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Huawei or Our Way?: Fissures in the Five Eyes Alliance in the Face of a Rising China
- Analysis
- October 16, 2020
After some wrangling, the Five Eyes member states have arrived at a common position on the use of Huawei technology in critical infrastructure. But the Huawei snafu is likely just the first of many challenges to alliance solidarity as an expansionist China looks for ways to win Western allies to its cause. In January this year,
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Selling War and Peace: Syria and the Anglosphere
- Analysis
- October 15, 2020
I have been researching and writing about the Anglosphere for fifteen years. I just didn’t realize it for the first eight… My first book, Selling the War on Terror: Foreign Policy Discourses After 9/11, grew out of my Ph.D. and analyzed the language used to frame the policies that led to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This book
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What’s at Stake for the World? Global Perspectives on the 2020 US Elections: Launching a CIPS Podcast Series
- CIPS
- October 15, 2020
With the US as an all-powerful neighbour and main trading partner, Canadian analyses of the American elections are naturally focused on what’s at stake for Canada and Canadians. But the November 2020 elections are also eagerly watched in other parts of the world, where the outcome is equally likely to have significant implications. US elections always
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UK and Canada Find New Strength in an Old Alliance
- Analysis
- October 15, 2020
Foreign policy watchers hailing a burgeoning ‘mini-alliance’ between Canada and the UK may not appear to be highlighting anything new, given such a friendship has existed since Canada came into existence and is one of the oldest bilateral partnerships in the world. But something significant has certainly changed recently. Canada and the UK have been behaving
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