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A crew of a half dozen people dressed in red winter gear use a small portable tripod winch system. A red ship is parked in the ice behind them. The sky and surface are a monochromatic white-grey colour where the horizon is barely visible.

Canada’s next Arctic move: Look west

A red and white fighter jet takes off with two passengers aboard.

Before Canada spends billions more on defence, let’s control the killer robots

A two-engine jet aircraft in production.

Lessons from the American 1950s defence boom for Canada’s prosperity today

Mark Carney walking beneauth the barrel of a launch tube with soldiers in the background.

The secret to a successful defence industrial strategy is procurement reform

Carney stands at a podium on the tarmac. Behind him is several hundred soldiers in olive-green uniforms, and behind them are two white jets. A row of media and cameras on tripods is facing Carney.

Greening the military: Why defence spending must align with climate action

A series of computers are lined up in command-centre style with a map of the world in front of the room. The image is partially obscured by a screen, providing an element of intrigue.

Canadian businesses need a new government approach to cybercrime

Three men in a small boat with the houses of a modern subdivision in the background. The water is about halfway up a stop sign and the garage doors.

Drowning in risk, Ottawa must fund a national flood insurance program

Mark Carney in the distance speaking to a crowd of people in a room decorated with Indigenous symbols such as paintings and totem poles.

Carney’s “nation-building” is nothing but a blast from the past

Students walk on the University of Manitoba campus in winter in front of a four-storey limestone clad building.

Post-secondary institutions have no choice but to rely on China for funds

Kovrig and his wife both have one arm raised as they acknowledge their arrival, standing with his sister in front of a black SUV on the tarmac where the jet carrying him to Canada arrived. All three are wearing masks.

Kovrig, Spavor and Canada’s tragic record of not protecting Canadians abroad

Colourful, elegant spires of the Kremlin surrounded by snow covered ground, cloudy sky and trees.

Did a Russian spy operate out of two of Canada’s universities?

A sleek modern building with dark brown brick in the foreground and glass in the background viewed from across a small pond.

Don’t give more powers to CSE until it submits to effective review

A handful of people in winter jackets and snow pants walk among a dozen parked tractors. Canadian flags are attached to several of the vehicles, and one flag is carried by one person.

Canada’s national security institutions have fallen woefully behind

Chrystia Freeland, wearing a white blouse, gestures with both hands while speaking in front of cage lockers containing white hardhats and orange coveralls. She has notes written in blue ink on her left hand.

Two new global security doctrines in Canada and the U.S.

Wrestling the long arm of authoritarianism

Sanctions against Russia can be a dangerously inflexible instrument

What are Canada’s options in Ukraine?

Bridging the national security trust gap with racialized people

Several people carrying Canadian flags during a protest.

The Emergencies Act under scrutiny

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, in front of the flags of NATO countries.

Is Canada abandoning collective security in favour of a new isolationism?

How Canada can help Ukraine by leading on the world stage

A defence budget increase will need a policy rethink

The clock is ticking on the Emergencies Act

Let’s stop pretending Canada isn’t at war in Ukraine

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