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…
Policy Reports
During autumn 2020, the Network for Strategic Analysis hosted a series of online workshops on the links between COVID-19 and capacity-building activities. In this policy brief, I update my previous…
Hot Takes
In the face of Beijing’s aggressive behavior in the South and East China Seas and Moscow’s in Eastern Europe, balance of threat argues that U.S. allies should automatically counterbalance these…
Hot Takes
It is now undeniable that Russia has become an influential and dangerous actor in the Sahel, which may be deliberately exacerbating the region's problems as Sahelian countries struggle to cope…
Hot Takes
“... surprise therefore becomes the means of acquiring superiority... When it succeeds, it sows confusion and breaks the enemy's courage” - Carl von Clausewitz October 7, 2023 is a day…
Hot Takes
September 16, 2022 - Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman arrested in Tehran because her veil was poorly adjusted, was taken to the police station and did not come out…
Hot Takes
In September 2020, the Chairman of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Adam Schiff, published a short critical article in Foreign Affairs in which he asserted that…
Hot Takes
Constructed as a heroic pilot, the ability of the Ghost of Kiev to make the Russian air force falter won over the minds of Western civilians. Surrounded by mystery, this…
Hot Takes
Since the fall of the USSR, the Turkish government has contested the usefulness of NATO. This challenge has increased following the recent decisions of the Turkish government: procuring Russian S- 400s, collaborating with the military…
Policy 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…