Canada’s international balancing act

Ottawa can and should rebalance its foreign policy by engaging where interests converge, and holding back where risks loom.

With new Prime Minister Mark Carney well-placed to turn the page, Canada can exploit the current geostrategic environment to cultivate a posture of strategic ambiguity, writes Thomas Liu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY THOMAS LIU

June 9, 2025

From the United States-China tariff war to recent India-Pakistan tensions, Canada has not appeared to take an especially vocal or definitive stance on the world’s latest geopolitical flashpoints. While Ottawa undoubtedly has established internal positions on these issues, ...

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