Former Ambassador Chris Westdal surveys the “train wreck” that is Stephen Harper’s foreign policy and examines the detritus of Canada-Russia relations.
Harper will not be part of the solution to Russia–Ukraine crisis
Tag Archives: Canada-US relations
Harper’s foreign engagement more posturing than policy
Foreign posturing, not foreign policy, is the Harper Government record.
New defence agreement with the U.S.
Another defence cooperation agreement between the Canada and the United States is signed.
New U.S. defence strategy to impact Canada?
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced a new U.S. defense strategy, shaped in large part by projected Pentagon budget cuts. According to the New York Times (Elisabeth Bumiller & Thom Shanker, “Obama Puts His Stamp on Strategy for a Leaner Military,” New York Times, 5 January 2012), the new […]
Great moments in national security punditry: "Red Dawn" Canada
Columnist Bernie Quigley makes a bold bid for the all-time silly pundit record — an almost insanely ambitious goal while Frank Gaffney still wields a keyboard — with “Russian troops above America’s border: Canada’s ‘Red Dawn’ moment?” (The Hill, 27 December 2011): Until recently, threats to America via the splendid isolation of the Arctic seemed […]
Pardy on Canada-U.S. border deal
Former Canadian diplomat Gar Pardy critiques the Canada-U.S. border deal announced on December 7th (Gar Pardy, “How the U.S. blackmailed Canada,” Ottawa Citizen, 8 December 2011): Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama announced Wednesday a 32-point plan establishing an agenda for improvements to cross-border goods and services traffic. In exchange, Canada will provide […]