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North Korea, Iran nuclear deal and AUKUS nuclear sub updates
October 25, 2021
How Canada can help South Korea promote security-building dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea; U.S. backsliding in the Iran nuclear talks; and the latest headaches over the AUKUS nuclear sub deal are today’s blog focus.
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Even more reasons for Canada to stay out of American ballistic missile defence
October 18, 2021
Ever since the US Air Force came up with a truly Dr. Strangelove-worthy plan for upgrading the defence of North America (which, most thankfully, is still a proposal with as yet no Pentagon funding behind it, despite all the hype), excitement has been building among Canadian BMD advocates. Entitled Strategic Homeland Integrated Ecosystem for Layered […]
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Can Canada emulate New Zealand with some independent security thinking?
October 12, 2021
Today we look at some very sensible independent thinking by New Zealand, consider some surprising information about China and economic reforms, update the Afghanistan situation and lament slow progress in ditching outmoded military mindsets.
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We need a made-in-Canada China policy
October 4, 2021
Canadian analysis and Canadian interests must be at the heart of our China policy On 24 September 2021 Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou struck a deal with US prosecutors in a “deferred prosecution agreement”, whereby she did not plead guilty to the charges against her but admitted “some wrongdoing”. Later on the same day, the court […]
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