The week of 4 November 2019 RI President Peggy Mason attended the 2019 Moscow Nonproliferation Conference, the 10th consecutive year it has taken place. Click here for the conference agenda. It was organized by the Center for Energy and Security …
A Canadian foreign policy that practices what it preaches: Part Two
In the lead up to the 2019 federal election, we set out some of the key elements for a foreign policy that practices what it preaches. We looked at Canada’s role in the global arms trade, addressing the nuclear peril, …
Canada needs a world class centre focused on strengthening international peace and security
In an earlier blog post we highlighted one of the Liberal Party’s foreign policy campaign pledges and the conditions under which we would support it. We wrote: Perhaps the most interesting new [Liberal campaign] proposal — and one which could …
A foreign policy worthy of Canadians
Dear Rideau Institute friend, As Canadians go to the polls today (at least the ones who have not already voted in advance polls in record numbers), I wanted to take this opportunity as President of the Rideau Institute to send …
Ottawa panel assesses Justin Trudeau foreign policy
Today’s blog post focuses on comments by RI President Peggy Mason during an important foreign policy panel organized by NPSIA, the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal and iAffairs. Click here for the agenda and speakers. The first discussion centred on …
Some new foreign policy promises from the Trudeau Liberals. Are they credible?
The Liberals released their full election platform this week, including a section entitled Securing Canada’s Place in the World, which includes a range of new commitments related to international peace and security. In this blog post we look at three …
World leaders at upcoming UN General Assembly must heed call for renewed nuclear diplomacy
Dr Angela Kane, former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs; Professor Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Secretary General of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway; Mr Ingvar Carlsson, former Prime Minister of …
A United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS) is long overdue
If we are ever to begin the shift from competitive national security models to sustainable peace and common security, then we must focus on enhancing the UN’s capacity for conflict prevention and peaceful conflict resolution. One mechanism that could make …
A foreign policy that practices what it preaches: Part One
September is upon us and with it is the certainty of a fall federal election, albeit with the start date still unannounced. So it is appropriate that we begin our reflections on the foreign policy record of the Justin Trudeau …
Abba Moses on the Christian vocation
Today in the Orthodox Church we commemorate St. Moses the Ethiopian, also simply known as St. Moses the Black. His life and teachings have enriched the Christian spiritual tradition for more than 1,600 years, and he has something to teach …
Ignoring the invisible
I have been thinking a lot about all of the invisible things around us, important foundational things that we take for granted, but because they don’t immediately manifest themselves to our attention we can forget about them if we are …
Michael Novak and the ‘crisis of capitalism’
Jordan Ballor recently brought to my attention this remarkable passage from Michael Novak’s The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, “Our moral and cultural traditions have not kept pace with our economic possibilities. Continue Reading… Related posts: Samuel Gregg on the legacy …
