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Cultural Heritage Protection as a Strategic Imperative in a Widening War on Iran0
Since the start of the ongoing United States–Israeli military campaign against Iran, the human toll of the conflict has mounted relentlessly.
Civilian casualties have been reported across the country, and the bombing campaign has caused widespread destruction to infrastructure. …
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Trump’s Iran Strikes and Carney’s New-World-Order Tightrope0
Early Saturday morning, the United States and Israel initiated a second round of aerial attacks against Iran following the strikes on Iranian nuclear sites of last June.
The justifications for this latest illegal military action by the Trump administration …
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Will Carney’s “Third Path” Suffer the Fate of the “Third Option”?0
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 …
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Canada Facing Trump’s US: Vassal or Sovereign?0
Canada is preparing to release its first National Security Strategy since 2004. Twenty-two years. A strategic eternity. Since then, the world has tipped over—and with it our mental comfort. The international order that protected Canada while asking little in return …
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Living in a House of Dynamite0
Cinema over the years has often served as an effective medium for conveying the existential threat posed by nuclear war. From the grim backdrop of doomed survivors in “On the Beach” to the eradication of small-town Kansas in …
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The Demise of Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy0
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered the death blow to Canada’s feminist foreign policy while attending the G20 summit in South Africa last weekend. At a press conference in Johannesburg, in response to a question, he stated, “I wouldn’t describe …
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The World Needs Less Canada?0
Does the world need less Canada? One might think so, reading last week’s federal budget. The cuts to foreign aid and how they are justified suggest that Canada is no longer interested in providing a leadership role in international development.…
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Canada’s Africa Strategy: A Robust New Foreign Policy?0
The timing was unusual. After being delayed by well over a year, the Trudeau government finally released its Africa strategy, a mere eight days before a new government was sworn in and probably only a few weeks before new …
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Why the Radical Right has Turned to the Teachings of an Italian Marxist Thinker0
Antonio Gramsci, the Marxist theorist, ideologue, philosopher and journalist, has long been associated exclusively with communism and socialism. The late Italian thinker’s ideas have travelled the world, influencing elites and mass publics alike.
Remarkably, Gramsci has gained a following …
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How Far to the Right Will EU Voters Go?0
Starting on June 6, Europeans will cast their votes for their representatives in the European Parliament, the European Union’s only democratically elected institution. The radical right is expected to perform better than ever before, renewing concerns about the retreat of …
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How Not to Counter the Radical Right0
National Conservatism conferences, one of the main meeting grounds for the global radical right, rarely attract much attention. If not for the decision of a local mayor, the same neglect would have befallen this year’s event in Brussels.
But …
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The French Senate Vote on CETA: No Need to Panic!0
On March 21, the French Senate voted against ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union (EU). The big question raised by this vote is: what does this mean for the future of …
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