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In the Iran conflict, tactical success is outpacing strategic clarity, leaving the narrative that sustains legitimacy increasingly fragile.
International rankings can tell us how Canada appears online. They tell us much less about whether a federation can govern digital infrastructure,...
Ottawa’s shift on Western Sahara signals a broader test: whether Canada is prepared to build an Africa strategy around real anchor partnerships, not...
Abandoning the label does not resolve the contradictions at the heart of Canada’s gender-inclusive foreign policy.
Louise Blais returns for a special episode on CUSMA, joining […]
Shared resources, not shared values, have long defined Canada–U.S. relations, and still do.
Canada has repeatedly condemned Israeli settlements as incompatible with international law and a two-state solution. So why do goods produced in those...
Canada is expanding its military ambitions while weakening the diplomatic capacity needed to carry them out.
Just days before Donald Trump is set to meet Xi […]
Why Canada could help build new institutional pathways amid the Israel-Iran crisis.
A strained relationship with a dominant power, unpredictable leadership, and deep dependence, Canadians now face a dilemma the American colonists...
Allies are coordinating on critical minerals. Canada risks losing leverage unless it engages Washington on its own terms.
Canada’s AI race does not have to end in foreign ownership. Cohere’s European merger shows how that trajectory can be changed.
How humanitarian demining allows Canada to align its economic interests, security priorities, and commitment to the Ottawa Treaty in a rapidly...
Canadians are unusually anxious about the world, polling suggests, but […]
How the war on Iran exposed the limits of U.S. protection and forced Gulf states to rethink their security strategy.
How Russia Lost Its Status—and Why It Cannot Easily Regain It.
Canada should arrive in Ankara ready to push NATO toward a more practical Arctic posture —one that clarifies priorities for situational awareness,...
France’s new “advanced deterrence” doctrine risks increasing proliferation and eventually undermines the Alliance’s security environment.
As democracy comes under strain, Taiwan’s reliance on the United States reflects Canada’s experience.
Why Canada must lead a coalition of democracies to build the open, ethical, and trustworthy artificial intelligence the world needs.
When the rules run out, who decides what counts as war.
What do countries lose when they no longer have diplomats […]
The Strait of Hormuz is not just testing maritime security, it is exposing a shift in how Western alliances operate, from reflexive alignment to...
As the Arctic becomes more strategic, Canada must balance security, development, and its commitments to Indigenous communities and the environment.
Canada’s capabilities and alliances position it to act beyond the traditional limits of a middle power in a fragmented global order.
CIC Executive Director Melanie Walker in Conversation with Defence Expert Wendy Gilmour.
The military has a framework for readiness that civilian agencies badly need.
Canada is looking outward for resilience while ignoring expertise already inside its borders.
The recent leadership change has exposed the deeper architecture of power in Iran.
How Ukraine can lose territory without surrendering its future.
Aligning defence investment with economic development is not a new idea. It is a Canadian tradition.
The Chalk River site offers a blueprint for how alliance collaboration drives science and technology innovation.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi turned a short, snap election into a personal referendum on her leadership, producing a record landslide victory.
Survey data suggests Canadians are moving toward security-focused values in uncertain times, and continue to reject the MAGA movement.
What Canada’s Online Streaming Act Is Trying to Defend.
In an ecosystem increasingly shaped by AI, trust and legitimacy depend on more than just procedural integrity.
Young Canadians have identified the risks of AI chatbots and the policy solutions. Ottawa now needs the political will to act.
Does the current Prime Minister’s approach really differ from his predecessor’s?
They brought the knowledge to change it. The question is whether Canada will bring the resources.
Canada champions gender-responsive migration governance abroad. When will it develop a feminist foreign policy which incorporates migration?
The framing that has dominated analysis of Trump since 2017 misses what has actually changed in his second term.
Military strikes by American and Israeli forces have left Iran destabilized and uncertain about its future leadership, thus igniting a war of regime...
Carney sold candour at Davos. His first major crisis produced a photocopy – alliance discipline dressed up as judgment.
When Prime Minister Mark Carney told leaders at the World […]
War has erupted between the United States, Israel, and Iran, shattering assumptions that calibrated pressure could prevent a wider conflict.
Is Trump’s new blockade pushing Cuba toward democracy, a hostile takeover, or just chaos?
Did Marco Rubio present a gentler view of transatlantic relations […]