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Solomon is leaving a group of men in suits as he points at the camera.

Canada’s sovereignty needs more than guns and steel

An ice-packed inlet with snow-covered mountains in the background.

Northern cable security is becoming a test of Canada’s Arctic readiness

A data centre with rows of servers and floating figures representing digital data streams.

Canada needs to develop its own AI computing power

A closeup of a weathered grey tail of a CF-18 Hornet, with the dark grey Canadian flag stamped on it.

Canada needs a real debate on its defence buildup

An overhead view of a combine harvester cutting a swath through a field of brown plants, alongside a tractor towing a grain trailer.

Community food systems are critical to Canada’s national security

An animated image of a person in a laptop computer with a rope pulling a bank card from another laptop.

Build a real financial crimes force to hit terrorist financing

A close-up photo of a belt of ammunition a soldier is carrying around their neck.

Canada needs more defence autonomy in a less reliable world

Two cows photographed from below with a blue sky with puffy clouds in the background.

Food security needs to be part of Canada’s defence strategy

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

Re-imagining Canadian defence and security

Illustration of a man in silhouette looking at depictions of digital networks.

When and how is the CSE disrupting international cybercrime?

Opportunities and challenges in the Indo-Pacific region

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