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How Should Canada Navigate the Taiwan Strait Conundrum?
- Analysis
- January 5, 2023
Taiwan is central to Canada’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS). Only five years ago, Canada’s Strong, Secure, Engaged Defence Policy heralded: “We will seek to develop stronger relationships with other countries in the region, particularly China.” The naïve hope that Canada could transform China by offering friendship is now replaced by the realistic appraisal of China as a disruptive global power.
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Nuclear Threats and Canada’s Disarmament Diplomacy: A Way Forward
- Analysis
- December 19, 2022
A former Canadian Undersecretary of State for External Affairs, Allan Gotlieb, once described Canada’s strong role in disarmament activity as having “always been a natural calling, with broad public support and strong specialized constituencies”. While Canada has in the past pursued disarmament diplomacy as if it was a national vocation, this has not been much
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Still United in Support of Ukraine?
- Analysis
- December 12, 2022
Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed a series of events that, at first glance, seem to demonstrate that transatlantic unity in support of war-ravaged Ukraine remains very strong. At a meeting in late November in Bucharest, NATO foreign ministers insisted: “We remain steadfast in our commitment to Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. We will
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Canada Must Protect Activists-in-Exile Against Transnational Repression
- Analysis
- December 9, 2022
Many struggles for justice, peace, or well-being incur the pushback of the state. When the state is authoritarian and unconstrained (or unconcerned) by the rule of law, ‘pushback’ can be severe and even lethal. Not surprisingly, many dissidents or activists seek safety in exile. It was assumed that, once abroad, activists would be able to
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