Strategic Reports
The Nagorno-Karabakh armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which began on September 27, lasted nearly two months and is said to have claimed more than 10,000 lives, twice as many…
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In the twenty years following the adoption of the first United Nations Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), the integration of women to peacekeeping operations has become…
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On November 9, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed an end-of-hostilities agreement, under the aegis of Russia. This ceasefire, which enshrines a military victory for Azerbaijan, will have many repercussions on regional…
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The U.S. presidential election demonstrated the tenacity of President Donald J. Trump's ideas, policies and leadership style. The conservative nationalism and populism that marked his presidency continues to enjoy broad…
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Highlights Canada does not have the means and power to influence, let alone shape, the nature of the international system. Although Canada cannot influence the nature of the system by…
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Military training abroad is one of the main foreign policy tools deployed by a growing number of countries, including Canada. In recent years, a number of officers trained within these…
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Andrea Charron, "Responding to the Hardening the SHIELD: A Credible Deterrent and Capable Defense for North America," Quick Impact, NAADSN, 11 September 2020.
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Abstract Mackinder’s work on the Heartland (1904) seems to have generated a lot of interest since the advent in 2013 of the Chinese New Silk Road project, or Belt and…
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Bordering the United States and Russia, between NATO and EU member and non-member countries, the Arctic sub-regions are increasingly the subject of often alarmist, sometimes aggressive rhetoric, focusing on the…
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In June 2020, amid the most severe global health crisis in a generation, the MINDS Program’s Collaborative Networks answered a call for papers to help the Department of National Defence…