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Why leaving the ‘rules-based order’ is harder than Carney thinks

03.02.2026 10

Canadian Dimension

Paul Robinson

Canada’s latest defence daydream

20.11.2025 10

Canadian Dimension

Paul Robinson

Pete Hegseth’s dangerous warrior fantasy

Glorifying brute force, Hegseth risks pushing the US military further into recklessness and disregard for accountability

17.10.2025 8

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Paul Robinson

Squaring an impossible circle of peace and insecurity in Ukraine

Both sides still insist on guarantees that the other cannot accept, creating a deadlock in efforts to end the conflict

06.09.2025 6

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Why the Trump-Putin summit is unlikely to ‘ripen’ peace in Ukraine

With no path to compromise and Russia advancing, hopes for a breakthrough remain slim

16.08.2025 8

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The empty case for Canada’s 5% defence pledge

Why the world’s most powerful military organization needs to more than double its expenditure remains completely unexplained

07.07.2025 7

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The use and abuse of Russia’s ‘Great Patriotic War’

War mythology and the Kremlin’s great power ambitions continue to resonate with the wider Russian public. Why is this so?

15.05.2025 9

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Paul Robinson

Can Trump’s Ukraine peace plan succeed?

If the US president is serious about ending the war, he will need to engage seriously with the Russians’ conditions

22.03.2025 4

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Paul Robinson

Inching closer to an uneasy peace in Ukraine

There will be some hard diplomatic work ahead, but at least the long process of negotiation is finally about to start

19.02.2025 7

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Paul Robinson

The foreign interference report’s great anticlimax

False accusations and exaggerated claims appear to have done far more damage than the actual interference itself

04.02.2025 10

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Paul Robinson

Canada’s vassal status on full display with return of Trump

American threat to annex Greenland shows urgent need for Ottawa to chart an independent foreign policy

31.01.2025 10

Canadian Dimension

Paul Robinson