The Globe and Mail · Calgary Herald
George Petrolekas
Last published Feb. 2025 · On our record since 2008
Where this writer stands
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Recent work
- Opinion: Canada: Now is our time to be strong and freeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 6, 2025
- Opinion: International naval ships can bring much needed relief to GazaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 13, 2023
- Canada’s peacekeeping conundrum: Will we ever make a choice?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 1, 2017
- Canada’s peacekeeping conundrum: Will we ever make a choice?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 1, 2017
- Canada’s peacekeeping conundrum: Will we ever make a choice?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 1, 2017
- Beyond the struggle to find purpose, NATO summit reveals hidden perilsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 10, 2016
- The CF-18 capability gap: Time for some transparencyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 14, 2016
- The CF-18 capability gap: Time for some transparencyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 14, 2016
- When Canadians are kidnapped, rescue missions must be an optionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 2, 2016
- Canada risks global irrelevance with smaller militaryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 20, 2016
- Canada risks global irrelevance with smaller militaryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 20, 2016
- Canada risks global irrelevance with a smaller militaryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 19, 2016
- If we won’t fight IS on its soil, it will bring the fight to oursOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 23, 2016
- Canada is ready for peacekeeping, and so are its soldiersOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 22, 2016
- Canada is ready for peacekeeping, and so are its soldiersOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 22, 2016
- Our expanded mission sure looks pretty – but will it actually defeat IS?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 4, 2016
- Deal of the century: Trudeau’s defence review will reverberate for decadesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 20, 2016
- Deal of the century: Trudeau’s defence review will reverberate for decadesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 20, 2016
- Recapture of Ramadi sets the stage for move on MosulOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 29, 2015
- After Iraq firefight, Canada must rethink its CF-18 decisionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 17, 2015
- The nation that invented social media can't outsmart Islamic StateOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 7, 2015
- If attention shifts to Russian jet, we may never solve the Syrian Civil WarOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 26, 2015
- However Canada takes in 25,000 people, military must be at the centre of the effortOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 16, 2015
- France will hit back at IS. Will its allies join a bigger fight?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 13, 2015
- Soldiers need a helping hand, not a push out the doorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 3, 2015
- Soldiers need a helping hand, not a push out the doorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 3, 2015
- How Trudeau can keep his pledge and still fight ISOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 2, 2015
- For the next prime minister, international issues will define first 90 daysOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 26, 2015
- Obama is passing the buck – and it’s a big one – by keeping troops in AfghanistanOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 15, 2015
- Time is running out for U.S. policy in SyriaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 7, 2015
- Which fighter jets should Canada buy? That depends on our vision for the futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2015
- Why a debate on the economy must include defenceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 15, 2015
- Why Russia is suddenly interested in Syria’s civil warOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 8, 2015
- Why Russia is suddenly interested in Syria’s civil warOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 8, 2015
- Why defence matters in this electionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 19, 2015
- Europe needs statesmen now, not bankers and bureaucratsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 8, 2015
- After Ramadi, Canada should question U.S. strategy to defeat ISOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 25, 2015
- Our military has serious faults. But it can fix itselfOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 5, 2015
- Our military has serious faults. But it can fix itselfOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 5, 2015
- Iraq is a training mission. Why the veil of silence?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 19, 2015
- Opinion: Iraq is a training mission. Why the veil of silence?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 19, 2015
- We’re asking the wrong questions about Canada’s mission in SyriaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 7, 2015
- MPs owe Canadians a better debate before Iraq mission is extendedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2015
- We dishonour our soldiers by assuming they erred in IraqOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 9, 2015
- Why a media war against Islamic State is good strategyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 12, 2015
- There will be no quick end to Canada’s mission against ISOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 19, 2015
- Why Canadian business has a bright future in an open CubaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 28, 2014
- Why Canadians shouldn’t fear an IS recruitment videoOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 9, 2014
- Only a clear strategy should keep Canada in the fight with ISOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 26, 2014
- Canada must be careful when trading liberties for securityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 22, 2014
- What we need in Iraq: Limited objectives, clear goals and a short warOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 7, 2014
- Here’s the debate MPs should really be having over combat in IraqOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 2, 2014
- Canada should prepare for a long fight against ISOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 11, 2014
- Canada must be more than an observer in IraqOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 13, 2014
- How to turn a scorched-earth Gaza into a path to peaceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 24, 2014
- Now that we’ve left Afghanistan, time for deeper questions about what happenedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2014
- As Ukraine crisis unfolds, China watches closelyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 4, 2014
- This government must avoid plunging the Canadian Forces into darknessOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 14, 2013
- This government must avoid plunging the Canadian Forces into darknessOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 14, 2013
- Up in the air: A general’s work is never doneOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 19, 2011