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February 2023: Nearly twelve months after Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, and while Kyiv’s allies continue, for some, quibble over the type of heavy weaponry that can or cannot be…
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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…
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Canada's Minister of National Defence, Anita Anand, announced that Canada would acquire a new fleet of 88 F-35 fighter jets. The cost of that project is estimated at $19 billion,…
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While tensions between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United States have intensified over Taiwan for the past several months, the risk of war in the region looms…
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The prospects for peace in Ukraine are currently the subject of vigorous discussion. Three main positions structure the debate. On the one hand, some argue that the best way to…
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This paper is a written version of a contribution made on 2nd June 2022 at a conference ‘Is War over Taiwan Coming?’ held at the University of Quebec at Montreal.…
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The prophecy for the end of history and the inevitable triumph of the democratic model is now facing a significant challenge, as the spectre of neo-authoritarianism now haunts regimes that…
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In a June interview with La Dépêche du Midi, President Emmanuel Macron said: "We must not humiliate Russia so that the day the fighting stops, we can build a way…
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A question has been raised since the beginning of the fighting in Ukraine on February 24, 2022: if the government were to fall, would Western states support an irregular war…
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In an interview made to all the French regional daily press, French President Emmanuel Macron asserted that "[We] must not humiliate Russia so that the day the fighting stops, we…