In episode 32 of season 3 (recorded on voting day), Co-hosts Linna Tam-Seto (Assistant Professor Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at…
Strategic Reports
Summary Canada is currently under intense pressure to meet the NATO agreed 2% of GDP spent on defence and 20% of defence spending assigned to equipment. Simultaneously, Canada is facing…
Strategic Reports
Introduction The weaponization of information against democracies has become a hallmark of modern geopolitical competition. In the last decade, countries across the globe including Canada have been targeted for influence…
Strategic Reports
‘They have lost a good opportunity to keep their mouths shut’. In February 2003, the French President at the time, Jacques Chirac, spoke of the support of several new member…
Strategic Reports
In its November 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy, Canada identified rising violence in Myanmar following the 2021 military coup d’état as one of the most significant threats to regional peace and prosperity. Positioning…
In the 31st episode of Battle Rhythm, Season 3, Steve Saideman and co-host Thomas Hughes, Assistant Professor at Mt. Allison University discuss Trump’s rhetorical shift on the 51st state…
Analyses
A Changing Non-Proliferation Paradigm? Should Canada build its own nuclear weapons? While self-evidently against the country’s own non-proliferation and disarmament commitments, this question has been recurrently raised by Canadian commentators…
In the 30th episode of Battle Rhythm, Season 3, with co-host Anessa L. Kimball, Ph.D., Professor at Université Laval. Steve Saideman & Anessa discuss wrapping up the Department of National…
Strategic Reports
This policy report is part of a special series, directed by Laurent Borzillo (Forum de défense et stratégie, FDS), Teodora Morosanu (FDS), and Benjamin Boutin (Association France-Canada) with support from…
Analyses
While Canada has long enjoyed a close and stable relationship with its American neighbour, threats to stifle the Canadian economy in order to force it to join the United States,…