A Canadian Primer to the Chicago NATO Summit in Ipolitics.ca May 20 2012 Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Ministers responsible for foreign affairs and defense will meet in Chicago for the… Read more »
Excerpted from Americas Quarterly Winter 2012 Diplomacy: Canada’s New Policies Toward Latin America In August, on his fourth official visit to Latin America, Prime Minister Stephen Harper set out to… Read more »
Contents page from A Canadian Primer to the 2012 US Primaries and Caucuses published by the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute Introduction Who’s running for the Republicans and what… Read more »
Excerpted from October Policy Options ‘Harper’s World View’ …Argue with the taxonomy, but there are essentially three traditions in Canadian foreign policy. The first is the realist, power-and-interest tradition that… Read more »
From Canadian International Council Think Tank: Could the Great Lakes Represent Canada’s Economic Future? July 6, 2011 While he didn’t get the details right, Joel Garreau was onto something when… Read more »
Excerpted from May edition Policy Options Embracing the Americas, starting with Mexico If Canadians needed a wake-up call to the power of regional blocs and the pace of political integration… Read more »
Report offers ‘User’s guide’ to a new Canada-U.S. trade deal February 3, 2011 4:25 PM By Chris Carter A day before Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to meet U.S…. Read more »
Excerpts from Remarks on Trade Innovation and Prosperity Working Paper 14 of the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity Toronto, September 22, 2010 We are blessed to be beside the US… Read more »
CPAC Broadcast: On Septemer 21st, 2010, Paul Chapin, former director general for international security at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and Lieut.-Gen. (Ret’d) Michel Maisonneuve, former chief… Read more »
Like it or not, know it or not, a vigorous Canada requires a robust America. It is critically important for Canadian security, livelihood and prosperity that we understand the changes taking place in America and their interplay with our own interests and the rest of the world. The changes – economic, demographic, regional – will have profound implications for Canadians, particularly as they relate to security and the border, economic integration, and policies for the environment and energy. The responsibilities of global primacy and a preoccupation with domestic concerns on the part of the U.S. mean that Canada, never top of mind in American calculations, must constantly, consistently and forcefully make its case.