Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The Canadian government’s announcement in March that it would deploy helicopters ...

Canada’s contribution to peacekeeping has reached what is believed to be an all-time low, as the Liberal government makes its final push to secure a coveted seat on the United Nations Security Council ...

Walter Dorn is a professor of defence studies at the Royal Military College and the Canadian Forces College. In 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared that Canada was “back” on the international ...

Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — In 2016, at a United Nations conference in London, then-minister of national defence Harjit Sajjan made a pledge to fellow representatives from 70 countries: that ...

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Canada quietly committed on the world stage today to a second, expanded program to increase the participation of women in United Nations peacekeeping missions. There was, however, no mention in ...

The story of Canada’s involvement in international peacekeeping is a curious mixture of enthusiasm, prudence and reluctance. From its very foundation in 1945, the United Nations gave a high priority ...

Canada said Friday it would dramatically increase its commitment to global peacekeeping missions with money and troops, Canadian media reported. At a press conference at a federal air base in Quebec, ...

OTTAWA, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Romania will supply transport helicopters to a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the troubled African nation of Mali once Canada has pulled out as scheduled this year, ...

TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government said Friday it will restore the country’s traditional U.N. peacekeeping role by providing up to 600 soldiers for missions around the world. Defense Minister ...