Publications

This paper looks at the inroads the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has made in adjusting to the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis, particularly when it comes to honing a more comprehensive approach to the problem. The text’s author particularly focuses on Operation EUNAVFOR MED...chevron_right

This paper examines the ongoing debate over whether cyberspace will continue to expand within a universal framework or fragment into disjointed geographically-based borders. The text’s author further analyzes the evolving role of traditional governance in a global technological system that...chevron_right

This paper analyzes Canada’s position as a frontrunner in investor-state arbitration practices (ISA), with a particular emphasis on Ottawa’s attempts to maintain a ‘regulatory space’ for governments while also protecting foreign investors. Striking a balance...chevron_right

Given that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are responsible for up to 60 percent of total carbon emissions, this paper analyzes the roles they can play as innovators and facilitators in the fight against climate change. The text’s author acknowledges...chevron_right

This paper examines how different nations – i.e., South Africa, France, the United Kingdom and Canada – share sustainability and climate change risk data. The text’s motive is to identify a range of disclosure approaches that will then help...chevron_right

In this publication, Benoit Hardy-Chartrand takes stock of recent developments in Sino-Japanese relations, including how government officials, the media and others have contributed to the mutually negative perceptions both countries have of each other. One particular problem is that each side has systematically overestimated the threat posed by the other, which has led to pernicious consequences for bilateral relations and regional stability.chevron_right

This brief features the text of a speech given by Olympic Committee member Dick Pound on the transnational system that’s been developed to deal with doping in sports, including the testing and dispute resolution mechanisms that have been put in place. Pound also discusses...chevron_right

This transcript features the observations of Fu Ying, who is the Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the National People’s Congress of China. She particularly focuses on 1) how her country views the contemporary international order and its role within it; 2) Beijing’s foreign policy priorities, including its approach to resolving regional tensions with its neighbors; and 3) China’s relations with the US.chevron_right

In this transcript, Raila Odinga, who is the leader of the Orange Democratic Movement Party and former Prime Minister of Kenya, focuses on 1) the country’s experiences with democracy, and 2) how nations across Africa are evolving...chevron_right

In this transcript, the Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Liu Xiaoming, discusses the results of the arbitration case that pitted the territorial claims of China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. (The ruling was announced in July 2016.) Basically, Xiaoming 1) outlines why China insists on...chevron_right

This transcript, which features Sir John Holmes, the Director of the Ditchley Foundation, focuses on the relationship between Britain and the EU following the Brexit vote. Holmes specifically argues that...chevron_right

This edition of ACLED's Conflict Trends report focuses on 1) a decrease in overall violence levels in the Central African Republic, but a rise in clashes between nomadic herders and settled populations in the country’s northwest; 2) reform-minded protests against the…chevron_right

This report looks at the multiple conflicts that are currently active in South Sudan. More specifically, it explores 1) the “geography of violence” in the country and its agents; 2) the pro forma commitment of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) to the August 2015 peace agreement; and 3) the increasing number of attacks occurring across Juba.chevron_right

This paper grapples with a basic question: if the aid programs in Rwanda were designed to build formal democratic institutions while the ones in Burundi focused more on fostering informal democratic norms, which approach was been most effective? The answer, at least in this case, is that building norms was the most effective approach.chevron_right

The lead article in this issue of the Sentinel discusses how the competition between the so-called Islamic State (IS) and al-Qa`ida has evolved from a “destructive” phase, where they clashed with each other in Syria during 2014, to an “escalating” phase that has resulted in a surge of worldwide attacks. The issue also contains four other articles on...chevron_right