Publications

MPPGA students Wilson Dargbeh, Moysal Sana, Kshitij Sharan, and Will Shelling, co-author this article discussing challenges in the prevention of recruitment of children in armed conflict.

Professor Kristen Hopewell discusses how the wider effects of China’s trade policies are being largely ignored due to attention focused on trade conflict between the United States and China.

MPPGA alumnus Isabella Pepe supported the publication of Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption, authored by Patrick Alley, co-founder of Global Witness.

Jeehye Kim (Director of the Centre for Korean Research, IAR; Political Science Postdoctoral Fellow) discusses why one of the most pressing items on the foreign policy agenda for South Korea’s next president is how to handle the US–China contest for influence.

Professor Timothy Cheek (SPPGA; History) contributes “The Party History and Study Campaign” as a part of a full annual report published by the Center for Advanced China Research.

Professor Sara Shneiderman (SPPGA; Anthropology) reflects upon the potential unintended consequences of pseudonyms in practice, in relation to three different ethnographic contexts.

Using an autobiographical narrative, Professor M. V. Ramana writes this essay offering a glimpse of the challenges posed by secrecy to democratic debate of India’s nuclear policy.

Faculty Associate Yves Tiberghien, MPPGA student Panthea Pourmalek, and Danielle Luo co-authored this paper discussing the growing gap between disruptive technology and the human capacity to manage it.

Professor Maxwell Cameron (SPPGA; Political Science) co-authors this article discussing reasons why now may be the time for the Canadian government to fulfill commitments to democratic development.

With North American leaders, Biden, Trudeau, and López Obrador planning to meet face-to-face for the first time in four years, Professor Kristen Hopewell discusses regional friction over issues such as trade and immigration.

With Bangladesh on the way to having its first nuclear power plant, Professor M. V. Ramana co-authors this article discussing the costly, dangerous life and after life that constitute a nuclear-powered nation.

Following the confidential papers known as the “Facebook Papers’ being shared, Professor Heidi Tworek (SPPGA; History) discusses the feasibility of taking some power over content moderation away from platforms.

In her first piece as new columnist for The Centre for International Governance Innovation, Professor Heidi Tworek (SPPGA; History) discusses Facebook’s blatant America-centrism, and how while the vast majority of Facebook users live outside the United States, almost 90% of content moderation efforts are devoted to American posts.

Professor David Boyd discusses the devastating impacts caused by industrially produced food, and argues that transforming food systems that are inflicting tens of trillions of dollars in health and environmental damages is essential for realizing human rights.