Lesia Shymko

Recent public attention has focused on Moscow’s use of cyber warfare against elections in the US and Europe. But lately, a far more insidious threat to liberal democracy and the Euro-Atlantic alliance has emerged – Russia’s weaponization of faith-based organizations.Expelled from...

The government of Justin Trudeau has de facto ended former Prime Minister Harper’s policy of isolating Vladimir Putin. Canadian foreign minister Stephane Dion officially launched his re-engagement with the Kremlin by meeting with Sergei Lavrov and wooing cooperation with Russia on the Arctic...

For many months, warnings signs have emerged indicating a dangerous shift in Canada’s foreign policy vis-a-vis Russia. Last week, these predictions came true, when Canada’s Foreign Minister, Stephane Dion, announced his intention to block passage of a law targeting Russian human-rights...

“Western leaders need to listen to what Yevhen Marchuk has to say.” These are the words that General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, repeated to politicians and newspaper reporters during his recent visit to Canada.Both General Wesley Clark and former Ukrainian...