Women on the Northern Front: Canadian Women Leading Arctic Resilience

NATO’s Defence Capabilities: Quality, Quantity, and Self-Sufficiency

If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Grid: Middle Powers, Energy Systems, and Alliance Risk Tolerance

Strategic Capital or Strategic Risk? Chinese Investment and the Future of Canada’s Energy Security

La souveraineté canadienne à l’épreuve du Passage du Nord-Ouest

Les algorithmes au pouvoir : comment l’IA redéfinit la guerre de l’information? 

Breaking Barriers from the Battlefield: Women Journalists Reporting From the Front Lines

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To Be or Not to Be: Why the Acquisition of the F-35 is a Canadian Necessity

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As Ottawa revisits its commitment to purchase 88 F-35A fighter jets, Jonah Moffatt argues that renewed hesitation signals strategic indecision and that a mixed fleet including the less advanced Saab JAS-39 Gripen would dilute Canadian airpower. If Canada seeks to lead within NATO and fulfil its middle-power ambitions, it is necessary to ground credibility in capability and avoid prioritizing political considerations over long-term security interests.

Canada’s Strategic Role in NATO’s Arctic Frontier

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From Mines to Mandates: Critical Minerals as the Key to Meeting Canada’s NATO Contributions

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When Allies Become Threats: What U.S. Pressure on Greenland Reveals about NATO’s Fragility and Canada’s Arctic Vulnerability

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From Caracas to Canada: What U.S. Doctrine Means for the Northwest Passage 

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Indo-Pacific and NATO

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Avoiding Escalation Pitfalls: Australia and NATO 

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What does the Australia-NATO partnership mean in the current moment of geopolitical flux? In this piece, junior research fellow Joel Sawyer examines the strategic histories driving Australia-NATO alignment, the potential hazards of deepening military cooperation, and how to move the relationship forward. 

Not Just a Submarine: South Korea’s Bid and Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy 

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Border Flashpoints: What NATO Can Learn from the Thailand–Cambodia Crisis

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Hedging with the Dragon: Mark Carney’s China Visit and Canada’s Search for Strategic Autonomy 

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What’s at Stake for Canada in the Indo-Pacific?

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Society, Culture, and Security

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NATO’s Defence Capabilities: Quality, Quantity, and Self-Sufficiency

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With rapid technological innovation, it can be tempting to make technology the central focus of the defence industry by assuming that superior advancements alone could secure victory on a potential battlefield. A dangerous assumption in this current political climate is to assume that war is unlikely and that defence funds would be better allocated elsewhere. Read More…

Why Public Support for NATO Matters in Canada

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For Freedom: Examining the Implications of the Iranian Protest on NATO and Canada

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A War on Survival: Famine, Displacement, and Coercion in Sudan

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Space Diplomacy and NATO

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Women in Security

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Women on the Northern Front: Canadian Women Leading Arctic Resilience

Posted on Author Morgan Singer Comments Off on Women on the Northern Front: Canadian Women Leading Arctic Resilience

As Arctic security becomes increasingly central to Canada’s defence strategy and the broader priorities of NATO, women and notably Indigenous women, retain imperative roles in deploying Canada’s northern security strategy. Integrating women’s leadership into Arctic defence planning is critical to ensuring that Canada’s northern security strategy is both operationally effective and socially sound. This article aims to highlight key women currently contributing to Canada’s Arctic strategy, as well as illuminate the broader gendered implications of resilience in the North.

Breaking Barriers from the Battlefield: Women Journalists Reporting From the Front Lines

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More Than Just a Woman: Exploring Peacekeeping Operations Through a Multifaceted Lens

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“Building Canada Strong”: an Investigation of Opportunities for Women in Canada’s Procurement Strategy

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Parité ou Fragilité : Pourquoi l’Exclusion des Femmes Affaiblit la Sécurité Internationale

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Security, Trade and the Economy

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The Value of our Strength: How Carney’s Davos Speech Exposes NATO’s Economic Security Gap

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As NATO faces an era of unprecedented economic coercion between allies, can a military alliance built for tanks and treaties truly protect its members from tariffs and trade wars? In this article, Kaya Dupuis examines Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s landmark speech at the World Economic Forum, arguing that Canada’s pivot toward “strategic autonomy”, leveraging energy, critical minerals and bilateral trade deals as defensive tools, exposes a fundamental gap in NATO’s mandate, one that leaves middle powers increasingly vulnerable to economic threats that Article 5 was never designed to address.

The power of Atom, shared: Future of Canada’s extended nuclear deterrence within NATO. 

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Understanding Canada’s Trade Diversification Policy and Lessons for other NATO States

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What does the Venezuelan Oil Situation mean for Canadian Energy Security in the NATO Alliance?

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Financing Resilience in Critical Minerals: How Allies Are De-Risking with Policy

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Cyber Security and Emerging Threats

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Les algorithmes au pouvoir : comment l’IA redéfinit la guerre de l’information? 

Posted on Author Linta Chatha Comments Off on Les algorithmes au pouvoir : comment l’IA redéfinit la guerre de l’information? 

Dans l’espace numérique, l’information circule à une vitesse inédite. Les réseaux sociaux permettent à chacun de diffuser des contenus en quelques secondes auprès d’un public mondial, favorisant les échanges d’idées à grande échelle. Pourtant, ils facilitent aussi la propagation de contenus trompeurs. Avec l’essor de l’intelligence artificielle (IA), cette réalité a franchi un nouveau cap Read More…

Protecting Arctic Cyberinfrastructure: Quantum Sensors for Domain Awareness in the North

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The Missing Shield: Why NATO’s Innovation Strategy Needs Modern Intellectual Property Protection

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Canada’s Arctic Surveillance at Risk, Are Space Capabilities Enough to Defend Sovereignty?

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Canada Already Entered the Quantum Era: Is it Exposed or Ready for What Comes Next?

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Centre For Disinformation Studies

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Disinformation and the Collapse of Shared Reality: Lessons from the Venezuela–Maduro Crisis

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On January 3, 2026, the United States announced that its forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flown him to New York to face charges. Within minutes of President Donald Trump’s message breaking across social media platforms, an array of AI-generated images, recycled footage, and outright false claims began circulating widely. Some purported to Read More…

Defending Solidarity After Warsaw’s Flag Incident

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Spamouflage in Canada: How Targeted Disinformation Undermines Democracy

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What Canada Has Yet To Learn from Ukraine About Countering Disinformation

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The Role of Government in Combating Gender-Based Disinformation 

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Environment, Climate Change, and Se

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La souveraineté canadienne à l’épreuve du Passage du Nord-Ouest

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Avec la fonte accélérée des glaces, le Passage du Nord-Ouest devient progressivement navigable, transformant une route longtemps marginale en un enjeu central du commerce et de la sécurité internationale. Cette évolution remet directement en cause le statut juridique de cette voie maritime et, par conséquent, la capacité du Canada à en contrôler l’accès. L’importance croissante Read More…

How the Canadian Army is Uniquely Positioned for the Intensification of Climate Change 

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How does community-level climate resilience in Canadian coastal communities contribute to NATO’s transatlantic security? 

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Power Play in the Arctic: Part 6 – Cold Fronts, Hot Choices: Dr. George Soroka Looks Ahead

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When Climate Risk Becomes a Security Issue: NATO’s Response to a Changing Threat Environment

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The NATO Association of Canada in partnership with the Canadian Army Journal (CAJ) announces the release of Cutting through the Haze: Grey Zone Operations and Contemporary Threats, eds. Christopher Maternowski and Aditi Malhotra (Summer 2023).

An inaugural collaboration between the NATO Association of Canada and the CAJ, this volume provides perspectives on issues relevant to grey zone operations and other topics from experts within the North American defence and security community. The volume emphasizes the growing importance of the grey zone and the role of defence innovation in grey zone and conventional operations.

Special Publication

Special Publication

The NATO Association of Canada has released its Winter 2023 special publication.

In Navigating a Global Crisis: Climate Change and NATO, ed. Christopher Maternowski, leading authorities offer insights on what rising temperatures mean for international security and NATO. The volume explores the many ways in which climate change constitutes an urgent concern for the international community and a threat on which NATO and other intergovernmental organizations must increasingly collaborate and act.

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