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Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa http://www.cips-cepi.ca/ Centre d’études en politiques internationales, Université d'Ottawa http://cepi.uottawa.ca

2022-09-06

The Future Of The Canadian Foreign Service

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 be adapted to the needs of the Canadian diplomatic service as part of a future reform agenda, perhaps in response to the findings of the Senate or of Minister Joly’s Future of Diplomacy initiative. Read the full report here: https://www.cips-cepi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Competitive-Expertise-and-Future-Diplomacy-published-version.pdf Read a summary blog here: https://www.cips-cepi.ca/2022/09/06/the-future-of-the-canadian-foreign-service/ View a short video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA7f1QpHdp0&feature=emb_logo Erratum: in the podcast, we accidentally give the date for the last time a Global Affairs Deputy Minister as 2003. The correct date is 2010.

22 min
2022-01-16

On ‘Critical’ Scholarship in Intelligence and Surveillance Studies

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 and International Affairs (GSPIA-ÉSAPI), University of Ottawa. Research interests in international politics, foreign & defence policy, and the Yugoslav region. Co-Coordonnateur du Réseau en théorie internationale du Centre d’études en politiques internationales (CÉPI-CIPS). David Murakami Wood is the Director of the Surveillance Studies Centre, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, and most importantly the Incoming Professor of Critical Surveillance and Security Studies in the Dept of Criminology at uOttawa. He’s also Co-editor-in-Chief at the international, interdisciplinary, open access, peer-reviewed journal of Surveillance & Society. Hager Ben Jaffel is the CIPS Research Associate for 2021-2022. She holds a PhD in International Relations from King’s College London and specializes in the sociology of intelligence with a focus on police forces and Europe. Her first monograph Anglo-European Intelligence Cooperation: Britain in Europe, Europe in Britain (Routledge, 2019) explores Britain’s intelligence relations with Europe, by investigating the lived experiences of police personnel involved in counter-terrorism in European countries and EU internal security agencies.

27 min
2021-04-22

The Question of Englishness

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 Wellings (https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/ben-wellings) Check out: “Englishness: The Political Force Transforming Britain” - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/englishness-9780198870784?cc=ca&lang=en&

44 min
2020-10-28

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

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 project focuses on how to combat the varieties of harmful content online, including terrorist propaganda, hate speech, and disinformation. Isaac Taylor is an Associate Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Stockholm University. Isaac's research interests are in moral and political philosophy, and particularly focus on how governments can pursue the security of their populations both effectively and ethically. His book, The Ethics of Counterterrorism (New York: Routledge, 2018), looked at what moral principles should guide state actors in their efforts to prevent terrorism. The podcast is moderated by Wesley Walk, who is a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Wesley writes and comments extensively for the Canadian and international media on issues relating to intelligence, national security and terrorism. Learn more about our speakers: Patti Tamara Lenard https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/988/profile Wesley Walk https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/biography/wesley_wark Jeffery Howard https://www.ucl.ac.uk/political-science/people/dr-jeffrey-howard Issac Taylor https://www.su.se/english/profiles/izta7912-1.513533

1h 2m
2020-10-21

CIPS US Election Special Series Episode 6 - The Middle East

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 shifts the spotlight away from Canada to ask what’s at stake in the US elections for other regions of the world and for international cooperation more generally? In the sixth and final episode, Thomas Juneau asks what’s at stake for the Middle East in the forthcoming elections. His guests are Farea al-Muslimi and Dina Esfandiary, who together provide a thought-provoking and comprehensive analysis of the region’s past, present and future relationship with the US. For more information on our host and guests: Thomas Juneau: https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/1028 Farea al-Muslimi: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/farea-al-muslimi Dina Esfandiary: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwizz6Cr77bsAhUMWs0KHTnPDaoQFjABegQIBRAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.belfercenter.org%2Fperson%2Fdina-esfandiary&usg=AOvVaw1RqJU3-gLo0K5FDN9bi_4y

28 min
2020-10-20

CIPS US Election Special Series Episode 5 - NATO

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 shifts the spotlight away from Canada to ask what’s at stake in the US elections for other regions of the world and for international cooperation more generally? In this episode CIPS’ In the fifth episode, Alexandra Gheciu is joined by Rebecca Adler-Nissen and James Sperling to discuss the impact of the Trump Presidency on the EU and NATO, and to ask what the future holds for these two organizations depending on who becomes the 46th President of the United States. For more information on our host and guests: Alexandra Gheciu: https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/806/profile Rebecca Adler-Nissen https://images.ku.dk/people/rebecca/ James Sperling https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Sperling/amp

27 min
2020-10-19

CIPS US Election Special Series: Episode 4 - Asia

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 shifts the spotlight away from Canada to ask what’s at stake in the US elections for other regions of the world and for international cooperation more generally? In this episode CIPS’ Christopher W. Bishop talks to Shan Huang and Tosh Minohara on the topic of US policy towards and relations in Asia. For more information on our host and guests: Shan Huang is Deputy Managing Editor of Caixin Media, China's leading business and financial news service, where he oversees all international reporting. He has also served as a visiting fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, and a senior research associate at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He received his B.A. from Peking University, and holds an M.A. in political science from the University of Notre Dame. Tosh Minohara is Professor of US-Japan Relations at the Graduate School of Law and Politics, Kobe University where he also holds a joint appointment with the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies. He received his B.A. from University of California at Davis, and holds a Ph.D. from Kobe University. He also is the founder and chairman of the Research Institute of Indo-Pacific Affairs (RIIPA). In addition, he is a senior advisor to the consulting firm KREAB. He has been a visiting professor to many universities, of which the most recent has been to Jagiellonian University, Poland. Christopher W. Bishop is Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in Canada and a research associate at the University of Ottawa Centre for International Policy Studies. A career U.S. Foreign Service Officer, he is currently on a leave of absence from the Department of State. He previously served at posts in China, Japan, and Taiwan, as well as in Washington, where he was Special Assistant to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and later Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton.

31 min
2020-10-17

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

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 shifts the spotlight away from Canad a to ask what’s at stake in the US elections for other regions of the world and for international cooperation more generally? In this episode CIPS’ Michael Williams speaks with Dr Michelle Bentley (Royal Holloway, UK) and Prof Brendon O’Connor (University of Sydney, Australia) on the topic of the US’ ‘Special Relationship’ with both countries. For more information on our host and guests: Prof Michael Williams: https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/959 Dr Michelle Bentley: https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/michelle-bentley(7cf349f5-bb36-46e8-8810-fa792348242c).html Prof Brendon O’Connor: http://www.ussc.edu.au/people/brendon-oconnor

28 min
2020-10-16

CIPS US Election Special Series: Episode 2 - Africa

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 shifts the spotlight away from Canada to ask what’s at stake in the US elections for other regions of the world and for international cooperation more generally? In this episode CIPS’ Prof. Rita Abrahamsen hosts Prof Gilbert M Khadiagala (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) and Dr Comfort Ero (International Crisis Group) For more information on our host and guests please see the following: Prof Rita Abrahamsen: https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/996/profile Prof Gilbert Khadiagala: https://www.news.uct.ac.za/features/uct-africa-month/-article/2020-05-21-professor-gilbert-m-khadiagala Dr Comfort Ero: https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/people/comfort-ero

33 min
2020-10-15

CIPS US Election Special Series: Episode 1 - The Environment

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 shifts the spotlight away from Canada to ask what’s at stake in the US elections for other regions of the world and for international cooperation more generally? In this episode CIPS’ Dr. Ryan M. Katz-Rosene, hosts a discussion on the environment with Dr. Jessica Green (University of Toronto) and Dr. Matto Mildenberger (University of California Santa Barbara) Find more details about our host and guests here: Dr. Ryan M. Katz-Rosene: http://ryankatzrosene.ca/ Dr. Jessica Green: https://green.faculty.politics.utoronto.ca Dr. Matto Mildenberger: https://www.mattomildenberger.com/ you can also find Matt’s book here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/carbon-captured

36 min
2020-04-09

Jacqueline Best and Randall Germain | Political Economy in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic

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 Labour Organisation, the pandemic is expected to wipe out the equivalent of nearly 200 million jobs worldwide as more than 4/5 of workers around the world are now in countries affected by some measure of lockdown. Workers in the informal sector - nearly 2/3 of the world’s labour force- are hardest hit and require income support just to survive. By the end of March nearly 1 million Canadians applied for Employment Insurance in one week - representing nearly 5% of the workforce and a new record. Similarly, record-breaking job losses are a reality across all five continents, while governments spend - or are promising to spend - truly eyewatering amounts of cash in an attempt to stop the bottom entirely falling out of our national and world economies. To try and get a grip on what this means in this podcast, CIPS’ blog editor, Philip Leech-Ngo, talks to two of the foremost experts in Canada’s political economy, CIPS’ own professor Jacqueline Best and Carleton University’s professor Randall Germain.

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Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa http://www.cips-cepi.ca/ Centre d’études en politiques internationales, Université d'Ottawa http://cepi.uottawa.ca

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