichael Molloy, Part-time Professor, and former Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of OttawaAgnieszka Weinar, Marie Curie Senior Res…

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Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard | Can We Wage War with Post-Positivist Approaches? 1:08:38

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Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard is a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (University of Ottawa). His research enquires the politics of knowledge in and on the Middle-East. His current project investigates the translation of critical ideas in military organizations (Israeli Defense Forces, US Army and Cana…

CIPS – UOttawa – CEPI Podcasts

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The Future Of The Canadian Foreign Service 22:07

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On ‘Critical’ Scholarship in Intelligence and Surveillance Studies 27:25

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The Question of Englishness 44:28

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CIPSPOD Presents: The Ethics Of Counter Terrorism By Patti Tamara Lenard - A Book Launch 1:02:04

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CIPS US Election Special Series Episode 6 - The Middle East 28:27

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CIPS US Election Special Series Episode 5 - NATO 26:50

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CIPS US Election Special Series: Episode 4 - Asia 30:39

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CIPS US Election Special Series: Episode 3 - The Special Relationship 28:14

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CIPS US Election Special Series: Episode 2 - Africa 32:50

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CIPS US Election Special Series: Episode 1 - The Environment 35:52

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Jacqueline Best and Randall Germain | Political Economy in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic 1:17:01

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Virginia Eubanks | Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor 1:05:24

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Bruce Jentleson | The Peacemakers: Leadership Lessons from Twentieth-Century Statesmanship 35:15

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The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres 49:53

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The Authority Trap 40:45

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Re “image” ining Indigenous Gang Involvement in Canada, Australia and New Zealand 1:29:06

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Kevin McMillan | Book Launch: The Constitution of Social Practices 40:34

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Interview with Garnett Genuis, MP for Sherwood Park- Fort Saskatchewan 28:02

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Conversation between Julian Go & Kevin McMillan 39:00

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Samer Abboud | What Does Critical Security Studies Have To Offer The Arab World 54:29

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Debbie Lisle | Reflections on Researching Border Security Technologies 54:30

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Nicholas Coghlan | South Sudan Today 2:00:32

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César Torres and Kimberly Inksater | Building Peace with Justice in Colombia 1:43:54

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Charles Lister | The Syrian Jihad 58:54

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Maya Eichler | Seeing Gender in Private Security 36:44

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Susan Spronk and Melisa Handl | Conditional Cash Transfers and Female Empowerment 35:35

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Eric Grynaviski | Pig and Papists: On the Informal Origins of American Imperialism 37:59

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Eleonara Mattiacci | Turbulent Times: Volatility in Foreign Policy 40:48

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On the Road to Afghanada: Militarisation and Popular Culture in Canada 1:06:49

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Richard French | Realism, Pessimism, Tragedy And Hope 45:34

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Thomas Juneau | Squandered Opportunity : Iran’s Failed Foreign Policy 54:43

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Bessma Momani | Arab Dawn 32:16

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Jean-Frédéric Morin - Les organisations-frontières dans les complexes de régimes 1:08:08

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Jerusalem Old City Initiative 1:10:30

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Jean-Pierre Cabestan | China's New Foreign Policy Priorities 1:02:06

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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Canadian and Global Responses 39:02

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Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard | Can We Wage War with Post-Positivist Approaches? 1:08:38