In a time when political tensions are escalating and countries are adopting more militaristic and confrontational geopolitical strategies, the Arctic is emerging as one of the main arenas in the showdown between the great powers.…
Canadian troops bound for Latvia’s NATO battlegroup had to return to Canada due to the possibility of Coronavirus infection. Despite all precautions and a two-week quarantine before their flight, one of the personnel that was…
Despite the Coronavirus pandemic both in Canada and in Eastern Europe, Russia and Canada are still keeping a watchful eye on each other across the Latvian border. Canada’s NATO contingent in Latvia continues exercises near…
By Nicole J. Jackson, Associate Professor at School for International Studies, SFU Modern deterrence strategies are complicated by the need to consider whether and how to respond to a whole host of aggressions that fall…
By Michael Manulak, assistant professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. The article first appeared on OpenCanada.orgIn the spring of 1999, as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) prepared to celebrate…
Russia to monitor the Black Sea visitors, i.e. Canada, Spain and the Netherlands On March 29, 2019, Russia’s National Defense Management Center reported through TASS that two Russian Navy ships had been assigned to monitor…
The first incident of shadowing an aircraft since Canada became in charge of the alliance’s Air Policing at the end of August On October 18, 2018, operating as a part of NATO enhanced Air Policing…
Canada trains its troops to protect Eastern and Central Europe From August 20 until September 2, 2018, Canadian troops, heading the NATO Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia, are taking part in the NAMEJS 2018 exercise,…
By Nicole J. Jackson, Associate Professor, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University International Journal, Volume: 73, issue: 2, page(s): 317-325 https://doi.org/10.1177/0020702018786080 Abstract: Today Russia poses significant challenges that require sophisticated responses from both Canada…
While Trump determines on thaw, Trudeau slides down to a new cold war Responding to journalists during his press conference in Sutherlands River, Nova Scotia, on July 17, 2018, following the U.S.-Russia Summit in Helsinki,…