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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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Celebrating Canada's Culture of Accommodation

Is Canada the most tolerant place in the world because Canadians are more enlightened than others? The answer is no. Accidents of geography and history account for our blessings.

Empathy Gaps in the South China Sea

At a recent panel hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, I argued that confidence building...

Benoit Hardy-Chartrand

South Korea-Japan relations and the politics of apology and regret

Japan and South Korea should be the most natural of allies. They are both developed economies and espouse liberal democratic ideals. They...

CIGI at CEA (IV): The Tension Between Patience and Pre-emption

Guest blogger CIGI Research Associate Kevin English chronicles a presentation on "the brave new world of monetary policy," from...

The Fight for Free Expression

On June 18, CIGI and the Canadian International Council Waterloo Region Branch presented their seventh annual media panel. “Journalists in...

CIGI at CEA 2014 (III): Is Flexible Inflation Targeting Still Viable?

Guest blogger CIGI Research Associate Kevin English chronicles CIGI's panel at the 2014 Canadian Economics Association's annual...

Wall Street Radicals and Climate Change Tipping Points

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and past CEO of Goldman Sachs (that well-known bastion of radical thought) Henry Paulson wrote a commentary...

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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.
Asia-Pacific Security CIGI’s Confidence, Trust and Empathy in Asia-Pacific Security project team—David Welch, James Manicom and Benoit Hardy-Chartrand—discuss issues and events that threaten regional stability in the Asia Pacific and explore potential pathways to improved relations.	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.
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.