UN security council

Opinion: A former diplomat on how both Trump and Trudeau are espousing weak foreign policy—and how that might be a bigger problem for Canada

John Baird is in New York today to vote against a resolution that would recognize Palestine as a non-voting observer state at the United Nations. The Prime Minister referred to the resolution as a “shortcut” yesterday and has reportedly pressured Mahmoud Abbas to drop the bid. Campbell Clark now considers what Canada might do in response to the resolution passing.

For Benjamin Netanyahu, the question is not if, but when to bomb Iran

And why Washington and Tehran must learn to trust each other nonetheless

The military council provisionally ruling Egypt has scheduled a referendum on constitutional reforms, while forces controlled by Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi gained ground in the country’s civil war

Will Brazil’s first female president bring change, or is she just ‘Lula in a skirt’?

Obama’s recent trip snubbed Islamabad, and underscored how important relations with Delhi now are

AARON WHERRY reports from Canada 150: today the party tackles the world

Six years later, Mulroney has yet to give us a convincing account of his deal with Schreiber. Can we really leave it at that?

Must-reads: John Ibbitson on the boomers’ lament; Rosie DiManno on Afghanistan’s disabled; Colby Cosh on “food miles”; Janet Bagnall on Plan B; Thomas Walkom on Ontario’s industrial future.