The Mission Beyond the Meeting: Actualizing Conversations at the Ankara Summit

Pay to Play: Implications of War’s Declining Cost of Entry

The Real Test of Canada’s New Submarine Fleet

Democracy and Disinformation, Part 3: The Cost of Comfort

The Battle for the Brain: Cognitive Warfare is Already Here

What Does Global Antibiotic Resistance Really Mean? And How Will it Affect Us?

The New Eyes of the North: GlobalEye, Canada-Sweden Defence Cooperation, and Arctic Security

Yearbook 2025

Canada's NATO

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Pay to Play: What the PJBD Suspension Reveals About U.S. Alliance Reliability and Canada’s Strained Defence Integration with Washington

Posted on Author Rachel Potter Comments Off on Pay to Play: What the PJBD Suspension Reveals About U.S. Alliance Reliability and Canada’s Strained Defence Integration with Washington

Rachel Potter analyzes the Trump administration’s suspension of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, arguing that it marks a qualitative shift in U.S. alliance behaviour in which shared defence institutions are weaponized as instruments of coercion, revealing a strategic logic that goes beyond burden sharing disputes and instead reflects an effort to reshape the institutional architecture of continental defence on American terms.

Paying Without Understanding: The Gap Between Canada’s NATO Commitments and Public Strategic Literacy

Posted on Author Giselle D’Anna Comments Off on Paying Without Understanding: The Gap Between Canada’s NATO Commitments and Public Strategic Literacy

Ukraine’s Victory Paradox: Preventing Defeat Without Defining Victory

Posted on Author Jonah Moffatt Comments Off on Ukraine’s Victory Paradox: Preventing Defeat Without Defining Victory

Charting a New Road: What the NATO Acquisition of the GlobalEye Means for Canada

Posted on Author Zev Wood Comments Off on Charting a New Road: What the NATO Acquisition of the GlobalEye Means for Canada

Elephants in the Room: How the Rise of the European Right Poses NATO’s Next Cohesion Challenge

Posted on Author Jonah Moffatt Comments Off on Elephants in the Room: How the Rise of the European Right Poses NATO’s Next Cohesion Challenge

Indo-Pacific and NATO

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Indian Lightning: The Case for the Export of the F-35 to India

Posted on Author Vivek Sapru Comments Off on Indian Lightning: The Case for the Export of the F-35 to India

Through its choice of defence imports, India has long positioned itself between West and East. Vivek Sapru argues that the formal offering of the F-35 as an export platform for the Indian Air Force would serve both New Delhi and NATO’s interests by strengthening defence ties, improving deterrence towards Beijing and by potentially weaning India off Russian imports.

Navigating a potential China-US G2: Can Middle-Powers learn from Singapore?

Posted on Author Baichao Chen Comments Off on Navigating a potential China-US G2: Can Middle-Powers learn from Singapore?

Shoulder to Shoulder: Canada’s Indo-Pacific Naval Outreach

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Canada in the Pacific Islands: Rectifying Ottawa’s Pacific Island Blindspot

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What the Iran War Means for China’s Taiwan Calculus

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Society, Culture, and Security

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The Magyar Case: The Value of Local Engagement for Democratic Strength

Posted on Author Rudy Yuan Comments Off on The Magyar Case: The Value of Local Engagement for Democratic Strength

One of the most anticipated and consequential elections of 2026 has been Hungary’s April 12th parliamentary election. Under the premiership of Viktor Orbán, who had served as Hungary’s prime minister for almost 20 cumulative years, Hungary had become synonymous with democratic backsliding and obstructionism within the European Union (EU) and NATO.  Orbán, a former anti-communist Read More…

Culture and Security at the Venice Biennale

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Advanced Deterrence: What France’s New Nuclear Doctrine Means for NATO 

Posted on Author Rudy Yuan Comments Off on Advanced Deterrence: What France’s New Nuclear Doctrine Means for NATO 

La violence sexuelle : une arme de guerre oubliée de la sécurité internationale

Posted on Author Linta Chatha Comments Off on La violence sexuelle : une arme de guerre oubliée de la sécurité internationale

Au-delà des armes : la fragilisation des systèmes de santé comme stratégie de guerre et de coercion

Posted on Author Linta Chatha Comments Off on Au-delà des armes : la fragilisation des systèmes de santé comme stratégie de guerre et de coercion

Women in Security

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The Mission Beyond the Meeting: Actualizing Conversations at the Ankara Summit

Posted on Author Morgan Singer Comments Off on The Mission Beyond the Meeting: Actualizing Conversations at the Ankara Summit

The 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara presented a unique opportunity to uphold the importance of NATO’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in the pursuit of collective security. Growing concerns over Turkey’s domestic humanitarian record underscored a deeper importance to this conversation. Nonetheless, at a time where confrontation is often chosen over conversation, the Summit offered a reminder of the importance of the willingness to gather. Through an examination of key discussions on gender-responsive security at the Ankara Summit, this article contends that the willingness to gather must be matched by a willingness to act. The Alliance’s greatest strength lies in its continued capacity to choose diplomacy, have hard conversations, and hold one another accountable for transforming dialogue into durable action.

The Middle Power Moment: Canada’s WPS Opportunity in the Indo-Pacific

Posted on Author Isabelle Zhu Comments Off on The Middle Power Moment: Canada’s WPS Opportunity in the Indo-Pacific

Critical Minerals, Critical Equality: Integrating Gender into NATO’s Critical Minerals Framework

Posted on Author Morgan Singer Comments Off on Critical Minerals, Critical Equality: Integrating Gender into NATO’s Critical Minerals Framework

Building Multilateral WPS Resilience at NATO

Posted on Author Yalda Matin Comments Off on Building Multilateral WPS Resilience at NATO

From the Frontlines to the Frontier: NATO’s Future Depends on the Power of Unconventional Networks

Posted on Author Bibi Saleema Hakim Comments Off on From the Frontlines to the Frontier: NATO’s Future Depends on the Power of Unconventional Networks

Security, Trade and the Economy

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Canada’s China Trade Reset, Explained

Posted on Author Michael Chen Comments Off on Canada’s China Trade Reset, Explained

What did Canada and China actually agree to, and what did they leave unresolved? In this article, Michael Chen explores the economic logic of the trade reset and why connected-vehicle data and software screening remain the clearest security gap.

Should CANZUK be a goal for Canada? Part 2: The Free Trade Angle

Posted on Author Dai Johnson Comments Off on Should CANZUK be a goal for Canada? Part 2: The Free Trade Angle

Dealing with Defence: Canada’s Use of Economic Agreements as Instruments for Security

Posted on Author Tyler Stevenson Comments Off on Dealing with Defence: Canada’s Use of Economic Agreements as Instruments for Security

Reaching the 2% Goal: Canada’s Increased Defence Spending and Its Implications

Posted on Author Christi Markos Comments Off on Reaching the 2% Goal: Canada’s Increased Defence Spending and Its Implications

The Canada Strong Fund and NATO Obligations: Is Canada Investing or Mortgaging?

Posted on Author Kaya Dupuis Comments Off on The Canada Strong Fund and NATO Obligations: Is Canada Investing or Mortgaging?

Cyber Security and Emerging Threats

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Pay to Play: Implications of War’s Declining Cost of Entry

Posted on Author Hope Arpa Comments Off on Pay to Play: Implications of War’s Declining Cost of Entry

The declining cost of war, driven by cheap first-person-view (FPV) drones, commercially available components, and rapidly diffusing battlefield innovation, is lowering the financial barriers to enter conflicts, both for state and non-state actors. This risks increasing the frequency and territory impacted by armed conflict and, by extension, expands the risk of entrapment to NATO countries.

The Battle for the Brain: Cognitive Warfare is Already Here

Posted on Author Jaiden Ahuja Comments Off on The Battle for the Brain: Cognitive Warfare is Already Here

The New Eyes of the North: GlobalEye, Canada-Sweden Defence Cooperation, and Arctic Security

Posted on Author Christopher Macartney Comments Off on The New Eyes of the North: GlobalEye, Canada-Sweden Defence Cooperation, and Arctic Security

 2026 Virtual Policy Hackathon Report: A Tri-Partner Solution to Canada’s Uranium Challenge

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Assessing Canadian Nuclear Latency Amidst Declining Confidence in Extended Nuclear Deterrence 

Posted on Author Hope Arpa Comments Off on Assessing Canadian Nuclear Latency Amidst Declining Confidence in Extended Nuclear Deterrence 

Centre For Disinformation Studies

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Democracy and Disinformation, Part 3: The Cost of Comfort

Posted on Author Dominique Arseneau-Bruneau Comments Off on Democracy and Disinformation, Part 3: The Cost of Comfort

Canada has the institutions, the reports, and the warnings about disinformation. What it lacks is a population that feels the threat. In this article, Dominique Arseneau-Bruneau looks at how Canada’s lack of urgency affects its response to disinformation through the lens of legality, legitimacy, and speed, and what the cost of that comfort may ultimately be.

The New Front: Russian Disinformation and Europe’s Youth

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Beyond the AI Boom: Data Centres as Critical Infrastructure in the Age of Disinformation

Posted on Author Dorigen Gray Comments Off on Beyond the AI Boom: Data Centres as Critical Infrastructure in the Age of Disinformation

Democracy and Disinformation, Part 2: The European Case

Posted on Author Dominique Arseneau-Bruneau Comments Off on Democracy and Disinformation, Part 2: The European Case

Weaponizing Post-COVID Trauma in the New Hantavirus Outbreak

Posted on Author Ji Young Kim Comments Off on Weaponizing Post-COVID Trauma in the New Hantavirus Outbreak

Environment, Climate Change, and Se

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Canada’s Vanishing Ice: Why Glacier Melt Matters

Posted on Author Laiba Awan Comments Off on Canada’s Vanishing Ice: Why Glacier Melt Matters

“Water is not a commercial product like any other but, rather, a heritage which must be protected, defended, and treated as such.” What happens when mountains lose their ice? Across the Rocky Mountains, glaciers have shaped landscapes, sustained ecosystems, and supplied water for generations, yet they are rapidly retreating, signaling a growing environmental crisis. The Read More…

Thawing Foundations: Permafrost and the Future of Arctic Defence

Posted on Author Joshua Kelly Comments Off on Thawing Foundations: Permafrost and the Future of Arctic Defence

Should NATO Treat Climate Data as Strategic Intelligence?

Posted on Author Aanvi Sharma Comments Off on Should NATO Treat Climate Data as Strategic Intelligence?

Canada’s role in an “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy”

Posted on Author Keya Patel Comments Off on Canada’s role in an “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy”

The Limits of Green Defence: NATO, Climate Security, and Modern Warfare

Posted on Author Lou Didelot Comments Off on The Limits of Green Defence: NATO, Climate Security, and Modern Warfare

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