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COVID-19 and Capacity-Building: Final Report

Theodore McLauchlin
March 26, 2021
Time to Read: 23 min

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…

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For Greater Inclusion and Diversity in International Security: Courses of Action for the Network for Strategic Analysis

Private: Marianne Bouchard, Gaëlle Rivard Piché
January 29, 2021

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,…

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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 claimed more than 10,000 lives, twice as many…

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Gender, Peacekeeping, and Operational Effectiveness: Recommendations for the Deployment of Women in Peacekeeping Operations

Marianne Bouchard
November 27, 2020

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…

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The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Catalyst for a New Regional Order

Pierre Jolicoeur
November 25, 2020

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…

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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 Chinese New Silk Road project, or Belt and…

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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 May 2020.