Canada hosts refugees on land from which Indigenous peoples were forcibly displaced. Forced Migration in/to Canada argues the two histories cannot be understood separately. Hannah Cox reviews. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251396426

Martin Thomas's global history of decolonization is ambitious and sometimes insightful — but defines its subject so broadly it ends up explaining nothing in particular. Jack Cunningham's review. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251393627

The CAF's sexual misconduct failures weren't accidental — Allan English argues senior leaders actively blocked change. Breede and Imre-Millei review the book with both validation and critical friction. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251393696

David Haglund and Joseph Jockel look back on their decade co-editing IJ: themed issues, "Coming Attractions," the peer review debate, and the long shadow of Eayrs and Spencer. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020261419470

Beth Fischer revisited IJ issues from 2000–2003 and found the same questions: how to define security, what to do about a US missile defense program, where Russia is headed. The end of the Cold War rhymes with today. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020261419464

From 1946 to today, IJ has navigated the tension between scholarship and accessibility, practitioners and academics, themes and open submissions. Adam Chapnick's full editorial history. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020261419447

Two speeches, 79 years apart. Robert Bothwell traces what changed between St-Laurent's Gray Lecture and Carney's Davos address — and what the distance between them reveals about Canada's place in the world. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020261424522

Recorded between Freeland's cabinet resignation and her Liberal leadership loss, this Field Report conversation with biographer Catherine Tsalikis captures a pivotal moment in Canadian politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020261419467

Biden criticized Trump's personal diplomacy but practiced it himself. New research assesses how leader-to-leader engagement shaped Biden's approach to Ukraine, Gaza, and great power competition. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020261424525

Russia has tried to recover its great power status through BRICS summitry, UN ceasefire initiatives, and battlefield gains. New research finds the Ukraine war itself is the main obstacle to any real recovery. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020261424523

Canada and India share more maritime stakes than it might seem. New research examines how Arctic and Indian Ocean concerns are pulling the two states toward a durable bilateral relationship. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020261424521

Canada's civilian security agencies lack the strategic preparation that military readiness doctrine provides. Leanne Smythe argues it's time to borrow the concept. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020261420841

Canada's quantum ecosystem runs on collaboration — but how that collaboration is governed matters. New research maps Canadian-German quantum partnerships through a quadruple helix lens. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020261425202

IJ turns 80. Issue 81/1 pairs anniversary retrospectives with new research on quantum ecosystems, civilian readiness, Canada-India maritime ties, Russia's status bid, and Biden's personal diplomacy. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ijxa/81/1

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251393880

Trump's foreign policy is tributary. He's attempting to create a modern tribute system favoring autocracies. Canada must recognize this and resist. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251393601

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251393604

Canada's military faces its own housing crisis. Can military mobilization drive economic transformation and address both defence needs and the national housing shortage? https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251397653

Migration is conspicuously absent from Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy. Integrating migration and development is essential for a truly comprehensive feminist approach. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251397654

Canadian women peacekeepers resist being positioned as solutions to mission challenges. Meaningful participation requires more than numerical representation and operational effectiveness arguments. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251398032

Canadian universities aren't adequately preparing the next generation to implement feminist foreign policy. Robust training in feminist theory and methodology is essential. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251396798

Canada quietly pursued feminist foreign policy goals on Ukraine while staying silent on feminism to align with NATO's masculinized posturing. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251397651

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251396429

Women with disabilities have been "absent" in Canada's foreign policy for decades. Their inclusion is essential to developing truly intersectional feminist approaches. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251397652

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: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ijxa/current

Two memoirs, two eras: McKercher reviews Garneau & Axworthy, reflecting on Canada’s declining influence. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251374622

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.” https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251372187

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251372183

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251367419

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020251372184