Canadian and Finnish companies are already 'finding each other' to team up, with Finland’s current defence spending focus on modernizing the country’s land forces, says Janne Kuusela. Read full story

There is an almost reluctance to engage with the reality of what is happening right now, and what that may portend for the not-very distant future. Read full story

Canada West Foundation's Gary Mar says it's time for Canada to turn to its trade missions to focus advocacy efforts on the individual states. 'Ultimately, people in Washington don't run the economy, governors do.' Read full story

Berlin turned down the concept of a new financing instrument for the defence industry last year, but German parliamentarian Stefan Rouenhoff says its experts are holding discussions with Canadians, and a decision has not yet been made. Read full story

The sun is sinking on the American Empire, and, in this century, may decline below the horizon. Living next door, Canada is looking to cushion itself. Read full story

'We were told that culture would not be a bargaining chip in the discussions regarding CUSMA,' says Marie-Julie Desrochers of the Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expression, but 'it appears that it has become one.' Read full story

It remains to be seen whether Bill C-35 marks a genuine turning point in corporate accountability, or becomes another entry in an already long list of good intentions. Read full story

For decades, Canada asked what it can do for Africa. The question now is what Canada and Africa can build together. Read full story

The U.S. government may have offered $150-million in aid for Venezuela after the June 24 earthquakes, but it has also sold at least $8-billion of Venezuelan oil since it took control of the country’s oil industry. Read full story

If a misguided GOP rallies around this disastrous president in a display of misguided loyalty, Donald Trump won’t be the only one going down when the votes are counted this November.  Read full story