Tag: Macdonald Laurier Institute

Expert Urges Ottawa to Show Credibility to Allies in Implementing Indo-Pacific Strategy

Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy has pledged to work with allies in pushing back against threats posed by authoritarian states in the region, but it has much work to do to prove that it will walk the walk, an expert at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) said. Stephen Nagy, a senior fellow at the MLI and associate professor at…


‘Progressive Issues’ in Indo-Pacific Strategy Not Useful for Countries in the Region, Expert Says

Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy has pledged to work with allies in pushing back against threats posed by authoritarian states in the region, but it has much work to do to prove that it will walk the walk, an expert at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) said. Stephen Nagy, an MLI senior fellow and an associate professor at the…


Canada Should Normalize Relations With Taiwan to Counter Beijing’s Threats: Report

As Beijing ramps up its threats against Taiwan in recent years, Canada needs a renewed strategy that recognizes the self-ruled island and normalizes relations with it, says a new Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) report. The report, titled “Navigating Canada-Taiwan relations: Why Canada needs a renewed strategy to help safeguard peace in the Taiwan Strait,” was conducted…


Canada Should Work More With Five Eyes to Counter China and Russia Threats: Report

Canada should collaborate more with its partners in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance to confront the challenges China and Russia pose to the liberal democracies in the West, a new report says. Titled “Evolving the Five Eyes: Opportunities and Challenges in the New Strategic Landscape,” the report says the members of the Five Eyes—Canada, United Kingdom,…


‘It Took Me by Surprise’: Academic Critical of BLM Movement Had Article on Her Paper Removed

Sonia Orlu never expected that an article about her recent paper on the Black Lives Matter movement would be promptly deleted by a Vancouver radio station after it was published following an interview with the station. But that’s what happened on March 5 to the PhD candidate in political science at Simon Fraser University and…