Bangladesh’s February 2026 elections will test whether democratic recovery is possible during a time of political turbulence ...

Melanie Walker is the Executive Director of the Canadian International Council (CIC), one of Canada’s oldest civic ...

During Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to China last week, he stated ‘‘ We take the world as it is – not as we wish it to ...

Hannah Bahmanpour is a lawyer and human rights advocate with experience in both the private sector and legal clinics focused ...

Bahar Behzadi is a Senior Lead in Strategy and Institutional Transformation at one of Canada’s major financial institutions, ...

The Ottawa Treaty reminds us that mines are indiscriminate and inhumane and people should be at the centre of peace and ...

without dignity is no longer acceptable. This movement belongs to the Iranian people alone, and it must be shaped by them. Young Iranian-Canadians, along with the wider diaspora, stand in solidarity ...

Open Canada is an online magazine published by the Canadian International Council that aims to engage Canadians from all walks of life in a conversation about foreign policy and international affairs.

Two decades after its creation, the International Criminal Court (ICC) remains one of the most ambitious projects in international law: a permanent court designed to prosecute war crimes, genocide, ...

Canada’s foreign policy is being tested by a convergence of transboundary crises: pandemic threats, accelerating climate change, geopolitical instability, and environmental disasters that increasingly ...

Open Canada is an online magazine published by the Canadian International Council that aims to engage Canadians from all walks of life in a conversation about foreign policy and international affairs.