Chris Kilford

This morning, we have a superb, insightful extract taken from a recent Red Passport podcast by Jeremy Kinsman during which he spoke about the war in Ukraine... opencanada.org/an-unrecogniza…

🚨Le Canada affronte des menaces de plus en plus complexes, toujours sans stratégie moderne. Dans mon analyse pour @OpenCanada, j’explique pourquoi une vision cohérente et des partenariats de sécurité élargis sont désormais indispensables. opencanada.org/fr/la-securite…

🚨Canada faces rising, overlapping security threats — yet still no modern strategy. My new analysis for @OpenCanada argues that rebuilding coherence and widening our security partnerships is no longer optional, but essential. opencanada.org/canadas-nation…

On CIC'S Open Canada Cultural diplomacy is often discussed from the vantage point of a national government. However, below the level of the nation state a dynamic and diverse cultural diplomacy is also taking place. opencanada.org/cultural-diplo…

The latest on 'Open Canada' which I edit: When diplomacy moved to prime time: how a provincial ad, a dead president’s voice, and one wounded ego stopped a trade deal. opencanada.org/when-reagans-g…

From Catherine Lang (the author of 'Embedded'), Open Canada just published her review of Tim Martin's latest book 'Unwinnable Peace - Untold Stories of Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan'. opencanada.org/unwinnable-pea…

The latest article, from Stuart Jones in Washington, is now live on Open Canada! 'Passing the Puck' focuses on the very important relationship Canada has with the EU amidst the shifts in Washington’s foreign policy. opencanada.org/passing-the-pu…

As the editor (articles) with Open Canada I was delighted to have an opportunity to work with Michael Kovrig. Canada-China relations...hopes are for a reset in relations under Trump’s tariffs, but a wary recalibration is likely a more realistic scenario. opencanada.org/china-canada-r…

Please join me and my guest, Abbas Qaidari (former Senior Fellow at Tehran’s Center for Strategic Studies) for a Zoom discussion focused on the Israel-Iran conflict. We are all set to go for Tuesday, 24 June from 3-4 pm PT. Chris. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Un nouvel article d'Open Canada... Canada 51 ? Le test existentiel du gouvernement Carney Si le Canada n’affirme pas ce qu’il est, d’autres décideront ce qu’il deviendra. opencanada.org/fr/canada-51-l…

John Jonaid for CIC's Open Canada: It’s time for Canada to galvanize a global response to the Hazara and Rohingya genocides by mobilizing international resources and holding the perpetrators to account. opencanada.org/canadas-call-l…

Only Yesterday: Canada-US Convergence on China Canada and the US found much to agree on before Trump 2.0, especially the need to cooperate on the China challenge. opencanada.org/only-yesterday…

Our latest from Sergio Marchi has just been posted on 'Open Canada' opencanada.org/mark-carney-a-…

From my friend Alan Siaroff opencanada.org/in-the-face-of…

Donald Trump is just the latest in a long list of demagogues who exploit the trappings of democracy to further authoritarian ambitions. Will anyone be willing to challenge him? opencanada.org/as-we-battle-t…

Former US President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. opencanada.org/the-quiet-coll…

Former politician and diplomat Sergio Marchi focuses on the state-of-play in America... opencanada.org/the-troubled-s…

As Matthew Downey writes, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Napoleonic legacy is being used in complex and contradictory ways concerning dictatorship and war. opencanada.org/napoleon-compl…

CIC's Open Canada has a new article... We Must Not Forget Ukraine opencanada.org/we-must-not-fo…

The latest on Open Canada... opencanada.org/book-review-th…