Excerpt: As the Ukraine crisis has demonstrated, we should not assume that freedom of information necessarily leads to a more open or democratic society. Information can be harnessed and manipulated by authoritarian regimes in order to generate confusion and undermine trust in government, often with unpredictable and destabilizing effects on society.
As tensions continue to escalate in Eastern Europe over the Ukrainian conflict, Jonas argues that Canada should not shirk its military responsibilities towards the NATO mission.
Matt Korda compares two air disasters, MH17 and Iran Air Flight 655, and points out some crucial differences in the culpable countries’ responses.
In the wake of an ever persistent threat to security by Russian expansionist ambitions, are European nations prepared for a Casus foederis??
In Part Two of a three-part series, Jenny examines more closely Russia’s information warfare, and the influence media had in the 2014 Ukrainian Crisis.
Is Putin setting up an Alliance of Nationalist across Europe to ?? Attendance of European right wing populists at the International Russian Conservative Forum (IRCF), as well as large sums of money financing their election campaign coming from Kremlin associated banks suggests so.
In the second of the four-part series, Elliot Cho illustrates how democracy was hindered after the Korean War, drawing parallels to the Maidan revolution
They are not quite the Marines promised nearly a decade ago, but the Maritime Tactical Operations Group will professionalize the Royal Canadian Navy’s boarding actions. Paul Pryce discusses.
John Pollock examines Xi Jinping’s vision that has led to the rise of China’s economy since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Elliot Cho presents the first of a four-part series exploring South Korean history to foresee the challenges for post-Maidan Ukraine