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On Friday, September 25, The Network for Strategic Analysis (NSA) organized the first panel of a cycle of 5 workshops on capacity building in the COVID-19 era. It was moderated…
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In the summer of 2020, tension can be seen in the South China Sea between China, on the one hand, and several Southeast Asian states and the United States, on…
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The term Five Eyes typically refers to a unique signals intelligence pooling club of three or four-letter acronymed agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United…
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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 jets and military support personnel. Just like previous…
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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…
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In the 2016 election campaign, candidate Trump pledged to negotiate “a totally different deal” with Iran - to establish a deal that is all encompassing and goes beyond the nuclear…
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The failure of the Trudeau government to get Canada elected to the United Nations Security Council was an unprecedented affront in Canadian history. It was humiliating both for Canada –…
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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 States (US) continues on the path of unilateralism,…
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5G technology and the Chinese company Huawei 5G is the fifth generation of mobile communications, following on from 4G. 5G will bring a new technological terrain that will allow interconnection…
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In their article published in the Canadian Public Administration journal, the authors evaluated the nature and causes of the divergences between academic and defense policy communities in Canada based on…