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Canada should spotlight abducted Ukrainian children in peace talks

A half-dozen ministers and advisers stand in a line as Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a podium. He is in soft focus and in profile while the others are in focus.

Carney’s deputy minister shuffle raises national security questions

Stacked shipping containers.

How Canada can prepare for high-pressure U.S. demands on sovereignty and trade

Mark Carney in closeup with the World Economic Forum sign in the background.

Giving life to the Carney vision for Canada

Elghawaby speaks in front of an array of arms holding microphones.

Canada’s national amnesia on Islamophobia

Three children look out from a window with bars on it as a Venezuelan flag passs by.

When borders become suggestions

The Prime Minister of Canada stands inside an auto parts factory, surrounded by industry representatives, workers, and journalists, in front of a vehicle.

Chinese EVs : the wrong security debate

The bow of a ship cutting through iceflows in the twilight Arctic waters.

Why does the U.S. support Chinese interests in the Arctic?

Hundreds of young men march in rows, dressed head-to-toe in dark green with white spats over their black boots and a red, white and blue sash draped across their chests. Wearing white gloves, each man is holding a long weapon at shoulder level.

The terrorism of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Six security and intelligence areas the Rouleau report needs to address

The ripple effects of invoking draconian laws must not be ignored

The consequences of falling behind our allies on combatting terrorist financing

Two light-grey ships are tied up alongside a dock, each festooned with colourful nautical flags strewn from their bows to the top of their bridges. In front of them, a dais has been set up to face the crowd, which consists of four rows of seated navy personnel, all dressed in black uniforms with their flat-topped, white hats.

Tin pot navy 2.0

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

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