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Policy Reports

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…

Policy Reports

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…

Policy Briefs

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…

Hot Takes

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…

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…

Hot Takes

Canada Must Prepare for American Coercion

Justin Massie
March 15, 2025
Time to Read: 7 min

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,…

Hot Takes

French Nuclear Weapons in Post-Cold War Politics

Florian Galleri
March 12, 2025
Time to Read: 11 min

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…

Hot Takes

German Elections 2025: Scenarios for Military Aid to Ukraine and European Defence

Nicolas-François Perron
February 21, 2025
Time to Read: 17 min

On February 23, 2025, German citizens will be called to the polls for early federal elections, a rather rare event in the country's political history, marking only the fourth early…

Policy Reports

Franco-Canadian Industrial Defence Cooperation: Current Situation and Development Prospects

Gaspard Schnitzler and Erik Vouvalidis
February 4, 2025
Time to Read: 10 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…

Policy Briefs

The Narratives War in the Arctic: Between Russian Disinformation and International Rivalries

Mathieu Landriault, Julie Renaud
January 14, 2025
Time to Read: 5 min

This policy brief 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…