Capt. Barry Sheehy CD.
Most Recent Articles by Capt. Barry Sheehy CD.:
It raises the question of whether economic integration with the US will lead inevitably to political integration as Sir John A. Macdonald feared? Only time will tell but one way or the other, the shift has begun
But the transition will not be without pain. Among the oxen to be gored would be supply management, energy regulations, cultural (CanCon) rules, banking and financial regulations, shipping regulations, and interprovincial trade barriers;
The Door is Open to a Grand Bargain with the US—Grab It
October 6, 2025
Given history this is the perfect venue for US/Canada collaboration on Arctic defense…a point of departure for a possible grand bargain;
When Atlas Shrugged—End of Pax Americana
August 1, 2025
What happens next is anyone’s guess, but no one should assume we are in for anything but a bumpy ride
It is seventy years since the signing of the original Coal and Steel Common Community. We can only wonder what Robert Schuman would make of it all today
Not Bluffing—Trump and North American Defense
January 10, 2025
Then along comes a new American administration, focused like a laser on North American security. Suddenly we are in a new world with new priorities. And not a moment too soon.
“Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man”
December 29, 2024
History proves democracies can bring forth the leadership needed for the times if allowed to operate unhindered
DEI: A Marker on the Road to Dystopia
September 18, 2024
Lessons of History
Canada’s military needs a complete rethink and retrofit…and the sooner the better. This rethink must be rooted in traditional military values
The Tide Turns on Woke
September 20, 2023
“Newton’s third law: for every force there is an equal counterforce generated in nature”
The Death of the Dollar—More suicide than Murder
September 9, 2023
The fact that Saudi Arabia is moving away from the dollar as a means of purchasing oil should have everyone in Washington running around with their hair on fire
Forget 1939; Think 1914
April 11, 2023
Don’t count on cooler heads to save us. Look at the world stage, where do you see cooler heads in the ascendance?
1914 the Guns of August and Lessons for Today
February 27, 2023
As per the lessons of 1914, how sure are we this crisis can be managed and will not spin out of control? On that count the lessons of history are hardly reassuring
