Rethinking Canada’s Defence Strategy: What Lessons Can We Learn From the UK and Australia?
- Maxandre Fortier
- January 19, 2021
The mandate of Donald Trump confirmed a strong trend since the financial crisis of 2008: the American hegemon is in decline. Furthermore,…
Canadian Armed Forces and COVID-19: Abroad and at Home, Adapting in Times of Crisis
- Anaïs El-Amraoui
- January 15, 2021
Throughout the fall of 2020, Theodore McLauchlin and Marie-Joëlle Zahar, Professors at the University of Montreal, organized a series of virtual workshops…
The Origins and Ulterior Consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh War: Barometer of Russia’s Relations With Turkey
- Jacques Lévesque
- December 16, 2020
The Nagorno-Karabakh armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which began on September 27, lasted nearly two months and is said to have…
NATO in the Age of COVID-19: From Health Crisis to Political Crisis?
- Arthur Stein
- December 3, 2020
This blog post is written as part of the Cycle of Virtual Workshops on Building Capacity in the Age of COVID-19. The…
Between the West and East: Italy’s Ambiguous Position in a Changing World
- Marco Munier
- December 3, 2020
In a context of increasing competition between the great powers and a relative decline of the United States, this article aims to…
Gender, Peacekeeping, and Operational Effectiveness: Recommendations for the Deployment of Women in Peacekeeping Operations
Summary In the twenty years following the adoption of the first United Nations Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS),…
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Catalyst for a New Regional Order
- Pierre Jolicoeur
- November 25, 2020
Summary On November 9, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed an end-of-hostilities agreement, under the aegis of Russia. This ceasefire, which enshrines a military…
Thinking About the Modernization of NORAD
- Camille Raymond
- November 24, 2020
Context As the world shifts from unipolarity to great power competition, the new technological and military capabilities of China and Russia are…
The Challenges for Canada of Global Warming in the Arctic
- Noémie Prévost
- November 23, 2020
Context Climate change, due to an increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in Earth’s atmosphere, is affecting all aspects of…
Peacekeeping in the Age of COVID-19: An Opportunity to Move Forward?
- Arthur Stein
- November 23, 2020
This blog post is written as part of the Virtual Workshop Cycle on Building Capacity in the Age of COVID-19. The third…
The Development of 5G and the Impact of Donald Trump’s Presidency on Intelligence Sharing Within the Five Eyes
- Maël Permal
- November 23, 2020
The Context The development of 5G technology poses a new challenge within the informal alliance of the "Five Eyes". This new technology…
The Election of Joe Biden: Implications for Democratic Allies
- Stéfanie von Hlatky, Justin Massie
- November 18, 2020
Context The U.S. presidential election demonstrated the tenacity of President Donald J. Trump's ideas, policies and leadership style. The conservative nationalism and…
Potential Washington Strikes Against Iranian Nuclear Facilities at Natanz
- Pierre Pahlavi
- November 18, 2020
Over the past few days, several testimonies have been describing a febrile and dangerous atmosphere in Iran and, in particular, in the…
Can Washington Save Its Leadership in NATO?
- Sarah Pedneault, Anik Dupuis
- November 11, 2020
The abandonment of American leadership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) did not begin with Donald Trump. From the end of…
Can Canada Be Influential in a World of Great Power Politics?
- Jonathan Paquin
- November 9, 2020
Highlights Canada does not have the means and power to influence, let alone shape, the nature of the international system. Although Canada…
Navigating Great Power Rivalry: Canadian Strategy for a New Decade
- Zachary Paikin
- November 3, 2020
Despite periodic instances of tension and disagreement, Ottawa has leaned heavily on its relationship with Washington to anchor its foreign policy throughout…
The Russian Occupation of Georgia and the Questioning of its Territorial Integrity
- Pierre Jolicoeur
- October 30, 2020
In the context of parliamentary elections in Georgia, slated for October 31, 2020, Russian pressure on this small Caucasian state continues, both…
Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism: Rethinking Contested Models in the Age of COVID-19
- Arthur Stein
- October 29, 2020
This hot take is written as part of the Virtual Workshop Cycle on Building Capacity in the Age of COVID-19. The second…
Canadians Want to Play a Larger Diplomatic Role in International Affairs: Building a New Path for Our Place in the World
- Jean-Christophe Boucher
- October 28, 2020
The last two decades have been difficult for Canadian foreign policy. Successive governments in Ottawa have been struggling to articulate a coherent…
Elections 2020: November 3, a Period of Unexpected Uncertainty? an Election in Disarray
- Anessa Kimball
- October 28, 2020
New Vectors of Uncertainty With at least a half-dozen toss-up states and changes to the voting status quo-through larger mail-in & absentee…
Rethinking the Impact of US Military Training on Coups
- Marc-Olivier Cantin, Ludwine Tchatat, Theodore McLauchlin, Lee Seymour
- October 28, 2020
Summary Military training abroad is one of the main foreign policy tools deployed by a growing number of countries, including Canada. In…
The Polysemy of the Security Community: Towards a “People-Centered” Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)?
- Stéphanie Martel
- October 27, 2020
In her article published in the International Studies Quarterly, Stéphanie Martel maintains that the construction of a security community can be understood as…
The Presidential Elections in the United States: What Impact on Iranian-American Relations?
- Pierre Pahlavi
- October 27, 2020
Even before Donald Trump took office four years ago, the media prophesied a major break in relations with Iran. For months, in…
Capacity Building Before and After COVID-19
- Ludwine Tchatat
- October 20, 2020
On Friday, September 25, The Network for Strategic Analysis (NSA) organized the first panel of a cycle of 5 workshops on capacity…
South China Sea: Faced with Chinese Affirmation, Which Common Front?
- Frédéric Lasserre
- October 9, 2020
In the summer of 2020, tension can be seen in the South China Sea between China, on the one hand, and several…
Understanding the Five Eyes
- Srdjan Vucetic
- October 1, 2020
The term Five Eyes typically refers to a unique signals intelligence pooling club of three or four-letter acronymed agencies from Australia, Canada,…
Why ‘Brave Little Belgium’ Yet Again Sends Its F-16s to Iraq and Syria
- Yf Reykers
- October 1, 2020
On October 1st 2020, Belgium resumed its participation in Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led international coalition against ISIL, with four F-16 fighter…
Turkey’s Disputed Role in NATO
- Jessy Benoit
- September 25, 2020
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:…
New Deal with Iran: A Broken Promise?
- Pierre Pahlavi
- September 22, 2020
In the 2016 election campaign, candidate Trump pledged to negotiate “a totally different deal” with Iran - to establish a deal that…
Responding to the Hardening the SHIELD: A Credible Deterrent and Capable Defense for North America
- Andrea Charron
- September 18, 2020
Andrea Charron, "Responding to the Hardening the SHIELD: A Credible Deterrent and Capable Defense for North America," Quick Impact, NAADSN, 11 September…
Mackinder, Models and the New Silk Road: a Deceiving Tool?
- Frédéric Lasserre
- August 27, 2020
Abstract Mackinder’s work on the Heartland (1904) seems to have generated a lot of interest since the advent in 2013 of the…
The End of Illusions: Towards an Independent Foreign Policy in a Disorderly World
- Justin Massie
- August 14, 2020
The failure of the Trudeau government to get Canada elected to the United Nations Security Council was an unprecedented affront in Canadian…
Transatlantic Relations During a Pandemic: Cooperation or Competition?
- Marco Munier
- August 14, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the dynamics of contemporary transatlantic relations, which oscillate between cooperation and rivalry at a time of competition between great powers. As the United…
Competitions and Power Games in the Arctic – Realities, Fictions and Implications for Canada
- Mathieu Landriault, Magali Vullierme
- August 14, 2020
Bordering the United States and Russia, between NATO and EU member and non-member countries, the Arctic sub-regions are increasingly the subject of…
Canada and Huawei’s 5G
- Marco Munier
- July 29, 2020
5G technology and the Chinese company Huawei 5G is the fifth generation of mobile communications, following on from 4G. 5G will bring…
Bridging the Gap Between Academic and Defence Policy Communities in Canada
- Thomas Juneau, Philippe Lagassé
- July 29, 2020
In their article published in the Canadian Public Administration journal, the authors evaluated the nature and causes of the divergences between academic…
Network Challenge Report: COVID-19
In June 2020, amid the most severe global health crisis in a generation, the MINDS Program’s Collaborative Networks answered a call for…
Intersectionality Strategy
- Isabelle Caron
- July 14, 2020
Context Rooted in the Black American feminist movement of the 1980s and 1990s, the concept of intersectionality refers to the intersection of…
COVID-19 and the Future of Global Order
- Bruno Charbonneau, Chantal Lavallée
- July 7, 2020
This report was produced by the Centre for Security and Crisis Governance (CRITIC), founded at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean in 2020.…
COVID-19 and Canada’s Capacity-Building: Security Assistance and Training in the Pandemic
- Theodore McLauchlin
- June 19, 2020
How has capacity-building, above all security assistance and training operations, been affected by COVID-19? What is likely to come? Because Canada’s capacity-building…
The Geopolitical Impacts of COVID-19
- Stéfanie von Hlatky, Justin Massie, Marco Munier, Hannah Hollander & Sam Skinner
- June 18, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has considerable geopolitical impacts. It acts as a catalyst on several security and defence issues. This strategic note focusses…
Why Fear Russia in the Arctic? Contemplating Scenarios as an Exercise in Assumption-Testing and “Red Teaming”
- Whitney Lackenbauer
- May 4, 2020
Whitney Lackenbauer, "Why Fear Russia in the Arctic? Contemplating Scenarios as an Exercise in Assumption-Testing and 'Red Teaming'," Strategic Perspectives, NAADSN, 4…