The “rise of China” on the international stage is virtually an undisputed fact. Some even speak of China ‘eclipsing’ the United States as the preeminent world power. One element of this would likely involve the replacement of the U.S. dollar by the Renminbi as the international currency. But how likely is this scenario to play out? Lily Jia subjects this hypothesis to analytical rigour.
Using sources previously unavailable to the public, Alan Barnes, Senior Fellow of the Centre for Security, Intelligence, and Defence Studies, shows how our intelligence community kept Canada out of the Iraq War.
Black Lives Matter protests have captured the news media’s attention lately. Governments have also been observing these mass movements using sophisticated surveillance technology usually reserved for military applications. Chloé Ketels unpacks some of the ethical implications of governments’ utilization of this technology for domestic security purposes.
On June 29, 2020, the NAOC collaborated with CCR2P to bring together Dr. Tom Axworthy, Dr. Adam Chapnick, Dr. Tina Park, and Dr. Jennifer Orange for discussion.
Samer Khurshid examines the much needed attack helicopter capability for the Canadian Armed Forces, while assessing the market prices for top of the line attack helicopters developed by fellow NATO members.
In this article Martine Ghazouli and Antalya Popatia write about an interview they had with NAOC Board Director Kevin Vuong.
On June 25, 2020 the NAOC hosted a discussion on South Asia’s response to COVID-19, featuring Dr. JOseph McQuade and Dr. Aprajita Sarcar
From the makers of “The Office,” Netflix’s new flagship series satirizes a very different kind of American workplace, in a very different political-international context. In doing so, “Space Force” manages to comedically introduce to popular television the basic concepts of the ‘Multiplex Order’, and the ensuant tensions provoked by competing national interests in space.
Janakan Muthukumar discusses the standing of ISIS under international law by examining the ISIS’s locus of political authority.
On June 18, 2020, the NATO Association of Canada collaborated with the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) to hold a discussion with Laurie Smolenski and Holly White.