Harper to scope out Pacific Alliance for himself

In Peru, PM will talk trade and mining.

Feds urged to stay the course on shipbuilding strategy

NDP says still confident about national program, but warns of communication breakdown.

Baird starting to realize Syria’s complexities

We are still anti-Assad but we cannot be pro-rebel. Very confusing.

Israel takes sides

If it comes to an all-out struggle, Israel knows which side it wants to win in the Syrian war and in a Sunni-Shia war looming in the eastern Arab world.

With national security, the buck stops with Harper

Analyst says hard to compare allies’ structures to Canada.

Drones and Guantanamo

Revealed: Major terrorist activity, hundreds dead

While thankfully Boston killed only four people, and a Canadian plot was thwarted, during that same timeframe over 700 people were killed in Iraq.

Media amplify extremist efforts

The mere threat of a possible planned attack leads to a public clamouring for tighter security.

With missile defence, little to gain and much to lose

North Korea’s nuclear bluster is turning out to be an all-purpose defence program justifier.

Canada’s contradictory military and humanitarian stances

Canada declined to sign on to a joint statement that pointed out the incompatibility of nuclear weapons and international humanitarian law, likely because that would violate its NATO commitment to nuclear deterrence.

Chemical fantasies in Syria

There won't be any foreign military intervention, and the Syrian civil war won't end any time soon.