What did Canada and China actually agree to, and what did they leave unresolved? In this article, Michael Chen explores the economic logic of the trade reset and why connected-vehicle data and software screening remain the clearest security gap.
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Navigating a potential China-US G2: Can Middle-Powers learn from Singapore?
Can Canada learn from Singapore’s foreign policy? Baichao Chen explores the economic and geopolitical opportunities for middle powers in the context of a US-China détente
Shoulder to Shoulder: Canada’s Indo-Pacific Naval Outreach
As Indo-Pacific middle powers reshape the region’s maritime security architecture, Anastasia Crook argues rotational deployments and multilateral engagement are Canada’s most effective tools for advancing its interests in a region where permanent basing and fleet size are limited.
Securing the Alliance in the Quantum Era: An Interview with Brad McInnis – Part 2
Brad McInnis is the founder of cyberzero and the creator of Quantanaut, a cryptographic intelligence platform that helps organizations uncover hidden cryptographic dependencies and plan a practical transition to post quantum security. He has more than twenty-five years of defence intelligence and military experience. In Part 1 of this conversation, Brad unpacks why the overdue migration to Post Read More…
What the Iran War Means for China’s Taiwan Calculus
How is the Iran war reshaping China’s strategic calculations toward Taiwan? Nguyen Bao Han Tran examines how the conflict is reinforcing two competing lessons for Beijing: weaker actors can impose serious costs through asymmetric drone warfare, while prolonged U.S. military engagement elsewhere may strain allied deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. As Middle Eastern and Asian security dynamics become increasingly interconnected, this article argues that China may become more cautious about full-scale invasion while finding blockade, gray-zone coercion, and other strategies below the threshold of war increasingly attractive.
Title: New Fault Lines: Undersea Cables and the Fragility of Indo-Pacific Connectivity
Narayan Srivastava explores how the weaponization of subsea connectivity threatens the backbone of the global economy and cloud infrastructure across the Indo-Pacific region.
After the Lull: Why Renewed Chinese Military Pressure on Taiwan Matters
How should NATO respond to growing strategic links between the Taiwan Strait and the Euro-Atlantic theatre? In this article, Nguyen Bao Han Tran examines China’s calibrated military pressure on Taiwan and argues that NATO must prepare for the indirect consequences of a Taiwan contingency, from defence-industrial strain to cross-regional deterrence challenges.
The Missing Shield: Why NATO’s Innovation Strategy Needs Modern Intellectual Property Protection
This article argues that without integrating IP protection into its cyber, emerging and disruptive technologies, and innovation strategies, NATO risks undermining the very technological edge it seeks to secure.
Spamouflage in Canada: How Targeted Disinformation Undermines Democracy
Two years have passed since Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) Canada, which detects foreign interference and disinformation, identified the first Spamouflage campaign. First detected in 2023, the Spamouflage campaign refers to a covert disinformation operation that relies on networks of newly created or hijacked social media accounts, frequently seen to amplify narratives aligned with PRC (People’s Read More…
Hedging with the Dragon: Mark Carney’s China Visit and Canada’s Search for Strategic Autonomy
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.