Since its inception in 1949, Canada has played an integral role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its numerous military and non-military engagements. As a founding member, Canada’s involvement over the past 70 years has varied from troop deployment and training in Europe during much of the Cold War, to activity abroad in places like Afghanistan and Libya. The articles in the NATO and Canada program examine NATO’s operational history and Canada’s role from a multitude of perspectives. The NATO Association of Canada aims to supply Canadians with a greater insight into the inner workings of this long-standing alliance and its Canadian contributions.
This is the third article in the series focusing on the current refugee crisis in the Middle East. Focusing on the Yazidi community of Sinjar is very important in our task to better understand how these communities have been affected by the recent atrocities committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against Read More…
Jeremy Paquin explores the consequences of Canada’s withdrawal of CF-18s from the fight against ISIL and examines how this has affected Canada’s standing among allies.
This is the first part of a series of articles and interviews on the current refugee crisis by Fadi Dawood.
Matthew Rae explores main concerns for NATO in the new year.
Ian Goertz and Sandra Song provide an Infograph about Montengro in response to the invitation for ascension to NATO.
Matthew Rae tackles how recent events can define Trudeau’s policy agenda and how this could make or break his term.
Here’s a quick recap of our Twitter Chat on the strategic, security and intelligence concerns in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks around the world this past month via Storify.
Ian Goertz uses the recent speech made by President Hollande following the Paris terror attacks to examine the importance of rhetoric in international relations.
Ian and Aishwarya continue their A Short History of Nearly Everything NATO with this installation discussing NATO in Afghanistan.
Aishwarya and Ian continue their joint series examining the history of NATO. This week, they focus on NATO and Canada’s role in the Kosovo War.