Kyle Balzer

British Columbia

Digital Reporter at Vancouver is Awesome

Multimedia Reporter • 3x award-winning journalist • @bcit alum • @TWUSpartans PA • Views = mine

Articles

America, Denmark, and Greenland: A Situation Overview

2 weeks ago | aei.org | With Kori Schake |Kyle Balzer |Kori Schake |Adam White

The Kingdom of Denmark has traditionally enjoyed aligned security and economic interests with the United States. Additionally, the Greenland-US partnership—with roots in World War II—has continued its strategic relevance, as Greenland is home to America’s Pituffik Space Base. However, recent signaling from President Donald Trump about acquiring Greenland for security purposes threatens the foundation of the three countries’ alliance.
US military strategy Archives

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Kyle Balzer |Michael Beckley |Zack Cooper |Melanie Marlowe

Post Sizing the B-21 Fleet for a Two-Nuclear-Peer Environment Article The Age of American Unilateralism Multimedia Risky Business: Assessing Risk to U.S. Strategy on the Net Assessment Podcast By | Melanie Marlowe | Chris Preble Multimedia War on the Rocks A New National Security Strategy for the Trump Administration on the Net Assessment Podcast By | Melanie Marlowe | Chris Preble Multimedia Is American Deterrence Failing? on the Net Assessment Podcast By | Melanie Marlowe | Chris Preble...
Tag Archive: Drone strikes

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Kyle Balzer |Katherine Zimmerman |Klon Kitchen

Post Ukraine’s Drone Triumph and Implications for America’s Defense Posture Journal Publication Managing the Terrorism Threat with Drones Press Discussing a recent US strike on an Al-Qaeda leader: Kitchen on Fox News’ ‘Special Report’ Op-Ed Supporting the Afghan Resistance Is an American Interest Op-Ed US Should Strike Terrorists in Pakistan Op-Ed Drone Strike Fails to Assassinate Iraqi Prime Minister Kadhimi Op-Ed Is America’s Drone War Creating, Not Countering, Terror? Op-Ed Biden Is...
US withdrawal from Europe won’t solve the China threat

1 month ago | aei.org | Kyle Balzer

The American nuclear umbrella has monopolized attention recently in the ongoing debate about Europe’s security architecture. This renewed interest is unsurprising, given the hostility that many Trump administration officials appear to harbor for America’s NATO allies. The White House has certainly done itself few favors, openly questioning Europe’s value to U.S. interests.
Tag Archive: missile defense | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

1 month ago | aei.org | Todd Harrison |James Pethokoukis |Kyle Balzer |William Greenwalt

Press Discussing Trump’s Golden Dome strategy: Harrison on Global News’ ‘Global News Morning’ Article Up Wing/Down Wing #35 Post How Much Would a Space-Based Missile Interceptor System Cost and Does It Make Sense?
US-European relations Archives

2 months ago | aei.org | Hal Brands |Kori Schake |Yvonne Chiu |Kyle Balzer

Op-Ed Trump’s Threats and Tariffs Are a Global ‘Kill Switch’ Multimedia CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Can Europe Still Rely on The United States?
Everything you need to know for the Canadian women's soccer match at BC Place this Friday

2 months ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Kyle Balzer

The Canadian women's national soccer team will play an international friendly in Vancouver this week. On Friday, April 4, the red and white will face Argentina at BC Place. It'll be the first match on Vancouver turf since Christine Sinclair's retirement send-off in December 2023. It'll also mark a homecoming for Vancouver's Julia Grosso, who currently plays for Chicago Stars FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Stellantis temporarily shuts plant as automakers grapple with new tariffs

2 months ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Jeremy Hainsworth |Elana Shepert |Daniel Wagner |Kyle Balzer

TORONTO — The fallout of the auto tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed on vehicle imports is already starting to show as Stellantis pauses production at its Windsor, Ont., assembly plant. The two-week shutdown of the Canadian plant, as well as some Mexican plants, comes as automakers work to figure out how to respond to the 25 per cent U.S. import tariffs that came into effect Thursday.
'You can't teach it': With goal record in sight, NHLers talk Ovechkin's greatness

2 months ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Jeremy Hainsworth |Elana Shepert |Daniel Wagner |Kyle Balzer

Paul Maurice has led hundreds of meetings across a long coaching career. The video rolls. There are points of emphasis. Players get their marching orders. Alex Ovechkin became a focus in opposing NHL locker rooms shortly after making his debut in 2005. Not much has changed. Every team knows what's coming when the bulldozing Washington Capitals winger with a bullet one-timer sets up in his "office" — the left faceoff circle — on a power play. There hasn't been an answer in two decades.
Retailer Dollarama reports Q4 profit and sales up from year ago, raises dividend

2 months ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Jeremy Hainsworth |Daniel Wagner |Elana Shepert |Kyle Balzer

MONTREAL — Dollarama Inc. raised its quarterly dividend by 15 per cent as it reported its fourth-quarter profit and sales rose compared with a year ago. The retailer says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 10.58 cents per share, up from 9.2 cents per share. The increased payment to shareholders came as Dollarama says it earned $391.0 million or $1.40 per diluted share for the quarter ended Feb. 2. The result was up from a profit of $323.8 million or $1.15 per diluted share a year earlier.