Canada Culture Development Energy & Resources International Law & Policy NATO and Canada Rights Security Society Tazrian Alam The Arctic

Discovery of the Franklin Expedition: Has Canada Strengthened Historical Claims to the Northwest Passage?

Canada claims that the waters of the various routes of the Northwest Passage (NWP), a northern water route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, are a part of Canadian internal waters. However, the United States continues to assert that the Passage is an international strait. The legal definition of historical waters, as defined in the Fisheries Read More…

Canada Culture Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Defense Diplomatic Relations Iraq Islamic State Jozef Kosc Security Society Society, Culture, and Security Syria Terrorism The Middle East and North Africa The United States of America Western Europe

Tackling the Fifth Column: Counter-Terrorism Strategy Against ISIL, at Home and Abroad

With two out of every three insurgents fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) identifying as foreign born, governments around the world are on high alert against the threat of homegrown terrorism, as thousands of radicalized Western citizens return from waging jihad in Syria and Iraq. In the United Kingdom alone, Read More…

Christopher Cowan Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Defense Diplomatic Relations Eastern Europe and Russia Security The United States of America

Russia’s Trouble with the INF Treaty

With ongoing back and forth accusations over violations of a 1987 treaty, Christopher Cowen examines Russia’s concerns over the applicability of this Cold War era treaty in the modern world.