🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

📢 WE'RE HIRING: IPD is recruiting paid summer interns with three fully remote part-time roles: • Research Assistant, Indo-Pacific • Research Assistant, Middle East • Development and Fundraising Officer 📅 Deadline: May 15, 11:59 PM ET 👉 Apply now: peacediplomacy.org/careers/

🆕 IPD's Jeremy Paltiel tells South China Morning Post that under Mark Carney, "the degree to which Canada will seek to take advantage of Sino-American trade frictions to improve its own position depends very much on how aggressive Washington is towards Canada." scmp.com/news/china/dip…

.Dr. Zachary Paikin on how Trump ironically won the election for the Canadian Liberals. responsiblestatecraft.org/liberals-win-c…

🆕 For Open Canada, IPD Advisor and former International Trade Minister Sergio Marchi writes that for a new Canadian government, "finding solutions and pushing back on the U.S. President’s expansionist instincts will require a Team Canada effort." opencanada.org/mark-carney-a-…

🆕 In POLITICO, IPD Advisor and former Ambassador to the UN Louise Blais says PM Carney's talks with Washington face the challenge that "even if you do strike a deal with this White House, there is no guarantee that it will be upheld." politico.com/news/2025/04/3…

💡 ICYMI: IPD Advisor Wenran Jiang 姜聞然 in South China Morning Post writes that "after 2018, Trump’s trade war has become an inadvertent catalyst for China’s own long-overdue structural reforms." scmp.com/opinion/china-…

ICYMI: IPD's Louise Blais in The Globe and Mail warns that for Canada, tying U.S. defence demands with trade talks "accepts the President’s view that tariffs can be used as a tool to punish allies for failings in other areas than trade." theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

The U.S.-India Relationship Is Built on Interests, Not Illusions realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/…

🆕 This week’s edition of IPD’s Canada-China Brief covers a sea change in Canadian public opinion towards the U.S. and China, Beijing’s indications of a diplomatic opening after Mark Carney’s election, and more. #cdnpoli canadachinabrief.substack.com/p/beijing-sign…

READ: As Mark Carney takes the reins and reassesses Canada's global relationships, IPD's Jeremy Paltiel writes that Ottawa "will have to disabuse our American partners of any conceit we will concede or support U.S. domination at our own expense." peacediplomacy.org/2025/05/12/car…

🆕 Wenran Jiang in The Hill Times: "Smaller powers are learning that survival demands nuance, not absolutes. Those trapped in rigid binaries risk becoming collateral damage in a conflict that transcends borders, ideologies, and even economics itself." hilltimes.com/story/2025/05/…

🆕 IPD's Wenran Jiang 姜聞然 in South China Morning Post writes that whether and how China will mediate between India and Pakistan "will define not just the outcome of this crisis, but its standing as a superpower in an increasingly fractured world." scmp.com/opinion/asia-o…

🆕 IPD Advisor Wenran Jiang 姜聞然 for Calgary Herald writes that "Carney’s call to reduce dependence on the U.S. must translate into action. Reopening talks with China on EV tariffs is not a concession; it is a strategic necessity." calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…

🆕 IPD's David Carment asks if Canada can "maintain a distinctive foreign policy rooted in liberal internationalism while navigating a global environment defined by realist power politics, asymmetrical coercion, and populist disregard for allied sovereignty." peacediplomacy.org/2025/05/09/mar…

🆕 IPD's Wenran Jiang 姜聞然 in Toronto Star: "China forced Washington into a position where escalation risked self-harm. For other nations, the lesson is clear: Economic self-sufficiency and institutional unity are critical in countering American unilateralism." thestar.com/opinion/contri…

📢 Launching the Applied Geopolitics & Strategy Program (AGSP) — IPD's policy leadership program for early/mid-career professionals across sectors navigating global challenges. Learn from top experts with practical, strategic training. Apply by June 16: peacediplomacy.org/agsp/

🆕 For IPD, Julian Karaguesian McGill University: "Vassal states never get rewarded, only punished. So, what is clear with President Trump’s America First policy is that Canada is now free to pursue its own national interests — free of the Washington imperative." peacediplomacy.org/2025/05/22/can…

🆕 This week’s Canada-China Brief covers Western Canada’s calls on Ottawa to stabilize trade relations with Beijing and more — ft. analysis from Julian Karaguesian McGill University, Hugh Stephens + Alex He CIGI. canadachinabrief.substack.com/p/western-prem…

🔔 ICYMI: Apply to IPD's Applied Geopolitics and Strategy Program — a policy leadership program for early/mid-career professionals across sectors navigating global challenges. Learn from top experts with practical, strategic training. Learn more + apply: peacediplomacy.org/agsp/