Archives: Module 2 – International Security Strategy and Defence Policy in the New Threat Environment

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Canada Should Make Climate Change a Focus of its UN Security Council Bid

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Breaking down Canada’s military training mission in Iraq

The past week has been pretty interesting in Canadian defence and foreign policy as the Prime Minister announced Monday that Canada would focus on training in Iraq while taking out some (not all)* of the planes dedicated to the bombing effort. There have been many questions raised about the training effort and many opinions... More

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Three ways Canada can influence the Asia-Pacific region

It is easy to understand why Canadian political leaders tend to focus on Europe rather than Asia/Pacific. Because of the various institutions in Europe, especially the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, we know how Canada fits in. We know what Canada’s role is in Europe, but we have a hard time imagining how Canada can... More

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Should Canada’s exclusion from anti-ISIS meeting be worrisome?

Monday, we learned of a meeting in Paris this week about the future of the anti-ISIS effort by the significant contributors to the current effort, and that Canada is apparently not invited. The natural questions to ask are: why and so what? It is easier to answer the second than the first, but I... More

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Why invite Montenegro into NATO? It’s all about Russia

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced this week that it is inviting Montenegro to join the alliance. The essential meaning of this is that once it is a member, Montenegro will be committed to participate in the defense of NATO members if anyone is attacked AND the alliance will be committed to defend... More

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Elusive Pursuits: Lessons from Canada’s interventions abroad

Every year, in partnership with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs assesses Canada's place in the world via a Canada Among Nations volume. The theme of this year’s issue — which launches in Ottawa and in Toronto over the next week — is on learning... More

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

5 Things Americans Need To Know About The New Canadian Prime Minister’s Foreign Policy

Don’t expect as much change as one might expect from a candidate with a slogan of “real change.” Canada is not going change its stances on most major issues. The reason for this is simple: On many of the major foreign policy issues that have arisen over the past several years, the differences between... More

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