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Should the Five Eyes Alliance be Expanded?
- Analysis
- October 19, 2020
The Five Eyes alliance has served the current partners well by giving them an expanded intelligence base. This benefit is enhanced by the opportunity for professional discussions amongst intelligence partner agencies. All five nations maintain bilateral intelligence relationships with other allies. Is there a case for expanding the Five Eyes itself to include some of
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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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