CIDA Merger is Fine, But Fundamental Questions of Policy Remain Unresolved
Globe & Mail Thursday’s announcement that the Canadian International Development Agency will be folded into the Department of Foreign...
Staying out of Iraq was said to hurt Canada’s standing. It didn’t
Globe and Mail In the weeks leading up to the disastrous invasion of Iraq a decade ago, a number of prominent Canadian commentators and...
A Not-So-New Foreign Policy Plan
The Harper government’s “secret” foreign policy plan, revealed by the CBC today, offers few surprises. Its emphasis on pursuing economic...
John Baird: The Next Minister of National Defence?
I don’t normally follow Canadian politics closely enough to play the parlour game of predicting the winners and losers of the next...
Afghanistan: War Without Victory | Interview on TVO
Panel discussion on TVO The Agenda "Canada stepped into Afghanistan in 2001. Almost 11 years later, what was accomplished, and what are...
Going Along to Get Along? Canada Soft-Pedals Russia’s Role in Syria
Why is Canada giving Russia an easy ride on Syria? Moscow has been running diplomatic interference for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...
Stronger Diplomatic Action?
In the aftermath of the terrible murder of over 100 people in Houla, Syria, including dozens of children, Canada’s foreign minister John...
Foreign Policy Is Not Just Defence
I welcome the opportunity to kick off this series on the future of the Canadian Forces (CF), not least because the series invites a...