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The CIGI blogging program provides an opportunity for our experts to regularly publish their ideas, research findings, and analysis on timely matters of global governance. It also offers you with a chance to engage with these thoughts, via comments and social media.

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International banking and the decline of trust

Matthew Arnold is my favourite Victorian poet. And Dover Beach, while somewhat melancholic, is my favourite Arnold poem. The stanza above came to mind reading a recent edition of an ever-thoughtful friend's proprietary newsletter (hat tip: JA), which points to Bank for International Settlements (BIS) data on inter-bank activity following the onset of financial “troubles” in March 2008.

Pakistan in Context

Pakistan is one of the most pivotal states in South Asia and in the world, said T.V. Paul as he kicked off his recent lecture at CIGI....

Is Keystone XL the Tipping Point for Canada-U.S. Tensions?

On the surface, this week’s Three Amigos summit produced nothing but boilerplate. Below the surface, relations are tense. Every major file...

More than brass buttons

In his address, General Lawson outlined the four priorities of the Canadian Armed Forces, starting with what he referred to as the...

Is this time different?

Financial storms raged around the globe late in the month, as capital raced out of countries that, by some accounts, had hitherto been the...

Ibbitson on Canada's transformed foreign policy

At our most recent Signature Lecture, CIGI Senior Fellow John Ibbitson spoke on the past, present and future of Canadian foreign policy....

Adjustment Challenges in the International Economy

Seventy years ago this July, representatives of the Allied and United Nations then engaged in the final year of the Second World War...

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The New Age of Uncertainty Jim Haley discusses challenges facing the global economy and policy options to deal with them. The blog takes its name from John Kenneth Galbraith’s "The Age of Uncertainty," written at a time of considerable doubt over growth and the usefulness of economic theory. We live in such a time.	Wealth and International Politics Bessma Momani examines the institutional workings of global economics, and how governments navigate the difficult task of generating wealth for their populations while also being cooperative political players in the world economy.
Front Row What did you think of this week’s lecture? Did you catch that interview, watch that podcast or read that publication? Post your feedback as communications specialists Kevin Dias and Declan Kelly offer insights on the latest events and upcoming activities at CIGI.	Inside the World Food Economy Jennifer Clapp examines the key actors and forces that influence global food security and agricultural sustainability. With a focus on the interaction of international politics, economics and policy, she unpacks the complex dynamics of the world food economy.
John Ibbitson's Blog John Ibbitson, an award-winning writer and leading political journalist in Canada, explores the foreign policy of Canada’s Conservative government. Currently on leave from The Globe and Mail, John is working on a biography of Stephen Harper, to be published in 2015 by McClelland and Stewart.	Money Mischief Pierre Siklos discusses the challenges facing central banks as they struggle to balance monetary policy and financial stability. Money Mischief is inspired by Milton Friedman's book of the same name, which offers historical examples of what monetary policy can and cannot do.
Outside In Given the value of migrants as development agents, this blog takes a serious look at the development consequences of migration not for the countries that receive this labour, but for the countries that send it, all while exploring the complex networks that link “home” with “away.”	Rethinking Peacebuilding Drawing on ongoing fieldwork from both Haiti and Sierra Leone, this blog pays particular attention to the challenges of integrating top-down and bottom-up peacebuilding efforts, and to the ways in which peacebuilding processes impact, and are impacted by, non-state and community-level actors.
Sharing Local Knowledge Globally As part of the LA21 project, this blog tells the stories of local efforts toward sustainability from around the globe. By highlighting the work of key actors, the importance of sustainability activities at the community scale is showcased.	Tank Treads Fred Kuntz provides an inside look at a global think tank, offering some of the water-cooler chat from The Centre for International Governance Innovation and CIGI Campus, as well as occasional news updates about research projects, conferences and workshops, and staff and fellow appointments.
The Rise of the Fourth World The political activities and aspirations of over 340 million Indigenous peoples challenge global institutions and governments alike. Terry Mitchell and Ken Coates examine the strategic efforts being undertaken in response to the re-emergence of Indigenous rights as a powerful global force.