In this article, Sanam Singh argues that NATO’s medical system anchors every mission with Canada’s leadership enhancing its strength on the ground and in the air. The piece shows how Canada’s expertise positions NATO to confront the growing threat of cyberattacks targeting military healthcare.
Narayan Srivastava examines Nepal’s 2025 political upheaval as a warning signal for democracies worldwide.From a sweeping social-media ban to youth-led protests that brought down a government, Nepal reveals how digital connectivity, declining trust in institutions, and demographic pressures are reshaping political power. This article situates Nepal within a broader global pattern from South Asia to Europe where digitally mobilized citizens are challenging elite governance structures. The piece argues that these movements are less about ideology and more about systemic failure, offering critical lessons for democratic resilience, international security, and the future of governance in the digital age.
In 2025, with the start of Donald Trump’s second U.S. presidential term, Ukraine faced a dramatic shift in the American position on providing it with direct military support. The United States — previously Ukraine’s main supplier of military equipment, covering roughly 30% of Ukraine’s defence needs — has now completed the delivery of aid packages approved under Read More…
How could gender-inclusive national service shape Canada’s future defence posture? This article examines the growing debate around universal service in Canada, assesses its implications for Women, Peace and Security commitments under NATO, and draws lessons from Nordic models to consider whether compulsory service could strengthen societal resilience and women’s meaningful participation in defence.
Foreign Investment, Market Structure, and NATO Economic Security Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marked a turning point in how NATO understands economic security. The immediate response was necessarily focused on energy: securing supply, diversifying imports, and hardening critical infrastructure against disruption. These efforts were essential. They reflected a growing recognition that dependence on hostile or unreliable Read More…
An Interview with Brad McInnis Part 1 Brad McInnis is a cybersecurity and cryptographic resilience expert with more than twenty-five years of experience spanning industry, Canadian defence intelligence, the Five Eyes community, U.S. government and defence environments. His work has focused on long term confidentiality, enterprise key management, and large-scale cryptographic modernization for national level systems. He Read More…
In recent years, there have been increased calls for the Canadian government to introduce legislation against disinformation. Tighter laws have been requested in an attempt to reduce the digital flow of deliberately false information in Canadian political discourse around controversies like vaccines, especially during elections. For one, in 2022, Canada’s chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault Read More…
*This is the fourth instalment of a six-part series. Canada faces a number of challenges beyond those experienced by the Canadian Armed Forces that have further contributed to its inability to project sovereignty and security into the Canadian Arctic. These challenges have included: low Arctic population density, vast uninhabited areas, small remote settlements, and significant Read More…
