On January 3, 2026, the United States announced that its forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flown him to New York to face charges. Within minutes of President Donald Trump’s message breaking across social media platforms, an array of AI-generated images, recycled footage, and outright false claims began circulating widely. Some purported to Read More…
Could Canada’s new trade policy serve as a template for the rest of NATO? This article analyses Canada’s trade diversification strategy as a case study to assess its viability as a model for achieving economic security among NATO member states.
In this article, Kaya Dupuis examines how the U.S. seizure of Venezuelan oil reserves in January 2026 creates an unprecedented opportunity for Canada to reshape North American energy dynamics. Can Canada move fast enough to capitalize on Venezuela’s decade-long recovery timeline and secure its position as the continent’s energy supplier before the window closes?
Supply chain dominance is an easy path to economic coercion. As critical minerals become more vital than ever in a world of increasing tensions, securing network resilience is necessary to security. When the question of “friend or foe” can be a blurred one, allies band together to mitigate risk through policy and cooperation.
On February 23, 2026, the NATO Association of Canada (NAOC), in partnership with the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Embassies of Ukraine and Lithuania in Canada, organized a panel discussion entitled “Charting Ukraine’s Pathway Toward a Just Peace with Canada & NATO Allies”. The event was dedicated to commemorating the 4th anniversary of the Read More…
On 9 August in Warsaw, police detained 109 people during a concert by Belarusian singer Max Korzh for “drug possession, unlawful entry, assaults on security staff and use of pyrotechnics.” At the same event, one attendee displayed the red-and-black flag associated with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). The symbol is contentious in Poland because the Read More…
Two years have passed since Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) Canada, which detects foreign interference and disinformation, identified the first Spamouflage campaign. First detected in 2023, the Spamouflage campaign refers to a covert disinformation operation that relies on networks of newly created or hijacked social media accounts, frequently seen to amplify narratives aligned with PRC (People’s Read More…
Imagine a government on the verge of a decision that will take years to implement and billions of dollars to sustain. A major defence procurement. A long-term NATO deployment. A new assistance package for an ally. On paper, everything looks orderly. Briefings are prepared. Consultations take place. Procedures are followed. Yet, even before the decision Read More…
Rachel Potter analyzes the geopolitical fallout of U.S. pressure on Greenland, arguing that it reveals a deeper fragility within NATO and raises a critical question for Canada: can alliance guarantees still be trusted when power begins to override restraint?
*This is the final instalment of a six-part series. For the final instalment of the “Power Play in the Arctic” series, Marcus Wong (MW) sat down with Dr. George Soroka (GS) of Harvard University’s Department of Government, who also serves as Executive Officer of The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies at the Weatherhead Read More…