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Keeping the Northern Lights On: The Lopsided Alliance Ottawa Needs
Canada and Norway are, by most accounts, natural allies. Both are Arctic nations, both perch on long coastlines and vast energy reserves, and both face an increasingly unpredictable strategic environment: Norway through its proximity to Russia, and Canada with a more hostile…
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A Preventable Outbreak in a Wealthy Partner: What Australia’s Diphtheria Crisis Reveals About NATO’s Health Security Blind Spot
Social Media Blurb (2-3 Sentences, 250 characters): This article written by Matthew Panacci examines Australia's record diphtheria outbreak as a warning for NATO. It argues that civil preparedness assessments must track health equity gaps, not just stockpiles and surge capacity.…
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Beyond the Battlefield: Protecting Canada’s Critical Energy Infrastructure from Emerging Drone Threats
In November 2024, the FBI disrupted a plot to attack an electrical substation in Nashville, Tennessee, using a drone carrying explosives. The suspect intended to damage the facility and disrupt electricity supplies. Amid ongoing drone attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine,…
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The Fertilizer Gap in Canadian Energy Security
How natural gas dependence exposes a regional supply chain gap Energy security debates generally ask whether fuel and electricity remain available to households and industry. That focus overlooks fertilizer. Natural gas is the principal feedstock for ammonia, the basis of…
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Ukraine’s Victory and the Future of Transatlantic Security – Event Summary
On October 21, 2026, the NATO Association of Canada hosted the Lithuanian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Consul General of Ukraine to Toronto at Trinity College for a discussion on Ukraine’s Victory and the Future of Transatlantic Security. This event brought together…
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Disinformation at the Ballot Box: Lessons from Romania’s Annulled 2024 Election
Disinformation is a growing threat in Eastern Europe, with direct implications for democratic resilience and security. This article examines how a TikTok-based disinformation campaign influenced the first round of Romania’s now-annulled 2024 presidential elections and…
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Women, Climate, & Security: Strengthening NATO’s Resilience in a Changing Security Climate
Climate change is deeply relevant security studies, closely tied to military preparedness and human security. In this article, Mahnan Omar discusses how establishing climate security is key to NATO’s security interests. This article explores the multifaceted threats to state and…
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Disinformation Rebranded: The Dominion Society of Canada and Lessons from the AfD
NATO Association JRF Dorigen Gray investigates how a Canadian ethnonationalist organization is mirroring the rise of European radical movements, using the same narratives and tactics to gain ground. Examining how the Dominion Society of Canada uses disinformation, particularly…
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Challenging the North: Disinformation and the Battle over Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty
Canada physically defends its Arctic territory, but can military strength alone protect its sovereignty? In this article, Junior Research Fellow Rylie Taylor Tsui explores how Russian disinformation seeks to reshape perceptions of Arctic sovereignty and why Canada’s Northern…
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Build at Home, Deliver with Allies: Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy and NATO’s Production Challenge
As Canada expands defence spending and implements its new Defence Industrial Strategy, can it strengthen domestic production while still meeting NATO’s need for timely and interoperable capabilities? Vaibhav Kaushal examines how Canada’s Build–Partner–Buy approach could balance…
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“Paper Tiger” Talk: How U.S. Trade Pressure Weakens Article 2 and Tests Allied Consensus
How can U.S. trade pressure affect NATO’s unity? Andrea Pradier argues that Article 2 offers allies no mechanism for resolving economic pressure between them, while consensus can record agreement without showing whether every ally felt free to disagree. Drawing on European and…
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The Future of Burden-Sharing: How Can Canada Help Build a More Resilient Alliance?
NATO Allies look to reconsider how responsibility is distributed across the Alliance. Rather than relying on increased defence spending alone, NATO should move to prioritize complementary capabilities and a more sustainable division of responsibilities. Canada could be a key…
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The Cyber Threshold: Rethinking Collective Defence & NATO’s Article 5 in the Digital Age
When does a cyberattack become an “armed attack”? In this article, Samantha Baryer examines the growing need for a shared framework, using the WannaCry and Viasat cyberattacks to explore how non-kinetic and cascading effects could inform an evolving understanding of NATO’s…
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Poland’s Military Ascent: What can Canada learn
Introduction Responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Poland has quietly but steadily emerged as a significant military force within Europe and NATO. In just a few years, the Polish military has dramatically expanded in size, diversified its defence procurement and…