The 2020 CIPSS/CIPS Graduate Student Conference will take place on March 13, 2020 at the University of Ottawa. The theme of the conference is "Ideology, Institutions, and the Changing World Order".

It will feature graduate student presentations and a keynote lecture from Nicolas Guilhot.

More information is available here.

*** EVENT CANCELLED *** Presented by CIPS and the University Research Chair in Global Political Thought

Presented by CIPS and the University Research Chair in Global Political Thought

Presented by CIPS, the Asian Studies Network, and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Organized jointly by CIPS and GSPIA, the Ambassadors’ Series, led by Mr. Jeffrey Simpson, will be hosting the Ambassador of Afghanistan, His Excellency Mr. Hassan Soroosh.

Speaker: Lorenza Fontana

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)

Presented by CIPS and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Presented by CIPS, the Asian Studies Network (ASN), the Fragile States Research Network (FSRN), and The Asia Foundation

Dr. Matthew Arnold, Country Representative, The Asia Foundation

Presented by CIPS and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA)

Organized jointly by CIPS and GSPIA, the Ambassadors’ Series, led by Mr. Jeffrey Simpson, will be hosting the Ambassador of Turkey, His Excellency Mr. Kerim Uras.

Presented by CIPS and the Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention

Reception 3:30 – 4:00 pm, talk begins at 4:00 pm

Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, the UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament, bluntly warns that the struggle for nuclear arms control and disarmament is “going backwards” and calls for “a new vision” to re-establish arms control dialogue and negotiations.