Victory at Sea’: How Naval Power Helped Win WWII Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II By Paul Kennedy… Read more »
Diplomacy A-Go-Go: Trudeau Hits the Road for a Whirl of Summits Colin Robertson June 22, 2022 In this month of renewed face-to-face summitry – the Americas, World Trade Organization (WTO),… Read more »
The Revenge of Power: How Democracies Can Beat Autocracy The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century By Moisés Naím Macmillan Publishing/2022 Reviewed by Colin Robertson… Read more »
Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Taiwan Strait CIA Factbook Colin Robertson May 31, 2022 The current Taiwan Strait deliberations of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and… Read more »
Time to Revitalize Canada’s Foreign Service Policy Magazine, May 8, 2022 Colin Robertson In a world that is increasingly confrontational, diplomacy matters more than ever. So, it is timely that… Read more »
The New Fukuyama: Spreading the Blame for Liberalism’s Discontents Liberalism and Its Discontents By Francis Fukuyama Macmillan/May 2022 Reviewed by Colin Robertson April 26, 2022 Liberalism and its Discontents is a defence… Read more »
‘Aftershocks’: The Pandemic as New World Order Force Multiplier Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order Macmillan/September 2021 By Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright Reviewed… Read more »
‘Be Prepared’: Threats and Readiness in an Evolving Security Reality Former senior diplomat and current Senior Advisor and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Colin Robertson was invited to present his views… Read more »
From Policy Magazine (and it also appeared in the Financial Post January 6) American Democracy is Stronger Than its Enemies Colin Robertson January 4, 2022 So, is democracy in America… Read more »
From Policy Magazine Oceans Apart—From Climate Change to Supply Management, a Rising Tide of Concern To Rule the Waves By Bruce D. Jones Simon and Schuster/2021 Reviewed by Colin Robertson… Read more »