Kyle MacDonald

Annual Award for Exceptional Contribution to International Peace and Security

The NATO Council of Canada’s Annual Award for Exceptional Contribution to International Peace and Security is next month. If you have not already purchased a ticket, click here  or scroll to the bottom. This year’s award recipient, Troels Frøling, has a solid reputation for establishing ambitious projects which target the growth of civil society within struggling democracies. Read More…

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Dominate the World like we do Hockey: A Reverie Series: Part 2

This article is the second installment of a three part series on Canadian Foreign Policy. The initial background piece can be found here. Activity and Association Bilateral free trade agreements are a good indication of principal power. Canada currently has six bilateral free trade agreements with Colombia, Peru, the European Free Trade Association, Costa Rica, Chile, Read More…

Kyle MacDonald

Canadian Military Mission in Mali: Not an Option

[captionpix align=”left” theme=”elegant” width=”320″ imgsrc=”http://www.fco.gov.uk/content/en/travel-advice/sub-sahara-africa/mali/749677882″ captiontext=””] The head of the African Union is petitioning NATO nations to send forces to Mali to expel Al-Qaeda-linked fighters, who have overtaken the north of the county. He warned that convoys of Islamist extremists advancing on government-held towns represent a looming threat to the world. Without a moment of Read More…