In part one of a two-part series, Emma Tallon analyses the rise of white supremacy in the digital world, and reflects on its ongoing threats to human security.
Cyber Security and Emerging Threats
The NAOC’s Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Program features an in-depth analysis of latest trends, developments, and threats in international security. New security concerns are always on the horizon and our program seeks to examine these domains including global warming, natural resources, drones, urban conflicts, and cyberspace.
The program’s mandate is to keep Canadians informed on these rapidly developing and increasingly pivotal realms that are integral to all aspects of security.
Chennai’s Water Crisis: The Human Implication of Climate Change
Due to climate change, India is currently facing the worst water crisis in recent history. In the city of Chennai, tap water has stopped working, leaving the population with no reliable water source. Emma Tallon reflects on Chennai’s water crisis as a human security emergency.
America’s Immigration Crisis in Historical Perspective
With anti-immigration sentiment rising throughout U.S. politics and society, Emma Tallon reflects on immigration as fundamental to the founding of the modern nation.
The Reality of Social Media and Data Collection: Netflix’s “The Great Hack”
With Netflix’s release of “The Great Hack” late July 2019, Tiffany Kwok reflects on the actions of Cambridge Analytica, and how the data scandal changed the way the world viewed social media data collection.
MADCOMs: Human or Machine?
Tiffany Kwok explores the fresh topic of MADCOMs in the field of artificial intelligence, and ties in possible consequences for democracy.
Climate Change: An Unspoken Factor in the Syrian Civil War
Climate change crises are on the rise around the world, primarily in the Middle East and North Africa. In Syria, the loss of resources and the increasing number of IDPs are increasing the countries’ ever prevalent vulnerability, making it one of the most daunting humanitarian crises of our time.
The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: How Much More Can Bangladesh Take?
The feeling of not belonging can be one of the most dreadful and trying feelings in the world. For the Rohingya people, this feeling has become a constant, stagnate feeling for the past four years. The Rohingya are an ethnic minority group in Myanmar, although the Rohingya Muslims “are the largest percentage of Muslims in Read More…
A Government Against Its Own People: Myanmar’s Rohingya Refugees
Reflecting on the ongoing situation with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Tiffany Kwok stresses in this article the importance of continued international pressure towards Myanmar.
Special Report: The Three Bangles of Indian Strategy
Anvesh Jain advances an original theory on India’s strategic future, examining a growing network of relationships in three key areas of focus across Asia and the Indian Ocean Region.
Disinformation and the Upcoming Federal Election: An Interview
With the upcoming 2019 federal election quickly approaching, Tiffany Kwok speaks with Director at NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Mr. Jānis Sārts, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto Dr. Joseph McQuade, and Research Director at the Samara Centre for Democracy Dr. Michael Morden on all issues regarding disinformation.