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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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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…
Policy 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…
Policy 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…
Policy 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…
Policy Briefs
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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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…
Policy 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…
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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,…
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What role did French nuclear weapons play in post-Cold War politics? At first glance, this question might seem marginal or even obsolete. After all, since the 1990s, the “second nuclear…