Drones sink ships off Bulgaria as war comes to the Black Sea
Unmanned strikes on merchant shipping in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone expose the high cost of western inaction as the Black Sea war widens.
By Tom Beckwith ·
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Mark Carney is smartly hedging Canada's risk against Donald Trump
For an actuary’s daughter, the math of Canada’s current predicament is simple, though the politics are loud.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Carney's EU associate bid is a vanity project, not a strategy
Prime Minister Mark Carney stood before the European Parliament in Strasbourg on September 17 and attempted to perform a feat of geopolitical alchemy.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Carney is right to build a lifeboat with the EU
In the corridors of Strasbourg, where the air always smells faintly of old paper and the desperate hope of a unified continent, the European Union has a habit of treating legal…
By Elena Rossi ·
Canada alliance plan 'not against anyone', EU says after Trump threat
You can’t pay a heating bill with a press release, and you certainly can’t keep a fabricating shop humming on the fumes of a parliamentary speech in Strasbourg.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Trump Threatens EU With Tariffs Over Canada ‘Associate Member’ Offer
There is a particular kind of blindness that afflicts those who mistake a hostage situation for a courtship.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Trump's tariff-hammer is pushing Canada toward the EU
When Donald Trump describes a diplomatic overture as "laughable" and a strategic partnership as a "hostile act," he isn't engaging in diplomacy; he is issuing a demand for vassalage.
By Sophie Naimi ·
Trump's tariffs are a shakedown of the EU and Canada
The Atlantic has always been a highway for ideas and trade, but lately, it feels more like a tripwire.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Mark Carney trades Canada's sovereignty for an EU illusion
By Grant Colby ·
Mark Carney hedges against Trump by joining the European Union
I grew up in the shadow of a fence that was always being rebuilt, watching my father’s crew get stranded when the government decided the border was a battlefield instead of a workplace.
By Alma Cordero ·
Von der Leyen offers Canada a life jacket against Donald Trump
When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stood before the European Parliament in Strasbourg and invited Canada to become the bloc’s first "associate member," she…
By Klaus Berger ·
Carney's EU pivot is a vital hedge against Donald Trump
The map that Donald Trump posted on Truth Social showing Canada overlaid with the US flag was meant as a piece of casual digital vandalism, but it served a more useful purpose…
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Mark Carney is right to hedge Canada against the US with the EU
The world is once again learning that the "special relationship" is a fairy tale told to children and diplomats.
By Bram de Vries ·
Trump's map treats allies like provinces, eroding US leadership
There is a difference between a man making a joke and a President signaling a shift in the global order.
By Grant Colby ·
European Commission and NATO chiefs to hold talks on Russian threats
The language coming out of Brussels is exhausting.
By Imani Sutton ·
Washington's threat forces Canada to find ballast in the EU
The moment Mark Carney, Canada’s Prime Minister, accepts an invitation to address the European Parliament—and attend President von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech—it is not…
By Aoife Gallagher ·