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Canada can do better than more defence dollars and the Golden Dome

  • The government could adopt and promote a broader common security framework for national and international defence.
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | February 11, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence system which will accelerate the arms race, lead to the weaponization of space, and increase the risk of nuclear war, writes Earl Turcotte. White House photograph by Joyce N. Boghosian

Canada can do better than more defence dollars and the Golden Dome

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | February 11, 2026
  • The government could adopt and promote a broader common security framework for national and international defence.

Canada can do better than more defence dollars and the Golden Dome

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | February 11, 2026
  • The government could adopt and promote a broader common security framework for national and international defence.
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence system which will accelerate the arms race, lead to the weaponization of space, and increase the risk of nuclear war, writes Earl Turcotte. White House photograph by Joyce N. Boghosian

As world marks 80 years since atomic anniversary, Canada has room to lead

  • Canadian diplomacy can and has had major impact on global affairs in the past, and the country is extremely well placed to take substantive
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | August 6, 2025
The impact of the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 continues to reverberate 80 years later, writes Earl Turcotte. Photographs courtesy of the U.S. Government

As world marks 80 years since atomic anniversary, Canada has room to lead

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | August 6, 2025
  • Canadian diplomacy can and has had major impact on global affairs in the past, and the country is extremely well placed to take substantive

As world marks 80 years since atomic anniversary, Canada has room to lead

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | August 6, 2025
  • Canadian diplomacy can and has had major impact on global affairs in the past, and the country is extremely well placed to take substantive
The impact of the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 continues to reverberate 80 years later, writes Earl Turcotte. Photographs courtesy of the U.S. Government

What is the path to peace in Ukraine?

  • Persuade the Russian president that he simply cannot win militarily, setting the stage for substantive peace negotiations.
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | February 26, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. America’s transition to possible adversary has sent shock waves around the world, writes Earl Turcotte. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

What is the path to peace in Ukraine?

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | February 26, 2025
  • Persuade the Russian president that he simply cannot win militarily, setting the stage for substantive peace negotiations.

What is the path to peace in Ukraine?

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | February 26, 2025
  • Persuade the Russian president that he simply cannot win militarily, setting the stage for substantive peace negotiations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. America’s transition to possible adversary has sent shock waves around the world, writes Earl Turcotte. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

United Nations Summit of the Future in 2024 to talk about UN Emergency Peace Service

  • UNEPS is envisioned as a permanent, integrated, multi-functional unit of up to 13,000 well-equipped and highly trained personnel, ready for almost immediate deployment when
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | December 14, 2023
Then-secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali, right, with Kofi Annan, UN secretary-general designate. In 1992, Boutros-Ghali proposed that the UN Security Council be provided forces and resources to enable it to intervene in an imminent or ongoing conflict when all efforts at mediation have been exhausted. UN photograph/Flickr

United Nations Summit of the Future in 2024 to talk about UN Emergency Peace Service

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | December 14, 2023
  • UNEPS is envisioned as a permanent, integrated, multi-functional unit of up to 13,000 well-equipped and highly trained personnel, ready for almost immediate deployment when

United Nations Summit of the Future in 2024 to talk about UN Emergency Peace Service

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | December 14, 2023
  • UNEPS is envisioned as a permanent, integrated, multi-functional unit of up to 13,000 well-equipped and highly trained personnel, ready for almost immediate deployment when
Then-secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali, right, with Kofi Annan, UN secretary-general designate. In 1992, Boutros-Ghali proposed that the UN Security Council be provided forces and resources to enable it to intervene in an imminent or ongoing conflict when all efforts at mediation have been exhausted. UN photograph/Flickr

Time to root out loopholes in Canada’s cluster munitions laws

  • Now would be the time to finally amend Canada’s domestic law on cluster munitions so it conforms to the standards established in the convention
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | July 12, 2023
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly
Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly should fix the exception in the law that allows a Canadian commander of a multinational force to direct the use of cluster munitions by non-party state armed forces, writes Earl Turcotte. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to root out loopholes in Canada’s cluster munitions laws

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | July 12, 2023
  • Now would be the time to finally amend Canada’s domestic law on cluster munitions so it conforms to the standards established in the convention

Time to root out loopholes in Canada’s cluster munitions laws

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | July 12, 2023
  • Now would be the time to finally amend Canada’s domestic law on cluster munitions so it conforms to the standards established in the convention
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly
Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly should fix the exception in the law that allows a Canadian commander of a multinational force to direct the use of cluster munitions by non-party state armed forces, writes Earl Turcotte. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Cluster munitions are not the answer in Ukraine

  • Ukraine should be provided with robust military assistance to defend itself, but the further use of cluster bombs would be a tragic mistake.
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | December 26, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, is reportedly dealing with a request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government to provide it with cluster munitions in its fight against Russia. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Flickr/President of Ukraine

Cluster munitions are not the answer in Ukraine

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | December 26, 2022
  • Ukraine should be provided with robust military assistance to defend itself, but the further use of cluster bombs would be a tragic mistake.

Cluster munitions are not the answer in Ukraine

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | December 26, 2022
  • Ukraine should be provided with robust military assistance to defend itself, but the further use of cluster bombs would be a tragic mistake.
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, is reportedly dealing with a request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government to provide it with cluster munitions in its fight against Russia. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Flickr/President of Ukraine

Global community must step up pressure on Putin

  • War rages on in Ukraine. Despite truly heroic resistance by Ukraine’s armed forces and its people, they are badly outgunned by Russian forces and
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | March 10, 2022
No matter how determined Russian President Vladimir Putin is, if faced with the combined military strength of 100 or more nations, or even NATO states alone, he would pull back, writes Earl Turcotte. UN photograph by Mark Garten

Global community must step up pressure on Putin

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | March 10, 2022
  • War rages on in Ukraine. Despite truly heroic resistance by Ukraine’s armed forces and its people, they are badly outgunned by Russian forces and

Global community must step up pressure on Putin

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | March 10, 2022
  • War rages on in Ukraine. Despite truly heroic resistance by Ukraine’s armed forces and its people, they are badly outgunned by Russian forces and
No matter how determined Russian President Vladimir Putin is, if faced with the combined military strength of 100 or more nations, or even NATO states alone, he would pull back, writes Earl Turcotte. UN photograph by Mark Garten

Canada continuing to fail on cleaning up cluster munitions law

  • What is arguably worse than not joining an important disarmament treaty? Joining with no intention of complying with its core provisions. In 2015, Canada’s
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | May 17, 2021
Now Foreign Minister Marc Garneau was a vocal opposition spokesperson to the Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act before it was passed as a law in 2014. Perhaps he, a man of integrity who championed amending the legislation while in opposition, will finally make this right, writes Earl Turcotte. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada continuing to fail on cleaning up cluster munitions law

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | May 17, 2021
  • What is arguably worse than not joining an important disarmament treaty? Joining with no intention of complying with its core provisions. In 2015, Canada’s

Canada continuing to fail on cleaning up cluster munitions law

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | May 17, 2021
  • What is arguably worse than not joining an important disarmament treaty? Joining with no intention of complying with its core provisions. In 2015, Canada’s
Now Foreign Minister Marc Garneau was a vocal opposition spokesperson to the Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act before it was passed as a law in 2014. Perhaps he, a man of integrity who championed amending the legislation while in opposition, will finally make this right, writes Earl Turcotte. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

So many words, but so little action on nuclear disarmament

  • Who in their wildest dreams would have thought that the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, would feel compelled earlier this
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | January 18, 2021
In the dying days of his presidency, senior U.S. politicians, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed concern about Donald Trump having access to the country’s nuclear codes. Flickr photograph by Gage Skidmore

So many words, but so little action on nuclear disarmament

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | January 18, 2021
  • Who in their wildest dreams would have thought that the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, would feel compelled earlier this

So many words, but so little action on nuclear disarmament

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | January 18, 2021
  • Who in their wildest dreams would have thought that the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, would feel compelled earlier this
In the dying days of his presidency, senior U.S. politicians, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed concern about Donald Trump having access to the country’s nuclear codes. Flickr photograph by Gage Skidmore

We’ve all got a stake in this and there is no time to waste

  • Canadians will soon learn whether or not we win a new temporary seat on the UN Security Council. “The UN Security Council is the
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | June 8, 2020
Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured on Feb. 5, 2020, on the Hill, recently said, 'The UN Security Council is the big table. This is where the most consequential decisions are taken with respect to peace and security around the world.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

We’ve all got a stake in this and there is no time to waste

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | June 8, 2020
  • Canadians will soon learn whether or not we win a new temporary seat on the UN Security Council. “The UN Security Council is the

We’ve all got a stake in this and there is no time to waste

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | June 8, 2020
  • Canadians will soon learn whether or not we win a new temporary seat on the UN Security Council. “The UN Security Council is the
Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured on Feb. 5, 2020, on the Hill, recently said, 'The UN Security Council is the big table. This is where the most consequential decisions are taken with respect to peace and security around the world.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Public health crisis offers new lens towards nuclear disarmament

  • That COVID-19 has created a new global reality is clear. If there is any positive aspect to this unfolding situation, it could be a
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | April 15, 2020
Russia and the U.S., led by presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, respectively, have produced missiles that can travel up to 27 times the speed of sound and are considered to be unstoppable. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Public health crisis offers new lens towards nuclear disarmament

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | April 15, 2020
  • That COVID-19 has created a new global reality is clear. If there is any positive aspect to this unfolding situation, it could be a

Public health crisis offers new lens towards nuclear disarmament

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | April 15, 2020
  • That COVID-19 has created a new global reality is clear. If there is any positive aspect to this unfolding situation, it could be a
Russia and the U.S., led by presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, respectively, have produced missiles that can travel up to 27 times the speed of sound and are considered to be unstoppable. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

U.S. joint chiefs release alarming nuclear operations document

  • On June 19, The Guardian and a host of other media reported that on June 11 the U.S. joint chiefs released a document simply entitled
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | July 1, 2019
When the top military commanders of the, militarily, most powerful country on Earth suggest that 'nuclear weapons could create the conditions for decisive results and the restoration of strategic stability,' we should all be worried sick and ask ourselves, what can we do—individually and collectively—to prevent this insanity from continuing, writes Earl Turcotte. Screen capture image of Global Research Centre for Research on Globalization

U.S. joint chiefs release alarming nuclear operations document

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | July 1, 2019
  • On June 19, The Guardian and a host of other media reported that on June 11 the U.S. joint chiefs released a document simply entitled

U.S. joint chiefs release alarming nuclear operations document

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | July 1, 2019
  • On June 19, The Guardian and a host of other media reported that on June 11 the U.S. joint chiefs released a document simply entitled
When the top military commanders of the, militarily, most powerful country on Earth suggest that 'nuclear weapons could create the conditions for decisive results and the restoration of strategic stability,' we should all be worried sick and ask ourselves, what can we do—individually and collectively—to prevent this insanity from continuing, writes Earl Turcotte. Screen capture image of Global Research Centre for Research on Globalization

The day after the nuclear bomb

  • The day after the next nuclear detonation, it will all be so clear: what we could have done—what we should have done—to prevent it.
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | October 25, 2017
The remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sept. 1, 1945, after it was hit by an atomic bomb on Aug. 6 of that year. Earl Turcotte says all the signs are there that another catastrophe could come. UN photograph by DB

The day after the nuclear bomb

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | October 25, 2017
  • The day after the next nuclear detonation, it will all be so clear: what we could have done—what we should have done—to prevent it.

The day after the nuclear bomb

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | October 25, 2017
  • The day after the next nuclear detonation, it will all be so clear: what we could have done—what we should have done—to prevent it.
The remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sept. 1, 1945, after it was hit by an atomic bomb on Aug. 6 of that year. Earl Turcotte says all the signs are there that another catastrophe could come. UN photograph by DB

Why Canada should rethink its stance on nuclear arms

  • CARP, ONT.—Somewhat paradoxically, as humanity has developed ever more effective ways to wage war, we have also established a significant body of international law
Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | November 9, 2016
Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion speaks at the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on March 2. UN photograph by Elma Okic

Why Canada should rethink its stance on nuclear arms

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | November 9, 2016
  • CARP, ONT.—Somewhat paradoxically, as humanity has developed ever more effective ways to wage war, we have also established a significant body of international law

Why Canada should rethink its stance on nuclear arms

Opinion | BY EARL TURCOTTE | November 9, 2016
  • CARP, ONT.—Somewhat paradoxically, as humanity has developed ever more effective ways to wage war, we have also established a significant body of international law
Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion speaks at the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on March 2. UN photograph by Elma Okic
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