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As Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri recently ordered the group’s Syrian affiliate – the Al Nusra front – to form an emirate, Neil Siviter analyzes how the group seeks to achieve this project and also, how a second Islamic State could influence the conflict in Syria
Did Russian threat propel Germany into its traditional role? Adlan Taramov Explores how migration crisis and war in Ukraine are bringing back Europe’s old insecurities that could translate into a new period of German leadership in Europe.
Those who fought in the Italian Campaign of WWII are sometimes characterized as ‘D-Day Dodgers’. Paul Pryce discusses the grim reality faced by those Canadians who fought to liberate Italy.
Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault. In wake of two high profile sexual assault cases involving college athletes, Marissa Young discusses the critical policy reforms that need to take place within the criminal justice system and beyond
Is NATO capable to respond to potential Russian attacks in the Baltics? As tensions rise in Eastern Europe, Sandy VIngoe examines NATO’s possible response to Russian military aggression.
In Part I of a three-part series on frozen conflicts in post-Soviet Europe, Sonia Liang examines the impact of Nagorno-Karabakh on stability in the South Caucasus, and the geostrategic interests of both great and small powers in shaping the conflict.
Our program editors debate whether NATO should hug Israel close or keep its distance.
Zhikica Pagovski explores the legal mechanisms, insitutional capacities, results and challanges of NATO’s effort to counter global terrorism.
As Europe faces an ever mounting list of problems, nationalist parties looking to leave the EU have sprung up in every major country. Marko Gombac explains how these well supported parties are fracturing the Union
Demyan Plakhov analyzes Justin Trudeau’s visit in Japan.