Science, cyber, engineering and tech experts will defend our sovereignty in the 21st century
Universities are ready to partner to train the next generation with the skills needed to advance new technologies to better protect our sovereignty.
Why Canada should oppose Trump’s Golden Dome proposal
A comprehensive ballistic missile defence system is viewed by many defence analysts as potentially destabilizing as it could be perceived as enabling a nuclear first strike by one side.
Avro Arrow ambition is needed to meet this moment
Defence industrial capacity grows when government sends clear and sustained market signals coupled with firm long-term contracts.
Outpacing AI-speed threats: why Canada must rethink defence innovation
Canada has the momentum to be a world-leader in adapting behavioural AI to the electromagnetic warfare space, but needs to focus on a few keys to success.
The consumer industrial complex
The war in Ukraine heralds a new future for killing machines—and that future belongs to China and Ukraine.
Defence focus in budget signals turning point, but some defence experts wary about lack of detail
Defence spending promises in the 2025 budget are ‘seizing the moment,’ but lack previous specificity, says Conference of Defence Associations Institute director of research Kevin Budning.
Budget 2025 could have enhanced Canada’s military mobility by investing in roads and rails
Without key defence infrastructure, the task of deterring, confronting, and combatting adversaries that pose a threat will be insurmountably difficult.
Budget cuts in defence: an opportunity to align needs and outputs?
The concern around cuts revolves around resources, but we tend to underappreciate the cultural and structural impacts.
Opening the pathway for greater Indigenous inclusion in the Armed Forces
The CAF must position itself as an employer of choice for Indigenous Peoples by improving cultural safety, and supporting long-term career development and leadership.
We better start thinking of a UN-centred global peace system
What’s missing is a coherent plan to develop a unity of purpose and effort, and a sequence of viable policy options to deliver on it.
