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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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The West Block: March 29 | Watch News Videos Online | Kerry Buck
Talked to Ben Mulroney on The West Block last night about Canada reaching NATO’s goal of 2% of GDP on defence, what comes next and the very difficult position NATO Allies have been placed in by Trump’...
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
How does Canada deal with Trump? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks former Canadian ambassador to NATO @kerrybuck.bsky.social, @acoyne.bsky.social (@theglobeandmail.com), and @seva.bsky.social (@uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social)
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How Should Canada Handle America's Erratic Foreign Policy? | The Rundown
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
On Power & Politics re Greenland. Allies have held military exercises for years to counter risk of Russian choke points on comms & shipping. Exercises send a message to Trump he doesn’t need to own Greenland; NATO is capable. U.S. squabbles with allies are a gift to Russia youtu.be/N7z18vkPT2I?...
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European presence in Greenland sends ‘unspoken message’ to Trump: ambassador | Power & Politics
YouTube video by CBC News
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela. Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law. Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
My thoughts on the new U.S. National Security Strategy www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Trump’s National Security Strategy is hostile to Canada – and the democratic world
If the administration implements even part of what’s been proposed, the U.S. will become an active strategic risk
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
A fine reaction to the Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy: “But as usual, the Trump teamp has, on a foundation of pre-existing stupidity, built a tower of absurdity” open.substack.com/pub/blueblaz...
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The Unbearable Lightness of Strategy
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Hard to imagine anyone being so foolish & ill-informed as to think Putin wants a peace deal - unless by that Witkoff meant Ukrainian capitulatn. Will we ever reach the point when European leaders accept the US is now acting against Ukraine's & Europe's interests, & they must protect themselves?
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Just spoke to @skynewsrss.bsky.social on Trump's Ukraine 'peace plan' (or plan for a new war). In short - a lot of it wd be bad for UA & Europe. Some parts might be OK if Putin & Trump cd be trusted to implement them (they can't). Europeans will have to try to improve it while flattering Trump.
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Anna Wieslander @annwieanna.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
It is easy to track the Kremlin's wishlist in Witkoff's plan - much harder to see any US ideas that favor #Ukraine or #Europe. If applied Ukraine would lose its sovereignty and Russia expand its sphere of interest. It would be a very dangerous path not leading to durable peace.
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Sigh. Just HOW long must the dude abide???
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I, however, Have such meagre power, Clutching at a Moment, While you control An hour. But your hour is A stone. My moment is A flower. -Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot" #everynightapoem As ever.
I have done so little
For you.
And you have do little 
For me.
That we have good reason
Never to agree.

I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a 
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower. 
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Watching the inevitable critics of Carney's performance with Trump today, I am reminded of the two bits of advice I used to give clients: Don't antagonize people who can inflict serious harm on you. Don't start fights with crazy people. There are other routes to success than confrontation. #cdnpoli
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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Opinion | Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Thoughts ahead of Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy & European leaders. First, Trump wants both sides to stop fighting, but is only prepared to put pressure on Ukraine. If Putin had any worries on that score, the Alaska summit will have reassured him. Sanctions are postponed, again. 1/16
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
We’re not worthy…. (Cannot wait!) youtube.com/watch?v=70DD...
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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues - Official Trailer | SDCC 2025
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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
A very short NATO Summit Declaration, even shorter:
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a woman with a neck brace and a bandage on her head is talking to a man .
ALT: a woman with a neck brace and a bandage on her head is talking to a man .
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Canada should spend even a 10th of this on more robust foreign affairs capacity: - Double Cdn embassy and multilateral staff and widen their skillsets - Create ability to bring outside experts into GAC and DND - Cultural change at GAC - Increase development spend on democracy and rights
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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How Canada fits into the high-stakes NATO summit
NATO summit comes at a geopolitical inflection point
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The NATO summit is underway and should be wrapping up shortly. We’ll see how my predictions hold up. Here’s my conversation yesterday with Menaka Raman-Wilms of the Globe’s Podcast, The Decibel. How Canada fits into the high-stakes NATO summit
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
"If the Iran war... ends in the summer of 2025, the major outcome of it will be that it was a military act to preserve the hold on power by three men." — @dougsaunders.bsky.social, tonight at 8/11pm with Erin O’Toole, Arne Kislenko, Janice Stein, and @spaikin.bsky.social
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
On The Current this morning talking about the NATO Summit today and tomorrow in The Hague… www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This should be a fun read! Thanks Madelaine @mdrohan.bsky.social
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
What to expect at the upcoming @NATO summit in The Hague June 24-25th www.linkedin.com/posts/lvandu...
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Donald Trump once quipped, "What’s an ally?" "Prime Minister Mark Carney is about to find out," writes Canada's former ambassador to NATO. | Lisa Van Dusen
Donald Trump once quipped, "What’s an ally?" "Prime Minister Mark Carney is about to find out," writes Canada's former ambassador to NATO. New at Policy Magazine's #NATOSum...
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Canada’s military took on southern Kandahar province, which every single American I met in Afghanistan admitted was the toughest patch there was. One hundred and sixty-six Canadians died fighting a war provoked by an attack on U.S. soil, including my colleague Michelle Lang
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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What does meeting NATO's 2% target mean for Canada's armed forces? | Power… | Kerry Buck
On Power & Politics last night talking about PM Carney’s historic defence announcement yesterday. I come in at the very end of a long line of good analysis by others including host David Cochrane...
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Can Canada punch above its weight in a changing global order? @spaikin.bsky.social asks former CSIS director Richard Fadden, Royal Military College of Canada professor of defence studies @achapnick.bsky.social, and former Canadian ambassador to NATO @kerrybuck.bsky.social (@uottawa.ca) #cdnpoli
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Can Canada Stand Tall in a Changing World Order? | The Agenda
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This shouldn’t be a surprise when it happens at the Summit. And it’s absolutely in Canadas interest to support the move by NATO, not just because of Trump. Here’s me on #TheAgenda last night on defence spending and the Summit, inter alia… www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4HE...
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Can Canada Stand Tall in a Changing World Order? | The Agenda
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This shouldn’t be a surprise when it happens at the Summit. And it’s absolutely in Canadas interest to support the move by NATO, not just because of Trump. Here’s me on #TheAgenda last night on defence spending and the Summit, inter alia…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4HE3JWm_G4
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
But it’s a brilliantly tactical beige. Seriously. Anything else would have been folly.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I have offered that Ukraine military unconditionally ceases fire for 72 hours.
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
“Be the wolf pack, not the six pack”
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This is my reporting — with Zia Rehman and Wazhma Hamidi — on the extremely dangerous situation these Afghans face, stuck in a Pakistan that’s trying to expel them. Quite a few of them, including Wazhma herself, are now in greater danger www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The Afghan refugee crisis is a migratory time bomb that may soon go off
It’s been nearly three years since the Taliban retook Afghanistan, but for those in exile in neighbouring Pakistan, lack of options means many may be forced to flee soon
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/04/2025
"The catch is that in order to get attention, you have to be terrible. You have to lie or embrace evil. In the attention economy there is enormous demand for civic blasphemy. What’s hard is getting attention for messages about truth, or virtue, or love."
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Why Cory Booker’s Speech Matters
Booker didn’t “accomplish” anything. He was a voice of one crying in the wilderness. And that’s how you build a dissident movement: with simple acts of witness.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Trump called to discuss me agreeing to a ceasefire and ended up asking Ukrainians to surrender.
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A must read from my friend Steven Erlanger. I spent most of my career working on human rights - this scares me. x.com/stevenerlang...
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Steven Erlanger on X: ""If someone legally in the United States can be grabbed from his home for engaging in constitutionally protected political activity, we are in a drastically different country from the one we inhabited before Trump’s inauguration." https://t.co/bfqN2cNVae" / X
"If someone legally in the United States can be grabbed from his home for engaging in constitutionally protected political activity, we are in a drastically different country from the one we inhabited before Trump’s inauguration." https://t.co/bfqN2cNVae
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Truly honoured to have been awarded the King Charles III coronation medal. And very sad to have missed the ceremony with Minister Blair and my colleagues from UofOttawa. www.uottawa.ca/en/news-all/...
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GSPIA Scholars Honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medals | University of Ottawa
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
On CTV Power Play with Peter Mackay talking about the US plans (or lack thereof) for Ukraine peace talks m.youtube.com/watch?v=FyJb...
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"It's not clear what their plan is" | Mixed messages from U.S. administration on Ukraine
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Roland Paris @rolandparis.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
There are many compelling reasons for Canada to urgently expand its military capacity right now. One of them is the growing threat of a further emboldened Vladimir Putin. The security of our European democratic allies remains a core Canadian interest. www.rolandparis.com/single-post/...
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'Canada's military needs to prepare for war: Facing a difficult truth'
There is no alternative but to prepare our military to fight in a large-scale modern conflict – frightening as that may sound.
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Bryan Based International Order 🇨🇦 @bryanpeeler.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Extortion as foeign and security policy
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
On The Current this morning talking about last week’s unveiling in Brussels and Munich of the new US administration’s policy on Ukraine peace, NATO and transatlantic security. Bottom Line Up Front? Very bad for Ukraine, the Euro-Atlantic, NATO and and Canada…. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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Crafting a New Canadian Foreign Policy: Strategic Sovereignty in a ‘Leaderless' World - Policy Magazine
If Trump means what he’s been saying in the early days of his presidency, then his foreign policy will be marked by an extreme form of U.S. exceptionalism and
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Thank you! Updated version that takes into account early days of Trump Presidency coming out in Policy Magazine later today. @lisavandusen.bsky.social
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Meanwhile in Greenland….
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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
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Roland Paris @rolandparis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Some Canadian provincial premiers are way out of their lanes on Canada-US relations. My interview with BC Today from this afternoon:
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What do Canada's premiers think they're doing? How not to prepare for the Trump administration
Interview on BC Today, December 12, 2024
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 08/12/2024
Assad named Trump's deputy director of national intelligence.
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Margaret Bennett @being-margaret.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz We remember them.
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
This was the period when the intl community began to wake up to the scourge of gender-based violence, eventually leading to intl norms to prevent and prosecute it. Every intl negotiation I & my colleagues did to build those norms was guided by & to honour the young women murdered that day.
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Kerry Buck @kerrybuck.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The Ecole Polytechnique massacre was an appalling tragedy: women murdered because they were women. A couple of years later, reports started coming out of former Yugoslavia & Rwanda about rape used as a weapon of war…. 2/
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CIPS / CÉPI @cepi-cips.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Register for the upcoming conference hosted by CIPS, @uqam.ca & MINDS: ➡️NATO’s Eastern Flank: Challenges and Implications in the Context of the Ukraine War @srdj.bsky.social @smsaideman.bsky.social @kerrybuck.bsky.social @hozic.bsky.social @filipejdus.bsky.social >>> bit.ly/3CyT8FZ
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