Kerry Buck: The power dynamics of the world are shifting rapidly. If Canada doesn’t switch gears soon, it could get left behind
Adnan R. Khan: Canada’s foreign service is a mess. The Throne Speech suggests the Liberal government knows it.
The departure of Trump means a departure from tyrant-flattery and the abuse of longstanding U.S. allies. Then the hard work begins.
There will be a new goal in the coming year: getting ahead (and getting heard) in an unfriendly, chaotic world
Terry Glavin: It turned out that the rest of the world wasn’t as keen on neo-liberal multilateralism as Team Trudeau had imagined
Paul Wells: There is a notion, apparently widespread, in the political alumni club that on some key issues we don’t actually have a prime minister.
Adnan R. Khan: At a historically critical moment, when the world really does need more Canada, it’s nowhere to be found
Scott Gilmore: There is no question the American ship of state is leaking badly. The question we should be asking ourselves, as Canadians, is whether we should help bail or build our own raft.
Shannon Gormley: In this nasty, empty campaign, how would a debate on foreign policy have gone? Safe to say, pretty badly.
The leaders’ responses on China, Israel and Canada’s role in NATO lurched from platitudinous to downright bizarre
Opinion: Canada’s row with Saudi Arabia suggests it may be time to focus on survival, rather than evangelism, when it comes to Canada’s worthy values on the world stage
The prime minister needs to grow a stalled trade relationship and also assuage India’s security concerns about its diaspora in Canada