International Journal

G7 in Kananaskis, AI & security, critical minerals, NATO, climate. IJ 80/2 is out now. Read: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ijxa/curre…

Canada's Quantum 2030 goals can learn from history: the Chalk River nuclear reactor shows how strong Canada-US collaboration drives science and technology innovation. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Trump's foreign policy is tributary. He's attempting to create a modern tribute system favoring autocracies. Canada must recognize this and resist. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Ukraine's likely future involves Russian occupation of eastern territories. A realistic peace strategy must balance ending hostilities with upholding international law and human rights. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Canada's military faces its own housing crisis. Can military mobilization drive economic transformation and address both defence needs and the national housing shortage? doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Migration is conspicuously absent from Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy. Integrating migration and development is essential for a truly comprehensive feminist approach. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Canadian women peacekeepers resist being positioned as solutions to mission challenges. Meaningful participation requires more than numerical representation and operational effectiveness arguments. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Canadian universities aren't adequately preparing the next generation to implement feminist foreign policy. Robust training in feminist theory and methodology is essential. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Canada quietly pursued feminist foreign policy goals on Ukraine while staying silent on feminism to align with NATO's masculinized posturing. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Canada's feminist defence policy advances women's representation but reinforces militarism. Gender-inclusive recruitment can't substitute for questioning military solutions to global insecurity. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Women with disabilities have been "absent" in Canada's foreign policy for decades. Their inclusion is essential to developing truly intersectional feminist approaches. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Canada's feminist foreign policy under scrutiny: new research reveals contradictions in defence spending, silences on Ukraine, and blind spots on disability and migration. Find issue 80/4 here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ijxa/curre…

Two memoirs, two eras: McKercher reviews Garneau & Axworthy, reflecting on Canada’s declining influence. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

China’s shift from Maoist socialism to pragmatic reform under Deng Xiaoping reshaped global politics. J. Guy Lalande reviews Westad & Chen’s The Great Transformation, praising its depth, sources, and analysis of China’s “long 1970s.” doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Catriona Standfield’s new book argues UN mediation co-opts and undermines the WPS Agenda. Sara Greco’s review finds it a compelling, accessible contribution to feminist & decolonial scholarship. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Military disaster response varies: Canada’s oversight-heavy model slows deployment, the US National Guard allows local flexibility, and New Zealand’s centralized approach is fast but risks over-concentration. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

#SecurityPodcast | In Episode Two of Publishing on Defence and Security, host @__michaelmurphy is joined by guests Asa McKercher, the Steven K. Hudson Research Chair at @stfxuniversity, and @LeahSarson from the CSSD @dalcssd. Link to Episode: bit.ly/48fix4A

Why hasn’t China forged counter-alliances to balance the US? Ronaldo Au-Yeung and Alsu Tagirova argue that power distribution since the 1990s made external balancing nonviable. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

What made the Ghani government collapse so much faster than Afghanistan’s Soviet-backed regime of the 1990s? Sultani explores regional rivalries, Pashtunisation, and constitutional design in IJ (80/3). doi.org/10.1177/002070…

A forgotten story in Canada’s diplomatic past: Johnson’s article reveals how senior External Affairs officials resisted RCMP pressure during the purge of homosexuals, focusing on the case of ambassador David Moffat Johnson. doi.org/10.1177/002070…

Middle powers face hard choices in a shifting global order. Perron shows how Canada responded to China’s rise largely by aligning with the US, shaped by strategic culture & status concerns. doi.org/10.1177/002070…