Hot Takes
While the 20th anniversary of September 11 terrorist attack is a reminder of the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan and the beginning of the War on Terror, it also marks the…
Policy Briefs
Highlights The U.S. pivot to Asia strategy, launched by the Obama administration in 2011, comes in response to the significant structural change represented by China's economic and military rise. This…
New Projects
International organisations (IOs) are created with the aim of solving collective action problems when a crisis arises. Yet, member states have repeatedly established ad hoc crisis responses in situations where…
For this 22nd episode of Conseils de Sécurité, Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé and Thomas Juneau welcome Djallil Lounnas, Associate Professor of International Relations at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco. Djallil Lounnas holds…
Policy Briefs
Without turning away from counterterrorism, U.S. defense seems to be increasingly orienting its focus on China in an era of great power competition. Yet China is not the only challenge…
Hot Takes
In its hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, contrary to the Biden administration’s initial messages that claimed to make the Trump era an incident of history, Washington has done little to distinguish…
In the 58th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve talk about the state of Canada – China relations with the release of the two Michaels, who will be the…
Policy Briefs
On August 14, the Canadian Department of National Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) issued a joint statement on the modernization of the North American Aerospace Defense Command…
For this 21st episode of "Conseils de sécurité", a special on elections and defence policy in Canada. Thomas Juneau and Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé welcome Stéfanie von Hlatky and Justin Massie. Stéfanie…
Policy Reports
This policy report argues that, in order to deliver on its promise, the Government of Canada should carry out its Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP) as a comprehensive and holistic approach,…