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Although there are no longer INF Treaty restrictions on the deployment of ground-launched intermediate-range missiles, and concerns about their deployment in Europe loomed large in the diplomatic brinkmanship leading up to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, 2022, land-based INF-range missiles have yet to play a role in the Russia-Ukraine War. The scope of the Read More…
In July, Niger’s democratically-elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, was removed from office by a coup d’état led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani, the commander of the presidential guards, who appointed himself head of the country’s new military government. His official reason for his actions was his allegation that Bazoum’s government was not managing the deterioration of the Read More…
In this article, Senior Research Fellow Dr. Robert M. Cutler covers NATO’s July 5th Military Committee meeting, its select partners, and its challenges. Specific attention is paid to the strengthened energy-security relations between NATO and Azerbaijan.
In this article, Alexander Lapsker examines right-wing politics in Poland. He focuses on the nationalist conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS), examining its social and political impacts on the country and its broader implications for the West.
Abstract: How has the EU’s strategic decoupling from Russia in the energy sector impacted Moscow’s war of aggression in Ukraine? In this article, Program Editor Mark Davis Madarang Pablo examines the latest results of such strategy in response to Russian weaponization of energy and provides policy options for EU and NATO member-states and global partners. Read More…
A common trope in Russia’s discourse about NATO is the charge that the organization has not dealt with Moscow in good faith. Many Russians, of which Putin is a particularly vocal example, allege that Western officials assured their Soviet counterparts during the Two Plus Four negotiations (West Germany and East Germany plus the US, USSR, France, and the UK) on German reunification in Read More…
In this article, Alexander Lapsker examines the impacts of COVID-19 and explores the strategies and measures that Canada can undertake to enhance resilience and effectively tackle future pandemics.
In this article, Alexander Lapsker assesses the threats posed by cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure (CI) and examines the measures adopted by Canada to fortify its CI against cyber threat actors.
How have the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) approached the challenge of particulate matter (PM) and other airborne pollutants? This article assesses some of the CAF’s monitoring and mitigation efforts in the context of a warming planet.
The NATO Association of Canada is pleased to announce the publication of its summer 2023 publication, Cutting through the Haze: Grey Zone Operations and Contemporary Threats. Produced in collaboration with the Canadian Army Journal (CAJ), the volume explores grey zone operations and other dimensions of today’s threat landscape. The grey zone, which the volume describes Read More…