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Firewalls and Frontlines: Canada’s Cybersecurity Leadership Potential in the Age of Foreign Information Operations

• David Dubé
• May 7, 2025

1- Introduction Cyber threats are escalating across Canada, and NATO allied countries, evolving in both scale and sophistication. While traditional cyberattacks targeting government infrastructure and networks persist, threats to civil…

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Taking Stock of the First 100 Days of Trump’s Foreign Policy: Issues and Prospects for Canada

• Jonathan Paquin
• May 5, 2025

In this closing world, the United States assumed the role of stabilizing and sometimes even benevolent power. It worked to provide a framework for the liberal international order and to…

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Engaging With a New Syria

• Mohamed Elgayar
• May 1, 2025

As Syria embarks on a new chapter following the end of the Assad regime, Canada reaffirms its commitment to peace, stability, inclusive governance, and reducing the global refugee crisis. This…

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A Dual-Use Solution to a Dual Problem: Canada’s Innovation and Defence Spending

• Fabrice Blais-Savoie
• April 16, 2025

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…

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Protecting Canadian Elections in the Age of Interference

• Jacob Tuckey
• April 14, 2025

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…

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Poland and the Defence of Europe Against Russia

• Maxime Philaire
• April 11, 2025

‘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…

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Keeping Canadian Policy Promises: Addressing the Myanmar Crisis

• Isabella Aung
• April 8, 2025

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…

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The Case Against Canadian Nuclear Weapons

• Émile Lambert-Deslandes
• March 21, 2025

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…

Battle Rhythm Podcast

S3 Ep.30: Pan-Domain and CIMIC Responses

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…

• Stephen Saideman, Anessa Kimball
• March 19, 2025

Policy Reports

Conflict Sensitivity: A Key Approach for Climate Adaptation

• Amanda Makosso
• March 17, 2025
• Time to Read: 15 min

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…

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