The EU’s resolve to continue sanctions against Russia may well weaken, with the nations of Eastern Europe caught in the crosshairs
Britons’ June 23 vote to leave the European Union set the stage for a multi-year period of negotiations that will allow Great Britain to revise the terms of its participation in the EU and possibly lead to a complete withdrawal from the organization. The results, which triggered the resignation of British Prime Minister David Cameron,…
Canada continues to lack an all season ice breaker fleet capable of operating in the Arctic Ocean
At the height of the cold war, the polar region was one of the centres of the superpower’s shadow war. Today, a rapidly melting polar ice cap is once again making the Arctic the nexus of a modern great power rivalry. Canada, whose long-standing territorial claims in the region date back to the various Hudson…
The next crisis will be triggered by the mounting bad debts of commercial banks
A new financial crisis is brewing in Europe, one that will prove as devastating as the last economic crisis. This one will also be centered in southern Europe, only, this time, instead of being triggered by the rising debt of the region’s governments, it will be triggered by the mounting bad debts of commercial banks.…
It says something about Canada that Trump ignores us because he doesn’t see Canada as much of an economic threat to the United States
The core of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s political message is his assertion that the United States “doesn’t win anymore,” because weak-willed politicians have made “bad deals” allowing both its allies and enemies to take advantage of the U.S. The U.S.’s allies have not paid their share of defence costs, instead getting a free ride,…
From the Kremlin’s standpoint, the 'Syrian ceasefire' served its political purpose – it forestalled a Turkish ground invasion of Syria
The ceasefire in Syria is unravelling – and that's no surprise. Mohammad Alloush, chief negotiator for the Army of Islam, one of the principal rebel coalitions fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has just stepped down from the Geneva peace talks. In doing so, he criticized the United States and Russia for their inability to enforce “adherence…
Britons’ June 23 vote to leave the European Union set the stage for a multi-year period of negotiations that will allow Great Britain to revise the terms of its participation in the EU and possibly lead to a complete withdrawal from the organization. The results, which triggered the resignation of British Prime Minister David Cameron,…
