Principled Pragmatism in Canadian Foreign Policy
Canada must broaden its partnerships and strengthen its strategic autonomy to defend its democratic values and advance its interests.
International Politics and Government student at Bocconi University in Mila
Alya Gritli is an International Politics and Government student at Bocconi University in Milan, currently studying at the University of Toronto. She is an analyst and editor at the geopolitics think tank Aleph AS, where she previously served as Director of the Middle East Focus Group. She was a youth delegate and speaker at the 2025 United Nations Social Forum in Geneva and partcipated at CIC Couchiching 2026 as a Trinity College student delegate.
Canada must broaden its partnerships and strengthen its strategic autonomy to defend its democratic values and advance its interests.