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Causes and Results of Recent North Korea-US Negotiations
- Analysis
- December 3, 2019
In September 2017 US President, Donald Trump, and North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un were engaged in a furious interchange of insults and threats. However, less than a year later “Little rocket man” – as Trump called Kim in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly – and the “mentally deranged US dotard” – as Kim would retort to
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Priority One: Saving the Canadian Foreign Service
- Analysis
- November 28, 2019
The Canadian foreign service is in desperate condition. If the Trudeau government hopes to achieve its foreign policy objectives, its first priority should be a wholesale reform of Global Affairs Canada that focuses on the rejuvenation of the foreign service. The Prime Minister ispushing the re-set button on Cabinet priorities, with new instructions to the
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Le Canada et le développement démocratique dans le monde
- Analysis
- November 25, 2019
Le Canada affiche un maigre bilan en matière de soutien à la démocratie dans le monde. Ce blogue suggère quelques pistes pour corriger le tir, tel qu’adopter un plan d’action À plusieurs reprises, tant au Canada qu’à l’étranger, l’ancienne ministre des affaires étrangères du Canada, Chrystia Freeland, a exprimé sa préoccupation face à la montée
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Economic Exceptionalism is Back (if it Ever Went Away)
Exceptionalism is usually used to describe how liberal democracies handle major security threats. However, governments also use exceptionalist policies to deal with economic crises. This development is troubling for both economic and political reasons. What do Boris Johnson’s attempt to prorogue the British parliament to “get Brexit done,” Justin Trudeau’s nationalization of the Canadian Trans
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