• Libya: The Real Work is Only Beginning

    Libya: The Real Work is Only Beginning

    The Government last week paid tribute to Canadian Forces who served in the recently-concluded NATO mission in Libya. It was a welcome gesture to those who serve Canada abroad, often with little or no recognition at all. And it was consistent with the Government’s new emphasis on muscularity in foreign policy, replacing the nuanced reliance

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  • Missiles and Mistrust in Europe

    Missiles and Mistrust in Europe

    At the NATO Lisbon Summit in 2010, the U.S. and its allies expressed the hope that Russia would become a partner in a new missile defense system designed to protect Europe from a nuclear-armed ‘rogue’ state such as Iran.  Those hopes seemed to fade in the months following the summit, and appear to be particularly

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  • Un énoncé conservateur de politique étrangère

    Un énoncé conservateur de politique étrangère

    par Justin Massie Suite aux élections de mai, le ministre des Affaires étrangères, John Baird, s’est vu confier la tâche de réviser la politique actuelle et d’élaborer un nouveau document avec l’espoir de permettre à Ottawa de mieux anticiper l’environnement international et d’ainsi mieux guider ses politiques et décisions à venir. Quelle est l’utilité réelle

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  • Keystone XL and Its impact on Canada-U.S. Relations: A Red Herring?

    Keystone XL and Its impact on Canada-U.S. Relations: A Red Herring?

    A delay in U.S. approval for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline (in order to avoid Nebraska’s environmentally-sensitive Sandhills and underlying agricultural aquifer) has led to speculation that Canada should shift its balance of trade from the U.S. to Asia. Certain segments of our foreign policy community have been salivating over the Chinese market, often as an

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