Could Canada’s new trade policy serve as a template for the rest of NATO? This article analyses Canada’s trade diversification strategy as a case study to assess its viability as a model for achieving economic security among NATO member states.
Security, Trade and the Economy
The Security, Trade and the Economy program aims to provide Canadians with relevant and accessible analysis on current international economic policies with a focus on Canadian interests and trade security. Additionally, the program examines our country’s commitment to NATO’s mandate of encouraging economic collaboration and eliminating economic conflict.
What does the Venezuelan Oil Situation mean for Canadian Energy Security in the NATO Alliance?
In this article, Kaya Dupuis examines how the U.S. seizure of Venezuelan oil reserves in January 2026 creates an unprecedented opportunity for Canada to reshape North American energy dynamics. Can Canada move fast enough to capitalize on Venezuela’s decade-long recovery timeline and secure its position as the continent’s energy supplier before the window closes?
Financing Resilience in Critical Minerals: How Allies Are De-Risking with Policy
Supply chain dominance is an easy path to economic coercion. As critical minerals become more vital than ever in a world of increasing tensions, securing network resilience is necessary to security. When the question of “friend or foe” can be a blurred one, allies band together to mitigate risk through policy and cooperation.
L’après-Doha et la perspective d’un « OTAN arabe »
Au lendemain des frappes aériennes israéliennes contre Doha en septembre 2025, plusieurs États arabes et musulmans ont relancé l’idée d’une alliance militaire collective inspirée de l’Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique nord (OTAN). Cette proposition, parfois désignée comme « OTAN arabe » ou « OTAN islamique », vise à créer un cadre de sécurité régional fondé Read More…
NATO at Sea and Canada’s Trade Lifelines
As Canada explores ways to diversify its trade partners and deepen ties with Europe, more of daily life runs across the big blue Atlantic. Being a trading nation bordered by three oceans and entwined in long supply chains, the reliability of sea lines is essential to Canadian trade vitality. Roughly 80% of world trade by volume moves by sea, which means reliability of marine trade Read More…
Do Indices Decide Defence Financing More Than Laws Do?
In light of increased allied defence spending targets, multi-year order books have essentially been made. There are projections for increased spending on security and civil-resilience which include cybersecurity for hospitals and ports, sensor networks for power and transport infrastructure, secure communications for emergency services, demining used in reconstruction, physical protection of critical sites, and instruments that underpin modern defence. NATO has essentially set out a demand signal Read More…
The Economics of Maritime Risk and its Impact on Prices
The London market’s Joint War Committee (JWC), a highly influential advisory group of market practitioners, designates the Listed Areas or areas with “increased risk of war-related perils.” Voyages through Listed Areas must be notified to hull insurance underwriters by shipowners which ultimately triggers a negotiation for an additional premium (AP) for war risk coverage, usually quoted as a % of hull value for a 7-day period. Faced with Read More…
Treating Freshwater as Strategic Capital For Canada’s Agri-food Reliability
Water is becoming one of the hard limits on how much food the world can reliably produce. For Canada and its trading partners, that turns water into a constraint that shapes resilience, trade strategy and security. How Water is Moving Up The Security Agenda Across countries, water is moving from background resource to strategic constraint on economic resilience and stability. Agriculture accounts for roughly 70% of Read More…
The Impossible Wall: Exposing Holes in European Strategy Against a Russian Drone Swarm.
Year 2025 has seen unprecedented cases of Russian incursions into NATO territory, with dozens of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) sightings forcing airports to shut down, causing significant delays and financial damage. More so, these incidents reveal the new dimension of the hybrid warfare Moscow is waging against Europe that risks tipping the balance of power on the continent. Responding Read More…
Who Owns the Infrastructure?
Foreign Investment, Market Structure, and NATO Economic Security Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marked a turning point in how NATO understands economic security. The immediate response was necessarily focused on energy: securing supply, diversifying imports, and hardening critical infrastructure against disruption. These efforts were essential. They reflected a growing recognition that dependence on hostile or unreliable Read More…