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Middle East and North Africa

Canada's potential role in the new Middle East peace: Michal Cotler-Wunsh in the Toronto Sun

Israel and the Arab world are ready for Canada to take responsibility and play a leading role in this potential new Middle East....

 

September 6, 2020 at 5:19 pm read more

How to Stop Iran From Terrorizing Dissidents Abroad: Cameron Khansarinia and Kaveh Shahrooz in the Wall Street Journal

Western countries need to take Tehran’s murderous campaign seriously and hold officials accountable, write Cameron Khansarinia and Kaveh Shahrooz in the Wall Street...

 

September 2, 2020 at 4:07 pm read more

Lebanon Government resigns over Beirut Blast: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

The government of Lebanon has resigned over the devastating Beirut blast. MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss...

 

August 12, 2020 at 10:11 am read more

Hold China and Iran accountable for their cover-ups: David Matas and Sarah Teich in the Toronto Sun

How do we prevent future cover-ups like we saw with COVID-19? Attribute responsibility. Bring perpetrators to justice. Make wrongdoers pay for the damage...

 

August 7, 2020 at 4:16 pm read more

Exploring China and Iran's COVID-19 liabilities with Sarah Teich and Shuvaloy Majumdar

In this video, MLI's Director for the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad, Shuvaloy Majumdar, was joined by Sarah Teich to discuss Teich's...

July 17, 2020 at 12:00 pm

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

Trump’s Iran policy is imperfect, but he grasps truths Obama missed: Kaveh Shahrooz in the Toronto Star

While Trump may get many things wrong, he seems to have intuitively grasped certain key truths about dealing with Iran that other presidents...

 

January 16, 2020 at 5:28 pm read more

Flight PS752: A deadly combination of Iran’s recklessness and incompetence: Aurel Braun in The Conversation

Perhaps the tragedy of Flight PS752 may also finally convince the Iranian theocratic dictatorship that it’s time to stop pursuing dangerous foreign adventures,...

 

January 10, 2020 at 5:51 pm read more

Iran’s Fawning Western Apologists: Kaveh Shahrooz in Quillette

It is true that war brings out the blinkered jingoism of the right. But it also brings out the inverted racism that has...

 

January 8, 2020 at 7:55 pm read more

What Canada has at Stake with Turkey and the Middle East: Straight Talk with Balkan Devlen

OTTAWA, ON (November 29, 2019): Turkish and Turkish-backed militias have crossed the border into northern Syria following the drawdown of US troops –...

 

November 29, 2019 at 5:49 pm read more
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  • The Macdonald-Laurier Institute Welcomes New Senior Fellow, Patrice Dutil

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    OTTAWA, ON (February 26, 2021): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to welcome Patrice Dutil as our newest Senior Fellow, covering issues including Canadian history,...

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  • Trudeau's Canada - Low achievement, high self-esteem: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

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    We feel very good about ourselves — but for no apparent reason, writes Philip Cross in the Financial Post. Below is an excerpt...

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    Ottawa, ON (February 25, 2021): In a virtual bilateral meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden discussed upcoming priorities for the...

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Webinar Panel Video: Standing Guard - What have we learned from the enhanced Forward Presence on NATO's frontier?

 In 2021, NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) is heading into its fourth year. Canada’s commitment as the Framework Nation for the eFP...

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