Paul Wells

Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells writes about politics across Canada and abroad. Except sometimes he ignores politics and writes about music or something else.

Ottawa

Afghanistan: Obama makes a decision

President approves plan to increase the number of troops

Ottawa

Fun with consistency; or, maybe it’s not NATO that Afghanistan is testing

Peter MacKay, yesterday : "Afghanistan tests the ability of the alliance to execute its most basic mission in the 21st century and...

Ottawa

A friendly note to Canada’s science researchers: um...

It’s time to step up if you want anything done on how tax dollars are distributed

Ottawa

Found! Canada’s envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan

Won’t you give a warm welcome to Wajid Khan, currently not over-burdened with official work, but whom Prime Minister Harper named...

Ottawa

New Wells column, with schnitzel

My full report , from the print edition, on last week’s Munich Security Conference. I like to think it’s all pretty...

World

The new world order

The U.S. says it will do more for its allies, writes Paul Wells, but it wants more, too

Ottawa

HILARIOUSLY UPDATED: Your Monday Af-Pak briefing: No quiet on the Durand front

A roundup of a busy weekend on the Afghanistan/Pakistan file

Ottawa

Newsweek: It’s like Newsweek, except smaller and worried

One of our U.S. peers/competitors prepares a bold experiment in strategic shrinkage . In a lot of cases, I think retrenchment...

Ottawa

On Stephen Harper’s unique unprecedented confrontational secretive media style

Turns out, it’s not that unique

Ottawa

UPDATED: This year’s winner of the Canada Prize for Insane Paragraphs in Editorials

— The Globe , today. Fun questions: Harder why? Harder how? I think it will be easier to cut arts programs for young artists...

Paul Wells

Afghanistan: Obama makes a decision

Fun with consistency; or, maybe it’s not NATO that Afghanistan is testing

A friendly note to Canada’s science researchers: um...

Found! Canada’s envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan

New Wells column, with schnitzel

The new world order

HILARIOUSLY UPDATED: Your Monday Af-Pak briefing: No quiet on the Durand front

Newsweek: It’s like Newsweek, except smaller and worried

On Stephen Harper’s unique unprecedented confrontational secretive media style

UPDATED: This year’s winner of the Canada Prize for Insane Paragraphs in Editorials

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