Posts – Rideau Institute

Climate and the UN, saving UNRWA, new Ukraine update

September 17, 2023

Against the backdrop of terrible climate calamities, we examine a big win for the UN and multilateralism in protecting our oceans. We also look at how Canada can help save the agency responsible for Palestinian refugees. Finally our new Ukraine Update examines old and new paths to war termination.

Foreign interference inquiry, sanctions and peacemaking, and an important Ukraine update

September 10, 2023

We turn again to Wesley Wark – this time for his take on the just announced public inquiry into foreign interference; we assess recent Ukraine developments that make a diplomatic strategy more urgent than ever and we consider a new Crisis Group report on sanctions reform and peacemaking.

Ukraine diplomacy, the nuclear testing taboo, Canada and Saudi arms exports and more

September 3, 2023

Modest but important steps in the direction of diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine; strengthening the nuclear testing taboo, and disturbing new reasons why Canada should end its arms exports to Saudi Arabia are some of our topics in this week’s blog post.

Reality sets in on Ukraine, a deep dive into Israel and international law, Ottawa lantern ceremony and more!

August 27, 2023

Ukraine’s flagging counteroffensive, the world court and Israel’s long occupation of Palestine, new research on managing nuclear risks, some good news on AI and on the environment – these are some of the issues we discuss in today’s end-of-August blog post.