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The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia are considering adding New Zealand, South Korea, Canada and Japan to AUKUS Pillar II, Yonhap News Agency reported on April 10.

AUKUS: Grouping Considers Doubling in Size Along Pillar II

Mexico

U.S. authorities have seen a surge in illegal migrant crossings from Canada in recent years, with reported Border Patrol encounters with migrants increasing from 109,535 in 2022 to 189,402 in 2023, Axios reported March 27. 

U.S., Canada: Washington State Sees Increase in Human Smuggling From Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survived a no-confidence vote brought by the Conservative Party over Canada's carbon tax, which critics argue imposes too significant a cost on Canadians, Reuters reported on March 21.

Canada: Prime Minister Trudeau Defeats Vote of No Confidence

Europe

France

France's upper house of Parliament overwhelmingly voted against the ratification of a free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada (known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA), Reuters reported on March 21. 

France, EU, Canada: French Senate Rejects Ratification of EU-Canada Trade Deal

Israel

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced that Canada will stop arms sales to Israel after a non-binding motion passed in the House of Commons, The Guardian reported on March 19.

Canada, Israel: Canada To Stop Arms Sales to Israel

Russia

Afghanistan

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued a March 7 security alert warning of "reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow," hours after Russia's Federal Security Service disrupted a plot allegedly by a cell of the Afghanistan-based Islamic State Khorasan Province, or ISKP, to attack a synagogue in Moscow, Reuters reported on March 8.

Russia: U.S. Warns of Extremist Plot Hours After Russia Disrupts Islamic State Plot

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador threatened to skip the North American Leaders Summit in Quebec, Canada, this April after Canada announced it would begin to reimpose visa requirements for Mexican nationals, AP reported on Feb. 28.

Mexico, Canada: Lopez Obrador Protests Canada's Reintroduction of Visa Requirements for Mexicans

The United Kingdom and Canada paused free trade negotiations following eight rounds of unsuccessful talks, Politico reported on Jan. 25.

U.K., Canada: London and Ottawa Pause Free Trade Negotiations

Assessments

India

A Sikh protest on Sept. 22, 2023, in Amritsar, India. India may conduct further covert action in the West that disrupts diplomatic relations, but more consequential, longer-lasting ruptures between the two sides remain unlikely.

India may conduct further covert action in the West that disrupts diplomatic relations, but more consequential, longer-lasting ruptures between the two sides remain unlikely.

How Indian Covert Action in the West Would Affect Ties

Snapshots

World Sikh Organization of Canada President Mukhbir Singh and National Council of Canadian Muslims CEO Stephen Brown speak during a press conference at the Canadian House of Commons in Ottawa on Sept. 19, 2023.

Recent allegations will raise tensions between Canada and India, leading to near-term security risks and possible tit-for-tat retaliation.

Canada-India Ties Take a Dive Following Ottawa's Allegations

Media

Podcasts

Can masks protect you from wildfire smoke?

Beyond COVID: Potential Health Effects From the Canadian Wildfires

Iran

Turkey

The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flutters in front of the IAEA building in Vienna, Austria, on July 10, 2019.

Energy

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended RANE articles from the week that was.

The Weekly Rundown: EU Commission President Visits the U.S. and Canada, China's 'Two Sessions' Meetings Begin

Passengers of a flight from China walk toward a COVID-19 testing center after arriving in Paris, France, on Jan. 1, 2023. 

The Weekly Rundown: China Ends COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, Biden Meets With Japan, Canada and Mexico's Leaders

Germany

Italy

Officials from Germany, Ghana, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, the African Union, the European Union, France, the United States and Kenya participate in a working session at a G-7 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Muenster, western Germany, on Nov. 4, 2022. 

The world’s most developed economies are generally poised to ride out the impending global recession -- with debt-ridden Italy being the one possible exception.

Assessing the Risk of Debt Crises in G-7 Countries

The flags of the G-7 countries and the European Union are seen on June 28, 2022, in front of Elmau Castle in southern Germany during this year's G-7 Summit.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Whether the G-7 price cap succeeds hinges on global participation, but as participation rises, so do the odds of the West's nightmare scenario: Russian oil export curbs.

The More Successful the G-7 Oil Price Cap on Russia, the More Risk It Brings

Graphics

NATO's flag. NATO approved its first new Strategic Concept on June 29 since 2010 at the 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid.

U.S.-China Relations

The new Strategic Concept emphasizes a number of different threats and priorities for NATO over the coming decade.

NATO Approves a New Strategic Concept

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Denmark

Finland

Sweden

Norway

Iceland

Polar bears in Essen Bay off the coast of Zemlya Georga -- an island in the Franz Josef Land archipelago -- on August 22, 2021.

China in Transition

The suspension of Arctic Council activities following Russia's re-invasion of Ukraine presents an opening for China to challenge Arctic governance.

China's Opportunity to Break Into Arctic Governance

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou on Sept. 24, 2021, in Vancouver, Canada. Beijing's tacit acknowledgment of its use of hostage diplomacy tactics leaves Canada's -- and the U.S. -- population and legislature thoroughly distrustful of it.

Beijing's tacit acknowledgment of its use of hostage diplomacy tactics leaves Canada's -- and the U.S. -- population and legislature thoroughly distrustful of it.

Despite Huawei CFO Release, Canadian and U.S. Tensions With China Will Persist

Guidance

Kenya

Hong Kong SAR, China

A trial at the Supreme Court of Kenya on June, 26, 2019, in Nairobi.

COVID-19

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.

The Weekly Rundown: Constitutional Reform in Kenya, a Mainland Meeting About Hong Kong

Ministers take part in the G-7 Health Ministers Meeting on June 4, 2021, in Oxford, England. The June 11-13 G-7 summit will provide an opportunity for members to hold bilateral meetings partly focused on shared concerns about China's rise

The Weekly Rundown: The G-7 Meets, a German Region Votes

Located on the North American continent, Canada is the world’s second-largest country. Most of Canada is uninhabited wilderness, and Arctic temperatures make the northern territories inhospitable to large population centers.     Canada became independent from the United Kingdom in 1867. The country is made up of 10 provinces and three territories. A majority of Canada’s 35 million people reside within 100 kilometers of the U.S. border, where the climate and topography support meaningful populations. However this population is spread across a distance of roughly 7,000 kilometers, from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Canada's primary geographic challenge is maintaining unity across its diverse population cores, which include Toronto and Montreal in the Great Lakes watershed; the prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta; and Vancouver on the Pacific coast.     The economies of these population cores are geared toward external trade as they try to meet demand for their services, manufactured goods and natural resources like oil. Heavy crude oil found largely in the province of Alberta is exported to U.S. and international markets, making Canada the world’s sixth-largest oil producer. Distance and climate are perennial challenges for Canada. The Trans-Canada Railway was Ottawa’s first effort, completed in 1886, to link Montreal, Toronto, the prairies and Vancouver. Redistribution payments, collected from resource-rich provinces and disbursed to resource-poor provinces and territories, is a contemporary policy aimed to unify and equalize provincial and territorial finances.     Because of its location, Canada is well within the U.S. sphere of influence and the country's freedom to act is constrained by U.S. interests.

North America Unrivaled

A Crude Recovery

SITUATION REPORTS

AUKUS: Grouping Considers Doubling in Size Along Pillar II

U.S., Canada: Washington State Sees Increase in Human Smuggling From Canada

Canada: Prime Minister Trudeau Defeats Vote of No Confidence

France, EU, Canada: French Senate Rejects Ratification of EU-Canada Trade Deal

Canada, Israel: Canada To Stop Arms Sales to Israel

Russia: U.S. Warns of Extremist Plot Hours After Russia Disrupts Islamic State Plot

Mexico, Canada: Lopez Obrador Protests Canada's Reintroduction of Visa Requirements for Mexicans

U.K., Canada: London and Ottawa Pause Free Trade Negotiations

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