How does Donald Trump’s mind work? The Beijing government hasn’t a clue; neither does the rest of the world. Maybe the president-elect’s thinking is a mystery even to himself. Sensibly, Chinese Communist Party leaders have…
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It’s been 100 days since the Iranian regime imprisoned Concordia University anthropologist Homa Hoodfar in the country’s notorious Evin Prison. As the Iranian Canadian Congress called on the Trudeau government to re-establish diplomatic ties with…
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Canada’s foreign policy is caught in a precarious balancing act between the “sunny ways” of election promises and the realpolitik of weapons sales to countries with dubious human rights records. In his new book, Two…
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Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan yesterday launched the Liberal government’s Defence Policy Review, including the appointment of four prominent foreign affairs and defence experts to advise him on shaping the direction of the new government’s defence…
View More Sajjan Launches Defence Policy ReviewApproximately 500 Taiwanese Canadians from Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver travelled to Taiwan to vote in the country’s recent presidential election. They say they are proud of the democracy in their home country and value…
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The federal government’s 2015 report on human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia is in its final stages of preparation, but no date has been set yet for its release to the public, says an official at Global…
View More Saudi Arabia Human Rights Report Nearly Ready: Global Affairs OfficialCanada needs to know it limits before its next intervention abroad, be it military or humanitarian. And be humble about it. This is the message foreign policy experts apparently want to convey to prime minister-designate…
View More Canada, Be Humble About Intervening Abroad: Experts
After months of intense negotiations, Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations (the United States, China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom), plus Germany, struck a deal. The six countries agreed to…
View More Diaspora Sees Return of Hope Over Iran Deal
While France remained a constant in the news at the top of 2015, with the Charlie Hebdo shooting being covered immensely, there are some stories from the Western Europe region that may have gone less…
View More Pulse: Western Europe – What You Didn’t Read in the MainstreamThe West needs to stop intervening in the Middle East and allow Bashar al-Assad to regain control of Syria if it has any hope of stabilizing the region over the long-term, a panel of diplomats…
View More Stop Intervening in Middle Eastern Conflicts, Diplomats tell Defence Crowd