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A New Eastern Mediterranean Strategic Matrix Is Evolving

Commentary Major, separate transformations are emerging in the domestic political landscapes of Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, and Greece. These, coupled with transformations in “great power” influences in the broader Eastern Mediterranean region, will shape the European energy markets, and the relative influence of the United States, Russia, the People’s Republic of China, and Iran….


Contextualizing Taiwan’s Role in Central and Eastern Europe: A Global Taiwan Institute Event

There might be a policy shift in Central and Eastern Europe regarding China and Taiwan in the past few years. While China lost influence in the region, Taiwan expanded ties with countries such as Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. What is behind China’s declining role in Central and Eastern Europe? What factors have…


LIVE 9:45 AM ET: Contextualizing Taiwan’s Role in Central and Eastern Europe: A Global Taiwan Institute Event

There might be a policy shift in Central and Eastern Europe regarding China and Taiwan in the past few years. While China lost influence in the region, Taiwan expanded ties with countries such as Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. What is behind China’s declining role in Central and Eastern Europe? What factors have…


LIVE NOW: Contextualizing Taiwan’s Role in Central and Eastern Europe: A Global Taiwan Institute Event

There might be a policy shift in Central and Eastern Europe regarding China and Taiwan in the past few years. While China lost influence in the region, Taiwan expanded ties with countries such as Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. What is behind China’s declining role in Central and Eastern Europe? What factors have…


Canada’s Intelligence Agency Says ‘Foreign Interference Activity’ by Beijing On the Rise

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said it’s seeing the continued growth of foreign interference activities from state actors like China, a statement that follows a string of recent reports about Beijing’s interference in Canadian society and democratic systems. “CSIS continues to observe increasing foreign interference activity by state actors, including the People’s Republic of…


Lack of Government Action on Chinese Interference Seems to Be What Led to CSIS Leaks

Commentary I’ll never forget July 18, 1983. It was my first day on the job at the Communications Security Establishment, Canada’s signals intelligence (SIGINT) agency. I was all of 22 years old, days out of an MA from Western University and ready to start my first full-time job as a translator at the Department of…


CCP’s Supposed Fight Against Terrorism a Lesson in How Not to Fight Terrorism

Commentary That terrorism is real should not be in question. Even if we cannot agree on what terrorism is (“one man’s freedom fighter…”), let alone the distinction between it and hate crime, it is very true that there is such a thing and it warrants monitoring and action to stop it before it occurs (and…


Chinese ‘Police Stations’ in Canada Amounts to the Presence of a Hostile Foreign Power in Our Front Yard

Commentary According to popular wisdom, Sir Robert Peel created the first modern municipal police force in London in 1829. Yes, there were other law enforcement-type bodies well before that, but the idea of having an organized body of men (they were all men at first) to patrol the streets and investigate/prevent crime was new for…


It’s Beyond Time Politicians Began Paying Serious Attention to Foreign Interference in Canada

Commentary Just how big does a security threat have to be before we start to worry? I have a confession to make. Yes, it is true, I’ve been a huge fan of Douglas Adams’ “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” ever since I watched the 1981 TV series. This irreverent, clever look at the adventures of…


Vancouver Area Council Members Attend Chinese National Day Celebration, as Global Protests Are Held Against the CCP

Some Vancouver-area municipal politicians recently participated in an event where Chinese consulate representatives celebrated the founding of the communist regime in Beijing. On the same day, a number of rights groups gathered to protest the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in cities across Canada and in other countries, as part of a global movement against the…