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Middle Power Pragmatism Needed
By Benjamin Zyla, Madison Fillmore and Katelyn Cassin After Mark Carney’s special address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the idea of a “middle power” has gained renewed attention in Canada. It was also mentioned several times at the Munich Security Conference in February. In his speech in Switzerland, Carney warned that the rules-based
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Will Carney’s “Third Path” Suffer the Fate of the “Third Option”?
Half a century after Canada’s “Third Option” sought – unsuccessfully – to reduce economic dependence on the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling on middle powers to chart a new “third path” in a fractured global order. Revisiting the lessons of the 1970s, Paul Meyer asks whether today’s vision of collective middle-power action
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Trump: Is There Method in His Madness?
In looking at President Trump’s actions, it seems that all is chaos. But there are consistent elements in an approach which is transactional to the core. The first consistent element is that History has no meaning and the future is another country. But relationships between countries aren’t like that. A leader has to think about
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Canada’s Role in Creating an Arctic Arc of Stability
Increased Canadian partnership and participation with the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) nations and with the Baltic States provides a significant opportunity for Canada. While not directly connected to increased influence at or within NATO, if done correctly, increased partnership with Nordic and Baltic countries would likely lead, indirectly, to increased Canadian impact and effect within
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