Backgrounder: Canada and the Renegotiation of NAFTA
A look at the past, present, and future of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and what it means to Canada.
Global Forecast (02-23-2016)
The Kurds advance in northern Syria, a big deficit for the Canadian government, and 'Brexit' fears hit financial markets.
Israel’s gov’t-in-waiting
Both of Israel’s last two senior coalition partners, Kadima, under Tipzi Livni, and Labor, under Ehud Barak, have rejected Likud’s offer to join it in a unity government. With Hamas on the rise in Palestine and Yisrael Beiteinu in Israel, it appears that any near term prospects for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians are dead.
Israel attacks Sudan
Israel has opened up yet another war-front via a covert-ops attack against targets on Sudanese soil, potentially furthering an escalating rift between it and its Arab neighbours.
Iran’s ‘colour revolution’
Even though a media blockade continues to obscure some of the details surrounding ongoing protests in Iran, the situation unfortunately bears many of the signs of surging violence in the short-term.
US Missile Defense
The U.S.' planned European missile defense shield, a principal feature of the Bush administration’s foreign policy, appears destined for the dustbin after Barack Obama’s recent presidential election victory.
Rise of the Quad in the Indo-Pacific?
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Asia rallying support for the Quad, with mixed results.
US Stimulus: Biden Era to Open with a Fiscal Bang
The Biden administration has proposed a bold – and expensive – stimulus package to reinvigorate the US economy, and its legislative path will say a lot about how US politics will operate over the next two years.
US Secret Deal with Iraq
Washington has repeatedly denied wanting a permanent military presence in Iraq, however a secret security agreement is being negotiated in Baghdad that would perpetuate the US military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, give free reign to US forces conducting the “war on terror”, and help contain Iran’s influence in the region.
AUKUS and France as an Indo-Pacific Power
The AUKUS alliance has chipped away at the pillars holding up French power projection in the Indo-Pacific.