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Mark Carney is the first Canadian PM in decades have his government elected strictly on foreign policy. The question is, which foreign policy? He is currently pursuing two at once, one realist and one ideals-based, and likely hoping Trump won’t notice theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Doug Saunders, Arrival City, quoting Dowell Myers: “At a given point in time, measurement of residents’ characteristics includes the most disadvantaged newcomers to a city but not the more advantage ‘graduates’ from the place”

Excellent analysis of Mark Carney’s “juggling act” by the Globe’s ⁦⁦⁦Doug Saunders⁩. My key takeaway (and comfort) is that it’s strategy rooted in reality. #Canada #trade #Trump #NATO #democracy #foreignpolicy theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

This is true. Any country’s pension fund or sovereign wealth fund should be invested MAINLY OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY ITSELF. Particularly a lower-population country such as Canada. Could we shift a chunk of investments from USA to say Europe? Eventually yes

Many are comparing this to Iraq 2003. The ginned-up WMD claims are similar. But Iraq was MUCH more justifiable--Saddam had a few years before used WMDs to murder 100,000 civilians only for their ethnicity, and there were no prospects for citizen overthrow. Neither the case here

I’d argue that their “Staten Island” is San Bernardino but otherwise ok

This is not the regime change either Iranians or the wider world are seeking, but it’s now the more likely possibility for that eventual transition

Your periodic reminder that RFK Junior, America's top health official actually rejects germ theory. This is not hyperbole, he wrote this in a book. arstechnica.com/health/2025/04…

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"If the Iran war... ends in the summer of 2025, the major outcome of it will be that it was a military act to preserve the hold on power by three men." — Doug Saunders at 8/11pm with Erin O'Toole, Arne Kislenko, Janice Stein, and Steve Paikin | Producer: Preeti Bhuyan

On that note, I wrote about Canada's new Janus-faced foreign policy, and the provisional Carney Doctrine, at greater length for Internationale Politik Quarterly ip-quarterly.com/en/canadas-del…

"It's just like that time we burned 200,000 civilians to death in a day, but, you know, in the positive sense"

Over 19 seasons, The Agenda has unpacked global conflicts and shifting alliances. Erin O'Toole, Arne Kislenko (Toronto Metropolitan University), Doug Saunders (The Globe and Mail), and Janice Stein (Munk School) talk with Steve Paikin about how the world has changed. youtube.com/watch?v=B3i9hb…

“They felt terribly!”

What was the point of the conflict in Iran? To keep three men in power, writes ⁦Doug Saunders⁩ of the ⁦The Globe and Mail⁩ in an insightful piece. #Iran #Israel #Trump #USA #Canada theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…