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Europe and Russia

Trudeau's UN Security Council Seat Loss Means Canada Can Focus On What Really Matters

To secure a seat on the UN Security Council, Trudeau made a Faustian bargain, with disastrous results. But we should put the failure...

July 13, 2020 at 7:10 pm

False reality is at the heart of Putin’s brazen constitutional assault: Aurel Braun in the Globe and Mail

Making the best of a bad situation, Vladimir Putin is determined to make Mr. Putin great again. But his attempt to defy and...

 

July 7, 2020 at 9:37 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: Three Years on the Baltic Watch

In 2017, Canada took up a leadership role as the Framework Nation of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP) Battlegroup in Latvia. And, immediately...

 

July 6, 2020 at 7:21 pm read more

Dark days ahead for Canada-Russia relations as Putin certain to win referendum: Marcus Kolga in the Star

With the outcome of Russia’s constitutional referendum next week a fait accompli, the Trudeau government must prepare for yet darker days ahead by...

 

June 30, 2020 at 5:44 pm read more

Ep. 49 - Dissecting Russia's Disinformation with Michael Weiss and Marcus Kolga

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 49 - Dissecting Russia's Disinformation with Michael Weiss and Marcus Kolga Like other authoritarian regimes, the...

 

June 22, 2020 at 8:19 pm read more

The COVID-19 Outbreak in Russia: Marcus Kolga on TRT World

Since the beginning of May, Russia has recorded more than 135 000 new cases of COVID-19 in just thirteen days. MLI senior fellow...

 

May 15, 2020 at 7:56 pm read more

Why Russia’s Arctic Strategy Requires a Realistic Response from Canada: New MLI report by Aurel Braun and Stephen J. Blank

OTTAWA, ON (April 9, 2020): Though the COVID-19 pandemic has justifiably captured the public’s attention, it is important to remember that authoritarian regimes...

 

April 9, 2020 at 4:26 pm read more

How are China and Russia manipulating the global pandemic? European Values Live Panel Debate

OTTAWA, ON (April 1, 2020): On Friday April 3, 2020 at 7:00am ET, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's partners at European Values will be hosting...

 

April 1, 2020 at 12:00 pm read more

Is Toronto under the sway of Kremlin propaganda?: Marcus Kolga in the Toronto Sun

The City of Toronto must immediately review policies and reject all attempts by malign foreign states to hijack public spaces in our city...

 

March 9, 2020 at 8:19 pm read more

Ep. 41 - What's Putin up to? With Balkan Devlen and Hanna Shelest

In the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow Balkan Devlen was joined by Dr. Hanna Shelest, Editor-in-Chief of Ukraine Analytica...

 

February 3, 2020 at 8:24 pm read more
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