Assessing the Trump administration's record on Taiwan: New commentary by J. Michael Cole
OTTAWA, ON (January 19, 2021): With the US presidency about the change hands, many around the world wonder what changes the incoming...
US overcompensating for storming of Capitol with inauguration security: Leuprecht
The huge security rollout in Washington, DC, ahead of the presidential inauguration on January 20 is because there is not a good grasp...
We thought China could become more democratic. Instead, it is becoming totalitarian: Margaret McCuaig-Johnston in the Ottawa Citizen
It was once thought economic reform would bring liberalization and some democratic attributes. But Xi Jinping has doubled down on repression and state...
Canada must work with Biden to defend our democracies against Russia: Marcus Kolga in iPolitics
Canada’s own intelligence agencies have repeatedly warned that the Russian government is actively working to undermine Canadian democracy, writes Marcus Kolga. Below is...
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute launches Canada and the Indo-Pacific Initiative
OTTAWA, ON (January 18, 2020): In an effort to improve Canada’s approach to the opportunities and challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, the Macdonald-Laurier...
Webinar Panel Video: A Way Forward, Part II - Defending human rights in China
The world is waking up to the nature of a crony capitalist enterprise operating as a government in charge of 1.3 billion...
From Xi with love - A New Year greeting to the new POTUS: Samir Saran in the ORF
As a new American President prepares to assume office, China has sent him a greeting card with three messages conveying the terms of...
The world must do more to fight China’s crackdown in Hong Kong: Nathan Law in the Washington Post
It’s time for the world to stand up and defend our shared universal values with them, not with feeble words but with real...
Canada should refuse to accept Sri Lankan Air Marshal Dias as high commissioner: Sarah Teich and David Matas for iPolitics
If Dias showed up in Canada as a private individual, one could argue he would be prosecutable under this country's Crimes Against Humanity...
The 'Hong Kong canary' is dead: J. Michael Cole in the Globe and Mail
With Hong Kong all but lost, gutted and isolated, the canary is now Taiwan, the successful democracy of 23.5 million people that stands...
