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Petraeus says ISIL momentum halted
OTTAWA – Retired U.S. general David Petraeus, the architect of America’s surge in Iraq in 2007, says the current U.S.-led coalition there, which includes Canadian fighter jets, has halted the momentum of the Islamic State.Though he ruled out any future need for Western ground troops, Petraeus said a Western victory over the Islamic...
Q and A: How Canada ‘set an example’ on Ukraine
Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada returns home Nov. 30 to help co-ordinate his country’s foreign service. During his years in Ottawa, Vadym Prystaiko has both lauded the federal government for its strong stance against Russia, and chided it over aid delays. He spoke with the Citizen’s Dylan Robertson. Q. You were chargé...
Ukraine is preparing for assault on the east, Russia’s Lavrov says
Russia’s foreign policy chief on Wednesday claimed that Ukraine’s decision to freeze budget payments to the eastern rebel-held territories could be a precursor to a military onslaught. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine is preparing for military assault on the east, Russian foreign minister says
Ukrainian officials announced earlier this month that they will freeze the $2.6-billion in state support to the areas now in rebel hands …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine preparing for military assault on the east, Russia’s foreign minister warns
MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign policy chief on Wednesday claimed that Ukraine’s decision to freeze budget payments to the eastern rebel-held territories could be a precursor to a military onslaught. Ukrainian officials announced earlier this month that they will freeze the $2.6 billion in state support to the areas now in rebel hands,...
The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Multiplication of Western Walls
Photo by Edward Valachovic Introduction On November 9, 2014, Germany and its Western Allies, celebrated the ‘Fall of the Berlin Wall’ and the subsequent ‘reunification’ of the ‘two Germanys’. Prime Minister Merkel described the ‘historic event’ as a “victory of freedom for all peoples in Europe and across the world.” The...
Our leaders have a duty to fight for peace. They’re failing.
It’s not quite over yet, but I think we can confidently state that 2014 was a lousy year for peace. Lowlights included: Russia’s strategic (and well-executed) annexation of the Crimea; the Ebola outbreak; the kidnapping of 400 Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram; the rise of Islamic State in northern Iraq and Syria; the relentless...
Merkel and Putin: Playing the long game
I wrote a post yesterday that said the contemptuous treatment of President Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 meeting was juvenile and counterproductive. I knew I would get a reaction. I have received dozens of e-mails stating that Putin got what he deserved and decrying what the writers saw as my support for appeasement. There also have been...
Russians scorn Harper’s ‘shirt-fronting’ of Putin: Nahlah Ayed
Russians are bewildered by what they see as Canada’s “militancy” over Ukraine, Nahlah Ayed writes. “Why is Canada so strongly against Russia?” Pravda keeps asking. …read more Source:...
Merkel fears construction of Cold-War zones across Europe if Russia not given hard counter in Ukraine
The strongly worded statement came as Ukraine’s president warned of a resumption of ‘total war’ in the strife-torn country’s east …read more Source: Vancouver...
