Policy Reports

This policy report argues that, in order to deliver on its promise, the Government of Canada should carry out its Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP) as a comprehensive and holistic approach,…

This policy report follows the conference organized by the Network for Strategic Analysis entitled “Intelligence Cooperation in a Multipolar World: Non-American Perspectives” on May 6, 2021. This conference brought together…

Gaëlle Rivard Piché, "Standing on Guard: Canada’s Strategic Interests in a Competitive World Order," Vimy Paper, Volume 47, CDA Institute, March 2021.

This policy report explores the extent to which the concept of Arctic Exceptionalism collides with the return to great power politics, particularly Russia’s resurgent strategic behaviour in the High North…

This paper was co-published with the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy. Consult the English version: Zachary Paikin, "Revisiting Canada-Russia Relations: A New Paradigm for a Multipolar World," Institute for Peace…

During autumn 2020, the Network for Strategic Analysis hosted a series of online workshops on the links between COVID-19 and capacity-building activities. In this policy brief, I update my previous…

From academia to politics, issues of inclusion and diversity are gaining increasing importance in different spheres of Canadian society. In international security, the debate on diversity is not new. However,…

The Nagorno-Karabakh armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which began on September 27, lasted nearly two months and is said to have claimed more than 10,000 lives, twice as many…

In the twenty years following the adoption of the first United Nations Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), the integration of women to peacekeeping operations has become…

On November 9, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed an end-of-hostilities agreement, under the aegis of Russia. This ceasefire, which enshrines a military victory for Azerbaijan, will have many repercussions on regional…