On March 12, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a $35 billion military investment plan focused on Canada's Arctic, delivered in Yellowknife. The announcement came at a moment of significant strain in the Canada-U.S. relationship.

Iran-Azerbaijan tensions are rising after Baku framed the Nakhchivan strike as both terror and aggression, indicating major legal and strategic consequences. New concerns over Iranian influence operations in Georgia add another layer to a rapidly widening regional security crisis.

Millions of Azerbaijanis and a significant Kurdish population find themselves at a precarious intersection of domestic political pressures and cross-border security dynamics. IPEK Center deputy director attended as a panelist, contributing expertise on how Iran's deepening internal volatility is reigniting longstanding questions about minority rights and regional stability.

IPEK Center is launching a literature review project focused on topics that are often overlooked or insufficiently documented. The purpose of the project is to collect and organize existing scholarship in an accessible way to create a reliable reference point for readers interested in these issues.

On International Mother Language day, February 21, 2026 IPEK Center organized a panel discussion titled “Mother Tongue in a Changing World” at the University of Toronto. This event brought together academic panelists and participants from various backgrounds to discuss the importance of education in mother tongue. 

For International Mother Language day, IPEK Center is hosting an panel event in Toronto University to discuss the fragile role of mother language in the changing world.

IPEK Center shares its assessment of US-Iran Tensions on AnewZ - January 27 2026

Reports of “Bullet Fees” Surface as Families Seek Loved Ones After Iran Unrest

On December 12, 2025, IPEK center co-founder Turkan Bozkurt attended “Conflict and Coexistence in the Near East: Contemporary Dynamics” conference.

This short read looks at two prevalent beliefs about Iran’s history: nostalgia for the freedom experienced under the Pahlavi monarchy and the notion that sanctions are solely responsible for the current restrictions.