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Drawing on a collection of WWI-era letters and the experience of Canada’s “citizen-soldiers,” Emma Zhang argues that today’s recruitment gap is not just logistical but cultural, rooted in the erosion of the civic-military bond. Her article explores how rebuilding local connections to service may be key to solving the Canadian Armed Forces’ recruitment crisis.
How stable is NATO? While the Presidency of Donald Trump has drawn significant attention to the future of the alliance, the rise of similar far-right ideologies in Europe presents a similar, yet less publicized threat to NATO. Ahead of the 2027 French presidential elections, Jonah Moffatt uses the Rassemblement National as a case study to assess the impact of a victory for the right on NATO cohesion and Canadian foreign policy interests.
In this article, Soha Sarfraz explores how the rise of deepfakes is placing new strains on democratic resilience, using Denmark’s developing legal and policy response as a case study of how states may preserve trust and political legitimacy in the age of fake media, Soha examines what lessons Canada might draw from that model. She argues that deepfakes increasingly threaten not only individual reputations, but also electoral integrity and the broader information environment, contending that the challenge is no longer merely a technological, but fundamentally political and strategic.
Canada has finally hit NATO’s 2% defence spending target, and it aims even higher. But writing bigger cheques doesn’t automatically translate into battle-ready ships, jets, or troops. Between procurement timelines that stretch into the 2050s, a personnel system that hires only one in thirteen applicants, and serviceability rates hovering around 58%, the gap between budget promises and deployable power remains stubbornly wide. Canada is making smart moves: joining European defence initiatives and diversifying away from US-only supply chains, but the real test will be whether it can turn historic investment into tangible military effect before allied patience runs thin.
As Europe advances its pursuit of strategic autonomy, questions are emerging about the future of NATO and transatlantic security. Can a more independent Europe strengthen collective defence, or risk fragmentation? This article explores how alignment and coordination will shape the future of Western security.
In Canada, the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires, driven by climate change, have evolved from an environmental challenge into a national security concern, threatening critical infrastructure, displacing communities, and straining the capacities of emergency and military response systems. This is most evident in British Columbia, where recent wildfire seasons have forced governments to escalate Read More…
Canada regards universal healthcare as a national value and a point of sovereign pride, yet the data that powers it (the diagnoses, treatment notes, and intimate clinical conversations recorded by AI scribes etc.) are currently being processed through servers which fall under American law, with no binding Canadian standard for how it is stored or Read More…
From devastating floods in Pakistan to prolonged droughts across the Horn of Africa, climate-related disasters are increasingly shaping political and humanitarian crises around the world. Climate change is often described as a “threat multiplier” because it tends to intensify challenges that already exist within societies rather than directly causing conflict on its own. Environmental pressures Read More…
As global conflict, climate change, and poverty continue to drive people from their homes, the number of refugees and cases of forced migration keep rising. By mid-2024, over 122 million people worldwide had been displaced from their homes, marking the twelfth consecutive year of increasing displacement numbers and a trend which shows no indication of Read More…
A single geopolitical disruption can send shockwaves through the global economy, revealing not only how fragile the world’s energy systems are, but also how deeply they are tied to environmental challenges. The Strait of Hormuz is a vital passage in the global energy system, serving as a narrow passage through which a significant portion of Read More…