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Bullying and the Ghosts of History
- Analysis
- January 25, 2022
History never repeats exactly; there are always different nuances and circumstances. Our understanding of the past, on which we apply any equivalence, is distorted by the perspectives of our time. Reliance on historical analogy is therefore risky. The crisis in Ukraine is a case in point. The analogy that this crisis proves that a new “Cold War” with
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The Disinformation Industry – A Cure Worse than the Disease?
- Analysis
- January 25, 2022
In April last year, several hundred people marched through the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in honour of the SS Galicia Division, a collaborationist Ukrainian unit from World War Two. The event provoked me to write a piece that was published on RT.com, in which I remarked that by tolerating such marches, Ukraine was tarnishing its reputation.
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NATO vs. Putin: the Lessons of the Ukraine Crisis
- Analysis
- January 18, 2022
These are extraordinary times in NATO-Russia relations. Among NATO members, fears of a Russian military offensive against Ukraine have notbeen as heightened since the end of the Cold War. In recent days, the world has witnessed marathon talks in Geneva between the US and Russia, the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in more than two years, and
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Canada and the American Crisis
- Analysis
- January 6, 2022
This New Year, Canadians seem to have woken up to the unpleasant realization that serious trouble may be brewing on their Southern border. The relief provided by reassuring tones of President Biden and the soothing blandness of his foreign policy team has been replaced by warnings of a looming crisis in America with potentially dire
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