Abstract: In this article, Research Analyst Andrew Erskine assesses how Chinese peacemaking attempts in Ukraine are dividing NATO members along West and East lines. In NATO’s 2022 Strategic Concept, the alliance remarked for the first time on how China posed a “systemic challenge to Euro-Atlantic interests, security, and values.” The document further illustrated how Beijing Read More…
In this infographic, NATO Junior Research Fellow Alexander Lapsker explores the concept of Hybrid Warfare, its impacts, and measures to counter it.
In this infographic, Alexander Lapsker examines the risks and rewards of biotechnology.
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on into its second year now, debate still rages about how the conflict will end and the role that NATO can play in bringing about the conflict’s successful conclusion. At the moment, NATO troops are not in Ukraine directly contributing to the fighting; NATO member countries are supplying weapons Read More…
In this article, NATO Association Program Editor Megan Keli analyzes the use of hybrid warfare in the Western Balkans. Through disinformation campaigns, cyber attacks, local media partnerships, and the like, external actors threaten NATO enlargement in the region and transnational security.
In this infographic, Alexander Lapsker outlines the impacts of climate change on NATO and how the organization is working to counter it.
On July 7, the NATO Association of Canada hosted “Insights into the 2023 Vilnius Summit: A Moderated Discussion.” The virtual event, co-moderated by Matthew D’Amico and Aly Sayani, both members of the NATO Association of Canada’s team, brought together the highest-ranking members of the Baltic states’ diplomatic community in Canada. This included Margus Rava, Estonia’s Read More…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had expressed concern that the risk of direct involvement by NATO forces in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine threatened to escalate tensions and lead to a wider conflict with Russia. However, since then, he has committed Canada to bolstering Ukraine’s war effort. This raises the complex issue of whether Canada should increase defence spending Read More…
From June 3 to June 10, Robert Baines, president and CEO of the NATO Association of Canada, joined a delegation of Canadian academics and security experts—Steve Saideman, Jean-Christophe Boucher, Justin Massie, Marcus Kolga, and Alexandra Gheciu—and members of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Public Affairs on a visit to Latvia. A testament to the close ties Read More…