‘Statesmen, Strategists and Diplomats’: Ranking Canada’s PMs on Foreign Policy Statesmen, Strategists & Diplomats: Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Making of Foreign Policy Edited by Patrice Dutil UBC Press/June 2023… Read more »
Tag: Policy Magazine
What if Trump returns?
Forewarned is Forearmed: The Bilateral Lessons from Trump One After a balmy return to diplomatic normalcy with the Biden administration, the exercise of bracing Canada’s bilateral brain trust for a… Read more »
Aboard HMCS Winnipeg
‘Ready, Aye, Ready’: Aboard the HMCS Winnipeg The author aboard the HMCS Winnipeg (Royal Canadian Navy) By Colin Robertson POLICY MAGAZINE August 4, 2023 Spend time on one of… Read more »
NATO Vilnius summit: What Happened
The NATO Vilnius Takeaway: Managing the Perils of a Small World Colin Robertson POLICY MAGAZINE July 13, 2023 Alliances are hard things to keep together, especially when they work on… Read more »
Helsinki & Tallinn
Seeing Russia, and the Arctic, from Helsinki and Tallinn POLICY MAGAZINE Colin Robertson July 2, 2023 It’s been my experience that the best way to adapt to a new time… Read more »
G7 Hiroshima summit: Takeaways
Out of Hiroshima: Takeaways from the 2023 G7 The G7 leaders meeting in Hiroshima, May 19, 2023/Adam Scotti Colin Robertson POLICY MAGAZINE May 22, 2023 The G7 leaders met this… Read more »
Biden Visit: What Happened
Mr. Biden Came to Canada: Takeaways from the Visit Colin Robertson POLICY MAGAZINE March 30, 2023 As presidential visits go, the nearly 30 hours that Joe Biden and Dr. Jill… Read more »
Hal Brands Twilight Struggle
The Twilight Struggle’: Competition Between the Sunshine of Peace and the Darkness of War The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us About Great-Power Rivalry Today By Hal Brands… Read more »
Bernie Frolic Canada and China
Canada and China’: The Bilateral Journey, from Trudeau to Trudeau Canada and China: A Fifty-Year Journey By B. Michael Frolic University of Toronto Press/2022 Reviewed by Colin Robertson POLICY… Read more »
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 »