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Global Horizons
The NAOC’s Global Horizons program is our outreach initiative oriented specifically towards high school students interested in learning more about international affairs, Canadian foreign policy, and NATO. Our website is dedicated to educating the public on current events in international affairs, and this page is devoted to making that process easier for high school students by providing resources that help guide them into this world and offer advice on pursuing a career in political science or international relations.
What I Learned from Plotting World Conquest
Is strategy gaming conducive to international strategy?
Young Canadians Don’t Care. Should They?
Do high school students care about NATO? Do they even know what it does? Colin McEwen finds out.
Aggressively Apathetic Activism
Colin McEwen unravels the tangled mess of political activism carried out by student unions.
Using the Time Given to Them
Colin McEwen explores the growing phenomenon of Model NATO conferences for high school and undergraduate students.
There is No ‘Try’
Colin McEwen illustrates how the career of NATO’s Secretary-General offers lessons to young Canadians seeking a future in international relations.
Between Yarmouk and a Hard Place – Part II
Megan explores the dire situation in which Yarmouk’s residents currently reside, constantly fearing a coupled threat of Assad’s regime on one hand, and ISIS on the other. All the while, Yarmouk struggles to make ends meet, with many lacking access to water, food and daily necessities due to a lack of humanitarian assistance.
Between Yarmouk and a Hard Place – Part I
Megan explores the dire situation in which Yarmouk’s residents currently reside, constantly fearing a coupled threat of Assad’s regime on one hand, and ISIS on the other. All the while, Yarmouk struggles to make ends meet, with many lacking access to water, food and daily necessities due to a lack of humanitarian assistance.
NATO and the Nordics Part One: Sweden’s NATO debate in the wake of Russian bellicosity
In Part one, Ben Abonyi assesses Sweden’s strategic connections with NATO, and Russian aggression against Sweden’s potential NATO membership.
A Ticket Forward: The Transformative Power of Travel
Adena Eliasoph explores the extent to which the non-profit industry can capitalize on the process of globalization, and the social benefits that can be derived by cultivating and galvanizing a culture of globally minded travelers dedicated to paying it forward.