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Lithuanian minister looks to 2027 EU presidency to boost Canadian links  

In a wide-ranging interview, Lithuanian Economy and Innovation Minister Edvinas Grikšas talks growing trade, work with the EU, the push for diversification, and boosting domestic defence industries.

feature | BY NEIL MOSS | May 6, 2026

Four years of Russian terrorism against Ukraine, and it may be only the beginning

The war criminal in the Kremlin has already been given a new lease on life from the U.S. president’s disastrous armed foray into the Middle East.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 8, 2026
Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump

Who holds the cards now? The new Gulf war is exposing NATO’s 21st-century illusion

If Canada wants to remain a credible security actor within NATO it must rethink how it builds, scales, and deploys capability.

opinion | BY MICHAEL CHOLOD, JOZEF HRABINA | April 3, 2026

Canadians and Europeans are aligning—but where does their long-term threat outlook diverge?

It would seem that our government understands the depth of the crisis, as do, perhaps, most political parties, but not necessarily the Canadian public.

opinion | BY PSG SENATOR ANDREW CARDOZO | March 24, 2026

Mounting chaos, risks in Trump’s Middle East military adventure

For Canadians, this latest lesson in the saga is a confirmation that the U.S. president has no limits, and is capable of anything.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | March 18, 2026
Donald Trump

EU putting pressure on laggard members to fully ratify trade pact with Canada 

Ten of the European Union’s 27 member states have yet to ratify the free trade deal that was inked in 2017.

feature | BY NEIL MOSS | March 4, 2026

Canada’s global leadership, the ‘coalition of the willing,’ and Ukraine

It’s time to demonstrate to those deploying the ‘might makes right’ approach to geopolitics that the rule of international law can be supported by collective action of middle power democratic states.  

Four years and counting in Ukraine

The war’s stalemate was inevitable because drones as the dominant new technology make it very dangerous for soldiers to move on the surface at all.

opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 23, 2026

The last arms control treaty expires

The American president knows nothing about nuclear weapons, and doesn’t care. He is not a man who will put any effort into rebuilding a nuclear arms control agreement.

opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2026
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin

Trump, Putin, and Ukraine: democracy on trial

Without intervention, this year could spell the end of the international rule of law, when ‘might makes right’ becomes the basis of the world order.

opinion | BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER | January 19, 2026
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin

Keep pace with great: NATO’s race for survival began in Ukraine long ago

Ukraine has proven extremely resilient, and the lessons they’ve learned on the battlefield are incredibly valuable to a rapidly re-arming NATO—if we choose to learn and adapt.

opinion | BY MICHAEL CHOLOD, JOZEF HRABINA | January 8, 2026

A self-sustaining path to recovery for Ukraine

Now more than ever, Canada should encourage private sector investment for Ukraine’s recovery.

opinion | BY MICHAEL CHOLOD, KATHERINE MULHERN | December 15, 2025

Between a rock and a hard place

Canada’s latest contribution to a Ukraine aid package will once again reward U.S. firms while the Trump administration is trying to force Ukraine to accept Russia’s demands for a ceasefire agreement.

opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | December 8, 2025

Ukraine: once more around the loop

Every month brings another chance for some political, economic, or technological change that alters the current equation, and gives Ukraine a better bargaining position for an eventual ceasefire.

opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2025

Now is the time for Canadian businesses to invest in Ukraine

The federal government can act on a number of fronts to help kickstart Canadian companies’ investments in Ukraine.

Did Canada’s G7 presidency ever emerge from the Trump shadow? 

Canada’s G7 presidency was more about convening than setting a thematic agenda, says foreign policy observer Adam Chapnick.

news | BY NEIL MOSS | November 19, 2025

Anand urged to reverse ‘wrong’ course of letting U.S. decide if it breached international law with boat strikes

Experts say that Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has erred in proclaiming that it is up to the U.S. to decide if it has violated international law.

news | BY NEIL MOSS | November 19, 2025

G7 top diplomats find little new ground on support for Ukraine 

The G7 foreign ministers’ joint statement on Ukraine retreads many items that were agreed upon the last time the group met in March.

news | BY NEIL MOSS | November 12, 2025

At G7, minister touts importance of Canadian leadership on foreign assistance amid billions in budget cuts to international aid  

The federal budget tabled on Nov. 4 proposed cuts of $2.7-billion from Canada’s humanitarian aid envelope.

news | BY NEIL MOSS | November 11, 2025

Canada’s G7 presidency faces last major test as top diplomats set to gather in Niagara

Foreign Minister Anita Anand has suggested the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting will focus on multilateral geopolitical issues in a departure from the approach taken when her predecessor hosted the gathering in March and keyed in on the Canada-U.S. relationship.

news | BY NEIL MOSS | November 10, 2025
Anita Anand

Accountability needed after forged documents used to smear journalist and compromise House committee

Now that documents used to allege that David Pugliese is a Russian spy have been debunked as forgeries, the Public Safety and National Security Committee must summon Chris Alexander to ascertain who supplied him with the false information.

opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | October 13, 2025

‘Canada is getting more and more important for us,’ says visiting German Bundestag member

In a wide-ranging interview, Johannes Winkel talks a renewed Canada-German relationship, Trump shocks, European security, and the future of free trade.

feature | BY NEIL MOSS | October 8, 2025

Foreign policy is all about self-interest

Canada should focus on its own interest: building credibility in defence investment and alliances, and reaching out to our economic partners.

opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | October 8, 2025
Anita Anand

At the UN, Zelenskyy urges action to avert a world of war

In his Sept. 24 UN General Assembly address, the Ukrainian president gave a stark warning about the collapse of international law.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 1, 2025

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?

opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2025