Canada and the Stockholm Initiative
November 25th, 2021
The following paper on Canada and the Stockholm Initiative on Nuclear Disarmament was part of a November 2021 letter to Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly.
Read More“Should Canada boost its military presence in the Arctic?”
September 28th, 2021
This is the issue debated in the current Legion Magazine with Ernie Regehr arguing the “No” side and David Bercuson, of the University of Calgary’s Centre for Military, Security, and Strategic Studies, arguing “Yes.” Given today’s increasingly accessible Arctic, with Russia its most prominent military presence, the question of boosting Canada’s Arctic military operations is a […]
Read MoreCanada and the Limits to Missile Defence
July 29th, 2021
Speculation about Canada joining the North American component of the Pentagon’s ballistic missile defence (BMD) system of systems makes periodic appearances in Canadian defence discourse – though direct participation has never gained broad political support. Now, with a more “progressive” Democrat back in the White House and NORAD modernization moving up the continental defence agenda, […]
Read MoreArctic Security, Defence and Human Security, Nuclear Disarmament
Letter to the Prime Minister: “The escalating threat of nuclear use”
June 6th, 2021
An April 2021 Nanos Poll found 80 percent of Canadians agree that the world should work to eliminate nuclear weapons, and 74 percent agree that Canada should join the new Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; 73 percent agree, even in the face of strong pressure from the US not to do so. As […]
Read MoreBeyond the Cooperation-Conflict Conundrum: Proceedings of an Arctic Security Webinar Series
May 22nd, 2021
This volume publishes the proceedings from a series of virtual sessions co-organized by the Canadian Pugwash Group, the Rideau Institute, the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), and Trent University in February 2021. Available in PDF at NAADSN. Panel Themes: Reconceptualizing Arctic Security Whitney Lackenbauer and Ernie Regehr Reshaping the Face of the […]
Read MoreCanada and the Audacity of a Ban on Nuclear Weapons
April 19th, 2021
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) arrived in 2017 as a new and audacious addition to the nuclear arms control and disarmament landscape. It has not been an altogether comfortable fit – generating both ardent support and fierce opposition, with NATO notably aligned with the latter. The most recent iteration of Canada’s […]
Read More“Soft Security Responses to Hard Power Competition”
April 6th, 2021
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Read MoreCombat “Spillover” – into and out of the Arctic
March 12th, 2021
The likelihood that internal Arctic disputes would rise to crisis levels in danger of escalating to armed combat in any foreseeable future is by all accounts remote. The worries about armed combat in the arctic centre instead on the possibility that war between Russia and NATO away from the Arctic, somewhere in Europe, would spill […]
Read MoreTowards Canadian Nuclear Disarmament Action
January 30th, 2021
The following letter from Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention welcomes the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, noting that inasmuch as the Biden Administration will help to create a more favourable climate for arms control and disarmament, Canada must take advantage of this opportune moment to support and publicly call for action on key measures (briefly […]
Read MoreRussia’s Arctic Defense Posture
January 18th, 2021
The Arctic and World Order is a Johns Hopkins University project which editors Kristina Spohr and Daniel S. Hamilton describe as an exploration of the “…political, legal, social, economic, geostrategic and environmental challenges confronting the Arctic in the face of global warming and a shifting world order….” Here is the link for my contribution: Chapter 8 – “Military […]
Read MoreArctic Security, Defence and Human Security, Nuclear Disarmament