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Geopolitical Upheaval In The Post-Soviet Space: The “Near Abroad” Tested By The War In Ukraine

• Tancrède Jankowskiand Armel Bouvery
• February 3, 2023

After the multiplication of military setbacks Russia suffered in the face of the Ukrainian armed forces’ counter-offensive, it is fashionable to say that Moscow is cornered militarily and diplomatically. While…

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Turkey’s And Iran’s Drone Supply In The War In Ukraine

• Satcha de Henning Michaëlis
• January 26, 2023

Turkey’s and Iran’s military supply to the Russian and Ukrainian armed forces has been evidenced by the presence of TB2, Mohajer, and Shahed 136 drones on the battlefield. This strategic…

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New Hypersonic Weapons: Same but Different

• Dominika Kunertova
• December 3, 2022
• Time to Read: 30 min

Hypersonic weapons can increase pre-emption fears and dangerously alter crisis escalation scenarios by the 2030s. This popular argument builds on the expectations that their unpredictable flight path create target ambiguity,…

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Is War Over Taiwan Coming?

• Rémy Carugati
• June 21, 2022
• Time to Read: 46 min

Is war over Taiwan coming? If yes, how would it take place? These questions are among the most salient debates in the security studies community. While it is impossible to…

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The Sino-Russian Partnership and the Bipolarization of the World

• Rémy Carugati
• May 12, 2022
• Time to Read: 40 min

This policy report argues that the current war in Ukraine is unlikely to break the Chinese-Russian unlimited partnership and will accelerate the world's bipolarization. China has political, energetic, and strategic…

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The Resurrection of Lazarus, or the Second Youth of NATO: The Consequences of the Russian Invasion on NATO

• Laurent Borzillo
• April 20, 2022
• Time to Read: 41 min

On February 24, 2022, when most experts believed that a significant but limited Russian attack on Eastern Ukraine was likely – at least in terms of war aims – the…

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New Technologies, Climate Change and War in Ukraine: What Impacts on NORAD Modernization?

• Camille Raymond
• March 21, 2022
• Time to Read: 28 min

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought the important modernization of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) back on the agenda of the Canadian government. In response to the…

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Towards a Canadian Strategy in the Indo-Pacific: What to Learn From the American and European Examples?

• Maxandre Fortier, Marco Munier, Justin Massie
• February 25, 2022
• Time to Read: 39 min

All indicates that the Trudeau government will soon publish its strategy for the Indo-Pacific. Very little has been leaked from the document that Global Affairs Canada has been working on…

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Canada’s Role in the New Nuclear Landscape

• Louis-Benoit Lafontaine, Émile Lambert-Deslandes
• December 15, 2021
• Time to Read: 25 min

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference is scheduled for January 2022. Since its ratification in 1968 and the end of the Cold War, the nuclear landscape has changed dramatically.…

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Is Canada’s Foreign Policy Really Feminist?

• Yolande Bouka, Stéfanie von Hlatky, Stéphanie Martel, Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé, Maria Martin de Almagro, Marie-Joëlle Zahar
• September 23, 2021
• Time to Read: 40 min

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,…

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