In his new article, Alex Johnson examines the global increase in cybercrime due to COVID-19 and how various international actors have responded to this “other pandemic.”
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Will the Chinese Renminbi Replace the US Dollar as the International Currency?
The “rise of China” on the international stage is virtually an undisputed fact. Some even speak of China ‘eclipsing’ the United States as the preeminent world power. One element of this would likely involve the replacement of the U.S. dollar by the Renminbi as the international currency. But how likely is this scenario to play out? Lily Jia subjects this hypothesis to analytical rigour.
An Intelligence Success: Canada Got it Right on Iraq
Using sources previously unavailable to the public, Alan Barnes, Senior Fellow of the Centre for Security, Intelligence, and Defence Studies, shows how our intelligence community kept Canada out of the Iraq War.
Black Lives Matter Protests Under Aerial Surveillance
Black Lives Matter protests have captured the news media’s attention lately. Governments have also been observing these mass movements using sophisticated surveillance technology usually reserved for military applications. Chloé Ketels unpacks some of the ethical implications of governments’ utilization of this technology for domestic security purposes.
Canadian Attack Helicopters: A Much Needed Capability
Samer Khurshid examines the much needed attack helicopter capability for the Canadian Armed Forces, while assessing the market prices for top of the line attack helicopters developed by fellow NATO members.
A Discussion with Social Entrepreneur Mr. Vuong About his Newest Venture
In this article Martine Ghazouli and Antalya Popatia write about an interview they had with NAOC Board Director Kevin Vuong.
In Review: Netflix’s “Space Force” — a Comedy for the Multiplex Era
From the makers of “The Office,” Netflix’s new flagship series satirizes a very different kind of American workplace, in a very different political-international context. In doing so, “Space Force” manages to comedically introduce to popular television the basic concepts of the ‘Multiplex Order’, and the ensuant tensions provoked by competing national interests in space.
What is the standing of ISIS under international law?: Examining the Islamic State’s locus of political authority
Janakan Muthukumar discusses the standing of ISIS under international law by examining the ISIS’s locus of political authority.
First Past the Post: An Outdated Electoral System
Ravdeep Sandal explores alternatives electoral systems to the First Past the Post System. It is time for Canada to update its system like most democracies have done.
Euro-Caspian Energy Relations in the Post-COVID World
On 11 June 2020, Dr. Robert M. Cutler, Director of the Energy Security Program, spoke to a webinar “Energy Issues in the Post-Covid World”, organized by the Center for Analysis of International Relations, Baku, Azerbaijan. This is a transcript of his remarks.