NATO Association of Canada

India and China are forecast to be the second and third-largest economies in the world by the turn of the next century. The dynamics between these powers demonstrate an uneasy competition as each...

https://natoassociation.ca/roaring-rivals-the-tiger-and-the-dragon-and-the-indo-pacific-chessboard/

You can listen to our recording of the event here. The NATO Association of Canada, in partnership with student organizations based in Memorial University of Newfoundland, namely the Political Sci...

https://natoassociation.ca/nato-association-of-canada-and-student-organisations-from-memorial-university-of-newfoundland-officially-launches-the-atlantic-canada-security-policy-forum/

Abstract: Indonesia’s election commission has confirmed that Minister of Defence Prabowo Subianto will be the next President of Indonesia. What could possibly remain and change in Jakarta’s f...

https://natoassociation.ca/special-report-the-rise-of-the-tiktok-general-unpacking-possible-continuities-and-changes-in-indonesias-foreign-policy-under-president-elect-prabowo-subianto/

VUCA. An acronym commonly used by organizational leaders within the business environment has now become all too relevant in the context of international affairs. V. Volatile. U. Uncertain. C. Com...

https://natoassociation.ca/a-feminist-approach-to-navigating-a-world-in-flux/

Europe faces unprecedented security challenges, and the European Commission is seeking the opportunity to transform its defence-industrial base by creating the European Defence Industrial Strate...

https://natoassociation.ca/towards-a-stronger-europe-edis-feasibility-and-collaboration-for-enhanced-defence-resilience/

In April of 2021, the United States government announced its withdrawal from what was at the time the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Twenty years of combat, 3609 dead NATO troops, and trillions...

https://natoassociation.ca/afghanistan-not-buried-yet/

BRICS, the hitherto five-state grouping of emerging countries that, until now, included Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, expanded in early 2024. This enlargement doubled BRICS�...

https://natoassociation.ca/navigating-brics-expansion-with-an-eye-to-china-and-russia-a-strategic-perspective/

A fifth term secured in power. Another six years claimed as the country’s head of state. On track to becoming the Kremlin’s longest serving leader since Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Welcome...

https://natoassociation.ca/forever-putin-the-greater-implications-of-russias-election-results/

March was not a great month for Canadian defence policy, even such as it is. It began with the publication by the CBC of a December 2023 Department of National Defence report stating that: “Onl...

https://natoassociation.ca/will-it-take-a-military-disaster-to-convince-canadians-that-defence-must-be-taken-seriously/

There is an apocryphal quotation commonly attributed to Vladimir Lenin, that, “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” This apposite reflection on ...

https://natoassociation.ca/nato75-make-the-most-of-black-swans/