On 27 May 2023 the Globe and Mail published a long essay by me on the fact that our adversaries (chiefly China and Russia) understand perfectly that they are in a new Cold War with the West. We in Canada are a lot slower on the uptake!

Chinese election interference is of course a hot topic in Canada. Yet, while it is indeed a matter of enormous importance, its real significance can only be understood in the context of the new Cold War against the West.