What does Mark Carney’s decision to re-engage China signal about Canada’s strategic options in a more coercive global economy? Tasneem Gedi argues that Ottawa’s limited recalibration with Beijing reflects an unavoidable strategy of hedging amid U.S. unpredictability. While such engagement may expand Canada’s room for maneuver in an increasingly coercive global economy, it carries risks and thus must be pursued narrowly, conditionally and in close alignment with Canada’s alliance commitments.
Extreme weather is no longer a distant concern for defence planners. Across the Euro-Atlantic region, flooding has damaged military infrastructure, rising temperatures have affected personnel and equipment, and the accelerating loss of Arctic ice has begun to reshape strategic geography. As climate impacts intensify, they increasingly intersect with NATO’s core security priorities. Rather than constituting Read More…
In an era of intensifying great-power competition and accelerating climate change, the Arctic has emerged as a central arena where environmental transformation and geopolitical rivalry increasingly intersect. Washington’s threats to seize Greenland have undermined NATO unity. Potential threats have generated geopolitical instability that poses security and environmental risk to Canada’s Arctic sovereignty. This article aims Read More…
Following the American intervention in Venezuela, Jonah Moffatt assesses the “Trump Corollary” outlined in the 2025 National Security Strategy, and what this hemispheric vison of security means for the long-contested Northwest Passage. He argues that through diplomatic coordination with its Nordic allies, Canada can utilize the forum and frameworks of NATO to protect its national interests while emerging as a leader of multilateralism in a time of uncertainty.
When “unisex” equipment is designed around male body norms, readiness is not neutral. As women’s participation in the Canadian Armed Forces grows, gendered differences in body proportions have practical consequences for mobility, endurance, and injury risk. Referencing NATO anthropometric data and Ukraine’s wartime redesign efforts, this article underscores why women-specific combat clothing fit is central to force generation and long-term sustainability.
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…
La réélection de Donald Trump en novembre 2024 a relancé le débat sur l’avenir de la guerre russo-ukrainienne et, plus crucial encore, sur la cohérence de l’alliance atlantique. À peine investi, Trump a fait fuiter début novembre 2025 un plan de paix en 28 points pour l’Ukraine, inspiré d’un document russe et négocié en secret Read More…
Au cours de la dernière décennie, il est clair que lorsque les femmes participent aux décisions de sécurité, la paix est plus durable. Une étude portant sur plus de 180 accords montre que ceux impliquant des femmes ont 35 % de chances supplémentaires de durer au-delà de quinze ans. Dans le Sahel, leur participation à Read More…
At the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney expressly cited Canada’s pension system as a worldwide benchmark. He highlighted how the durability of these funds originates from disciplined diversification, patient capital, and the ability to absorb shocks that destabilize other institutions. Canada’s public pension schemes are frequently referred to as Read More…
Energy security debates often focus on supply: who produces energy, who transports it, and who depends on whom. This framing has centered on the nexus between physical assets and trade flows—pipelines, terminals, generation capacity, and shipping routes. Increasingly, however, strategic vulnerability is shaped less by the location of infrastructure than by who controls it and Read More…