7 July 2024. In the dying days of the Biden administration several of my colleagues and I attended the NATO summit in Washington. We were interviewed by our colleague Balkan…
21 June 2024: In this video commentary for MLI, I lay out the case why Canada’s lackadaisical approach to defence and national security has attratced the ire of both Democrates…
On 4 June 2024 I made one of my occasional appearance on the National Post’s video series run out of the Ottawa Bureau by the Bureau chief Stuart Thomson. In…

On March 8, 2024 the Macdonald Laurier Institute (MLI) hosted a roundtable discussion with the Latvian Minister of Defence, Andris Sprūds, addressing critical issues pertaining to NATO’s role in contemporary…

On 8 August 2023 I had a piece published in the Wahington Times calling out the US ambassador for defending the Trudeau government’s record on meeting its NATO spending targets….
In the so-called Great Game, in which Western powers seek through espionage as well as soft and hard power to counter the influence of disruptors and adversaries like Russia, Greece…
Much of the commentary I’ve read about Russia’s smash and grab of Crimea misses the point about why this kind of behaviour must engage the west’s attention. Much more is…