13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (301+ words) The Battlefield as a Contest for Brains Divide and Conquer: Manipulation of the Masses Winning the Mind Game Given its capacity to alter decision-making on the individual and societal level, it is clear that the cognitive dimension to combat must…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1071+ words) NATO Association For many young people, the internet has always existed. Unlike previous generations who witnessed the arrival of social media, smartphones and online news, today’s youths have grown up alongside technology. Consequently, platforms such as TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Telegram,…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (95+ words) UAVs and the Future of Force Employment Implications of UAVs for Canada’s Defence In his latest article, Malcolm McEachern explores the rise of celebrity involvement in international affairs. The feeling of not belonging can be one of the most dreadful…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (498+ words) The Case for Prioritizing Uranium The simulation prompt was deliberately left open about which critical mineral to prioritize; of the 37 minerals deemed critical for Canada, the team selected uranium for both its economic weight and its geopolitical relevance. The Proposal:…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1202+ words) NATO Association The Trump administration’s decision to suspend U.S. participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD) has been widely received in Canada as a provocation. That reading is not wrong, but it is incomplete. What makes this moment…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (346+ words) Infrastructure as a Battlefield Recent Conflicts That Demonstrate This Pattern Both examples demonstrate the same pattern, when critical infrastructure is disrupted health systems no longer operate as integrated networks. This reflects a broader feature of modern conflict in which infrastructure…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (948+ words) Critical minerals are growing crucial to NATO’s defence-industrial capacity, but the governance of their extraction has largely omitted gender sensitive considerations. This article argues that as NATO intensifies efforts to secure defence-critical mineral supply chains, leveraging its Women, Peace and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1194+ words) As Canada accelerates its AI capabilities, data centres are emerging as important strategic assets, underpinning everything from cloud computing and public services to economic competitiveness and national security. In this article, Dorigen Gray explores how Canada’s continued reliance on foreign…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (190+ words) Canada has made the spending commitment. It has yet to make the democratic case for why those commitments are necessary, what they will require, or how they will reshape national priorities in the years ahead. Budgets can be revised in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (814+ words) NATO Association The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda was formally introduced in 2000 with UN Security Council Resolution 1325, bringing WPS into international diplomatic discourse. NATO followed suit in 2007, publishing the Alliance’s first policy to implement the UN’s WPS agenda in…...