Reading Time: 3 minutes Our comfortable assumptions about a liberal international order and a robust free-market economy are unravelling in a hurry; but there is hope
Tag: International relations
O’Leary’s abhorrent attack on the Canadian military
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kevin O’Leary attack on the brave men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces should exclude him from the leadership of the Conservative Party
Finding new markets will ease impact of U.S. protectionism
Reading Time: 3 minutes As Canada integrates more and more into the global economy, it will matter to us less and less that the United States withdraws
Never again: the social imperative to stop genocide
Reading Time: 3 minutes History shows that we can act to put an end to these crimes and even prevent them, yet far too often, our lack of action allows them to happen
Death of a tyrant
Reading Time: 4 minutes The best assessment of Castro came from his daughter Alina who, when told he was a dictator, replied: “Strictly speaking, Fidel is a tyrant”
NATO needs to rebuild its capabilities
Reading Time: 14 minutes NATO needs to return to the basics, dust off the old manuals from the Cold War, and think through what is really required to successfully defend Eastern Europe
Justin Trudeau’s unforgettable Fidel faux pas
Reading Time: 3 minutes No matter who wrote the statement, the prime minister’s name is on it, effectively ending his political honeymoon
NATO urgently needs to redefine its mission
Reading Time: 4 minutes NATO needs to redefine the kinds of threats it is designed to oppose to reflect the current tactics in the Kremlin’s playbook
Turkey’s flirtation with Russia could become a full-blown romance
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ankara’s rapprochement with Moscow may yet prove to be the beginning of an entirely new direction in Turkey’s foreign policy
More hawkish Trudeau is a welcome change
Reading Time: 4 minutes No matter how distasteful it may be to some, the change in Trudeau’s worldview – from pacifist to “warmonger” – was long overdue