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1. Time to pay NATO’s insurance premiums

   Appeared in the National Post As Russian military assets continue to pick apart Ukraine, we should be thankful the transatlantic community didn’t cash in its Cold War-era insurance policy. To extend the metaphor, NATO’s political leaders have a lot of ...

2. Time for Canada to come to the table on missile defence

   Appeared in the National Post "If North Korea would be ready to attack the United States," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in 2006, "that would be a risk for Canada's national security as well not only because of our common values, ...

3. Time for Canada to Join the Missile Defense Team

   Appeared in The American Interest Online Reports that Ottawa and Washington have resumed their delicate missile-defense discussions suggest that Canada may be ready to join the global missile-defense coalition. If so, it would be a welcome development. ...

4. To Bolster Failed States, Support Freedom

   Appeared in World Politics Review “In ancient times, the opulent and civilized found it difficult to defend themselves against the poor and barbarous nations,” Adam Smith observed in 1776. “In modern times, the poor and barbarous find it difficult to ...

5. Rogues Gallery

   Appeared in the American Legion Magazine In 2005, long before there was an Arab Spring, Middle East scholar Fouad Ajami announced “the autumn of autocrats” and predicted that “the entrenched systems of control in the Arab world are beginning to give way.” ...

6. A Closer Look at the Crisis in Syria

     Senior Fellow Martin Collacott served as Canada's ambassador to Syria in the 1990s. With some 30 years of distinguished service in Canada's Department of External Affairs, Collacott also held key diplomatic posts in Nigeria, Vietnam, Hong Kong ...

7. Keeping Iran on the Strait and Narrow

   Appeared in The Mark Iran is making lots of noise about closing the Strait of Hormuz, the vital international waterway that carries 17 million barrels of oil every day—35 percent of the crude oil transported by sea. The control of the Persian Gulf region ...

8. Broader Lessons of the bin Laden Strike

   Appeared in Outlook The U.S. strike on al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden—call it V-O Day—didn’t end the war he unleashed. But it did mark an important victory in the ongoing struggle against al Qaeda, other jihadist groups, and their state patrons and ...

9. Canada and U.S. Need Each Other as Partners for Peace

   Appeared in Diplomat and International Canada The world has weathered profound economic challenges since the summer of 2008, challenges that could have fractured, or at least stunted, the all-important partnership between Canada and the United States. Yet ...

10. The Bush Doctrine 2.0?

    Appeared in World Politics Review As a candidate, Barack Obama promised to withdraw from Iraq, “finish the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban,” shut down Gitmo and break through the impasse with Iran. But as president, Obama is learning that ...