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The ever-changing nature of contemporary global security threats have often challenged longstanding security frameworks established by NATO. Challenges can be utilized as opportunities for improvement and adaptability. In the Mediterranean Sea, NATO’s maritime presence and operations have historically been underpinned by the threat of terrorist activity. However, threats such as sex trafficking have emerged as pervasive issues in places like the Mediterranean, prompting NATO to elicit regional cooperation and implement a multi-faceted response. This article examines current sex trafficking patterns in the Mediterranean region and NATO’s response, which includes collaboration with both NATO and non-NATO members, Operation Sea Guardian and policies on human trafficking and sexual violence.

This article examines how the Russo-Ukrainian war led to the proliferation of low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within modern military strategy. Specifically, it highlights how Canada and its NATO allies are shifting toward procuring first-person-view (FPV) drones as highly cost-effective alternatives to multi-million-dollar conventional hardware. The article ultimately argues that this technological shift forces Canada to rethink its own defence posture—not only by deploying UAVs to assert Arctic sovereignty, but also by modernizing NORAD to counter the growing threat of UAVs.

How does Russia fund its war economy? In this piece, Jonah Moffatt examines how Russian influence in the African Sahel has created sanction-proof revenue streams that allow Moscow to fuel the war in Ukraine, while contributing to a climate of instability in NATO’s backyard. He argues that Canada, a leader in international mining, can counter Russia’s destabilizing influence in Africa by increasing economic partnerships with Sahelian states, emerging as an unlikely leader of NATO’s southern strategy.