Security and Defence

Russia’s jet-powered drones are outrunning Ukraine’s air defences, and while Germany and the UK fund interceptors for this winter, Canada’s package mostly builds for later.

The Hon. Peter MacKay on national security, the Canada–US relationship and the case for quiet strength.

A bibliometric analysis of 1,663 Chinese IR articles finds that scholarship frames NATO through great-power competition and largely reinforces Beijing’s official position.

At the 2026 Victoria Forum, CIC Victoria President Chris Kilford argues that Canada’s defence shift is not a turn toward militarization.

Canada’s four most recent federal Arctic strategies reveal how Ottawa reconstituted Russia from a pragmatic partner in Arctic cooperation into a principal challenge to Canada’s Arctic security.

The most capable warship in the world means nothing if Canada waits a generation to receive it.

As US, Russian and Chinese rivalry intensifies, the UN faces a narrowing window to keep outer space secure for all.

Two siloed DND strategies, one on Women, Peace and Security and the other on quantum science and technology, share more ground than either document admits.