Section: US & Canada
Rob Nicholson: Harper picks safe bet for Foreign Affairs
The Change: Rob Nicholson, former Defence minister, becomes minister of Foreign Affairs. He replaces John Baird after the latter’s surprise resignation last week. The File: The crisis in Ukraine and the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have dominated Canada’s international agenda since last year, and that...
Merkel and Obama United on Ukraine
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Obama said the alliance between the United States and Europe remained strong, despite potential disagreements on whether to provide arms to Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Rob Nicholson: Harper picks safe bet for Foreign Affairs
The Change: Rob Nicholson, former Defence minister, becomes minister of Foreign Affairs. He replaces John Baird after the latter’s surprise resignation last week. The File: The crisis in Ukraine and the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have dominated Canada’s international agenda since last year, and that...
Ukraine Fights Where It Should Not; With Armed Means Neither Effective Nor Strategic
The theater of struggle for Ukraine is in fact not the Donbas region where an intensive armed campaign is currently taking place. There are three battlefields – neither of them eastern Ukraine – on which a long-term outcome of this conflict will eventually be decided. The ultimate victory for Ukraine is centered around the unity of...
Watch: Obama and Merkel Strategize Solutions to Ukraine Crisis
The president and German chancellor discuss whether they would arm Ukrainian forces against pro-Russian rebels if diplomacy fails. …read more Source: ABC...
Jason Kenney: Defence minister facing funding cuts, procurement battles
The change: Jason Kenney becomes the new minister of National Defence, taking over from Rob Nicholson, who becomes the new Foreign Affairs minister. Kenney is the third defence minister in the last 19 months. He leaves the post of minister of employment and social development (formerly Human Resources and Skills Development Canada). But he...
Obama, Merkel: Russian aggression reinforces Western unity
President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared Monday that Russian aggression in Ukraine has only reinforced the unity of the U.S. and Europe. …read more Source: Global...
Obama: Russian aggression reinforces Western unity
Obama says Russia’s aggression against Ukraine only reinforces Western unity …read more Source:...
Merkel in middle of U.S.-Russia standoff
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has positioned herself as the diplomatic envoy between the West and Russia but there is currently no clear path towards ending the escalating Ukraine violence. …read more Source:...
Obama says he is considering arming Ukraine
Obama, however, sounded skeptical about the unintended consequences of sending weapons to an army that is so overpowered by Russian forces. …read more Source: Toronto...
