The surprise – at least to some – victory by Republican candidate Donald Trump over his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton in Wednesday’s U.S. presidential election has already led to speculation over what a Trump administration…
View More Blunt Approach to Terrorism Will Be Counter-ProductiveMore than 160 Canadians lost their lives, more than 1,000 were wounded, and the government spent over $20 billion during Canada’s mission in Afghanistan. Stephen M. Saideman, a scholar and the Paterson Chair in International…
View More Author Revisits Canada’s Mission in AfghanistanAn interview with Jooneed J. Khan Jooneed J. Khan is a journalist, writer and human rights activist. Born in Mauritius, he was for 35 years a reporter and analyst on international affairs for the Montréal…
View More Syria: The Sexed-Up Libya Plan That Derailed NATOCanada 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: ExpertsA little moral outrage is a dangerous thing. So learned a certain dentist from Minnesota with a penchant for trophy hunting this week when he faced the wrath of the Internet hive mind for killing a now…
View More A Pantomime of Misplaced Moral OutrageThis is an open letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel from Yaroslav Baran of Euromaidan Ottawa and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress on the occasion of Merkel’s current visit to Ottawa to discuss the Ukraine crisis…
View More Open Letter to Merkel: Give Ukraine the Tools to Fight for its LifeUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko gave a historic speech to a joint session of the Canadian Parliament yesterday (Sept. 17, 2014). New Canadian Media is reproducing the main elements of his speech, especially sections that are…
View More Ukraine: Very Canadian, says President Poroshenko
On March 16, Crimea will hold a referendum on joining the Russian Federation. The referendum seeks to legitimize Russia’s current occupation. If the referendum in Crimea is free and fair, as verified by international election…
View More Ukraine Must Join NATO if Russia Swallows CrimeaI had thought the fever in Ukraine had spiked at last — but it rages on. The Crimean Parliament’s Thursday vote for a referendum by March 16 on joining Russia and the Ukrainian Rada’s vote…
View More Kyiv has painted itself into a corner