Foreign affairs issues to watch this season

Published September 15, 2010

The Vancouver Winter Olympics are an increasingly distant memory and G8 and G20 leaders have come and gone. While there are still four months left until 2011, Canada's year in the international spotlight has largely passed, and with it the country's ability to have a large role in defining the global agenda.

Instead, as the leaves on the trees turn red, gold and yellow, and Canadians hunker down for...