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Stylized postwar illustration showing American goods, investment, and security support flowing into a rebuilding Europe, with trade routes connecting both sides of the Atlantic.

October 2, 2026 R. G. Cruise 0 Comments

The American Dividend • Part I of The Price of Power

America did not rebuild Europe out of charity. The postwar order created markets, investment, dollar demand, defence sales and political

Illustrated Donald Trump grips a valve on a U.S. diesel pipeline facing French and German fuel storage tanks beneath European Union flags.

October 1, 2026 R. G. Cruise 0 Comments

Release Your Reserves or Lose Our Diesel: Trump Turns Energy Supply Against Europe

Washington is reportedly pressing France and Germany to release emergency diesel reserves while dangling the threat of a U.S. export

Illustrated trade routes connect Canada and Vietnam through aviation, agriculture, energy, forestry, technology and renewable power.

September 25, 2026 R. G. Cruise 0 Comments

Vietnam Gives Canada’s Trade Diversification Another Connection

Canada’s new Strategic Partnership with Vietnam connects existing trade access with transportation, energy, agriculture and technology cooperation. It is another

A red maple leaf branches into several illuminated trade routes, surrounded by Canadian canola, copper, timber, energy, and finished manufactured products.

September 25, 2026 R. G. Cruise 0 Comments

Canada’s Trade Diversification Isn’t Coming. It Has Already Started.

Canada’s exports to China are surging, overseas markets are gaining ground, and an ASEAN agreement could bring further opportunities. Diversification

Illustrated freight train carrying Canadian goods toward a container ship at Prince Rupert, showing the rail-to-sea export route supported by CANXPORT.

September 24, 2026 R. G. Cruise 0 Comments

Canada Has Goods to Sell. CANXPORT Gives Them a Way Out.

Prince Rupert’s new CANXPORT facility addresses a costly mismatch: Canadian products need overseas buyers while shipping containers return to Asia

International delegates seated as equals around a round table, surrounded by national flags, discussing shared diplomatic and security concerns.

September 23, 2026 R. G. Cruise 0 Comments

Creating Diplomatic Redundancy: Routing Around the Old World Order

Governments are not lining up to replace the existing international order with a new one. They are building backup relationships

Wide view of Gaza City on October 18 showing heavily damaged and collapsed buildings lining a debris-covered road beneath a blue sky.

September 22, 2026 R. G. Cruise 0 Comments

Gaza Cannot Be Rebuilt With IOUs

Trump’s Board of Peace boasts US$17 billion in pledges, but only a fraction has been verifiably delivered. Meanwhile, some of Gaza’s largest documented donors sit outside the Board, exposing an institution built around one man, big promises and far smaller results.