April, 2011
Après la Libye, pourquoi pas la Syrie? (Article in French)
David Welch offers insight on the international community's response to the situation in Syria.
Career Diplomat to Speak on Canadian Foreign Policy
Paul Heinbecker is the guest speaker at the Georgian Triangle Lifelong Learning Institute Founders' Lecture. He will present a positive view of Canada, a disappointed view of Canada's current diplomacy, and a prescription for what to do about it.
Fighting continues in Ivory Coast despite Gbagbo’s ouster
Despite the ouster of its defiant former president nearly two weeks ago, peace remains elusive in Ivory Coast as fighting between rival forces continues to break out across the long-divided nation. Thomas Tieku comments on the situation in the West African country.
RIM’s hope, the region’s future
In cataloguing the many benefits of being the home base for Research In Motion, the Waterloo Region Record praises organizations such as CIGI for pushing intellectual frontiers and adding to the community’s knowledge base.
Printemps arabe: les révolutions dans l'angle mort (Article in French)
In a story on the "Arab Spring," Bessma Momani comments on the West's often disregard for the rapid progress witnessed in the Middle East.
Why the present has no time for future economic thinking
From the history of the Bretton Woods venue to the make up and viewpoints of the 2011 delegates, The Telegraph's US Business Editor Richard Blackden chronicles the Crisis and Renewal Conference.
Canadian companies slow on Americas pick-up
Distinguished Fellow John Curtis comments on Canada's business engagement in Latin America.
Big ideas, but are politicians listening?
On the weekend, some of the world’s top economists gathered in Bretton Woods at a conference organized by the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) and CIGI.
BoC's former No. 2 sets out a plan for the G20
CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Jenkins provides recommendations for the global economy and G20, through the CIGI-Chatham House report: Preventing Crises and Promoting Economic Growth: A Framework for International Policy Cooperation.
Global economy requires a credible framework
The way that nations design their economic policies is woefully inadequate to prevent financial and economic crises, says a report jointly published by Chatham House and CIGI.
CIGI appoints two VPs, announces new strategic plan
Exchange Magazine reports on the appointments of David B. Dewitt as vice president of programs, and J. Fred Kuntz as vice president of public affairs at CIGI.