In this article, Narayan Srivastava examines how China’s accelerating push into deep-
sea mineral partnerships across the Cook Islands, Kiribati, and Tonga is reshaping the
South Pacific’s strategic balance. The article also highlights emerging vulnerabilities for
Canada and NATO in critical mineral supply chains. The piece evaluates how Pacific
resource politics now intersect with broader questions of regional dependence, maritime influence, and great-power competition.
Junior research fellow Sivan Ghasem analyzes NATO’s Building Integrity (BI) and the promotion of good governance and principles of integrity, transparency and accountability in the defence and security sector.
What do Canadian’s really know about Canada’s military? Procurement? The government’s defence budget? Through logistical analysis from two different institutes, this article by Taylor Allen seeks to find out.
China’s OneBelt, OneRoad initiative is building massive infrastructure projects throughout Eurasia. Marko Gombac examines how China plans to bring economic prosperity and stability to a tumultuous region.
Aishwarya Sahai discusses how water scarcity affects economic productivity and international security.
Vedran Kuljanin discusses the rise of far-right political parties in Europe and the real world effects their policies have brought.
This is the first part of a series of articles and interviews on the current refugee crisis by Fadi Dawood.
In her debut article, Julie-Anne examines the strategic underpinnings of Japan’s 2016 defence budget
In the final part of the Critical Defence Materials series, Ben looks at EU handling of REEs
Matthew Rae discusses the importance of including the military when discussing climate change mitigation.