George Kennan
A Life Between Worlds: The Further Examination of George Kennan Princeton University Press Kennan: A Life Between Worlds By Frank Costigliola Princeton University Press (2023) Reviewed by Colin Robertson January… Read more »
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James Baker & Cold War diplomacy
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Master Negotiator: James A. Baker and the Hinge of History Master Negotiator: The Role of James A. Baker, III at the End of the Cold War By Diana Villiers Negroponte… Read more »
Inflation Reduction Act and US Protectionism: International Trade Committee
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Remarks to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade on the impacts on Canadian businesses resulting from the United States Inflation Reduction Act with a focus on sectors most… Read more »
Halffax Security Forum 2022
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The Halifax Security Forum’s Window on the World Anita Anand addressing the HISF on Nov 20/Anita Anand Twitter Colin Robertson November 25, 2022 If last year’s Halifax Security Forum was preoccupied… Read more »
Down the Danube
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Policy Dispatches: Meeting History — Past and Present — Along the Danube With tour guide Mihai outside the former Communist Party HQ in Bucharest’s Piata Revolutiei/photo Maureen Boyd Colin… Read more »
Seven Months after Ukraine Invasion
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The Defining Moment of Ukraine—Values vs. Interests, Democracy vs. Autocracy POLICY MAGAZINE Colin Robertson September 20, 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks the end of the post-Cold War period…. Read more »
Patten Diaries on Hong Kong
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Policy Magazine: Patten’s ‘Hong Kong Diaries’: An Engaging Stroll Through the Handover Snake Pit The Hong Kong Diaries By Chris Patten Penguin Random House/October 2022 Reviewed by Colin Robertson September… Read more »
VIctory at Sea Paul Kennedy on the Sea War WWII
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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 »
Summits G7, NATO, Commonwealth
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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 »
Moises Naim Revenge of Power
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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 »