On April 12, 2011, the NATO Council of Canada (NCC) hosted its annual Spring Conference at the University of Toronto. Entitled NATO’s New Strategic Concept: Active Engagement, Modern Defence, this year’s conference brought together distinguished scholars, policymakers, and members of the Canadian Forces to review and expand on NATO’s core priorities, the challenges of the Read More…
The NATO Council of Canada would like to pass on some information on an exciting event being held this summer. The Atlantic Charter Foundation would like to invite you to attend celebrations commemorating the historic meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill which created the Atlantic Charter. The event will be held from Read More…
By James M. Bridger. As a nation surrounded by three great oceans, Canada’s maritime security has been of preeminent importance throughout the country’s history. Once boasting the world’s third largest navy, Canadian forces were instrumental in the Allied victory during the Battle of the Atlantic and have since played a significant global role in Read More…
By: Sean Palter Ligang Chen, Consul General (Ambassadorial Rank) of the People’s Republic of China in Toronto, spoke to members of The NATO Council of Canada on February 16 about Sino-Canadian relations in the 21st Century. Chen, a lifelong diplomat, holding positions with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China since 1976, has served in Read More…
New Interns at the NCC Roundtable with Ronald Deibert on Cyber Security A Personal Accout of Egyptian Unrest Roundtable with Sven Spengemann on Iraq Conflict Canadian Maritime Security: A Guide to the Issues Roundtable with Ligang Chen on Sino-Canadian Relations NATO and Azerbaijan: Report on the 2011 NISA Conference Inaugural Ottawa Roundtable Newsletter – March Read More…
By Robert Baines. On Thursday night, after several days of hard bargaining, the 28 NATO member states came to a consensus that the alliance would take over command responsibility for the no-fly zone in Libya. NATO’s Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, stated that NATO has decided to assume responsibility for the no-fly zone mandated under Read More…
By: Sean Palter Depending on the orbit of the moon, the distance from the earth to the lunar surface is roughly 240,000 miles. While that may seem far to most, to Admiral James Stavridis that distance does not even amount to a year’s travel. The current NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) logged over 300,000 Read More…
On January 26 the NATO Council of Canada hosted a roundtable event with Dr. Ronald Deibert, Director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre, University of Toronto. Dr. Deibert, a leading expert in the fields of internet censorship, surveillance and information warfare, spoke on the rise of cyber espionage and the geopolitics of cyberspace. Read More…
A Failed State, Small Boats and Big Money: The Expansion of Somali Piracy and the World’s Response. By James Bridger. More Attacks, Higher Costs Over the course of the past decade, Somali piracy has transformed from a localized nuisance into an international crisis. In 2004, the first response to the growing threat posed by piracy Read More…
During the NATO Council of Canada’s 2010 Spring Conference on conflict and natural resources, participants had the pleasure of hearing from Ian London, Market Development and Energy Advisor with Avalon Rare Metals Inc. who spoke about the impact that rare metals could have on geopolitical relations in the 21st Century. Following this conference, Mr. London Read More…