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Canada Should Craft Its Own National-Security Policy
How Prosocial AI Can Redefine South-South Cooperation in a Hybrid Era
Restrictive US Worker Visa Could Fuel Canada’s Rise as a Global Tech Leader
Real-Time Rail: Dead on Arrival
Why New Standards Won’t Stop AI from Summarizing the Web
Canada Is Falling Behind on Information Integrity: Working Alone Isn’t the Solution
Digital Violence Is Silencing Women. Here Is How We Must Stop It
Should Canada Lead a Global Middle Power Trade, Security and Digital Alliance?
Building Canada’s Capacity to Use Intellectual Property for Innovation
China’s Military Displays Are a Masterclass in Distraction
Canada Must Do More to Protect Women and Girls from Harmful Deepfakes
The Cognitive Network Age: Networks as the Nervous System of Civilization
The Learning Society: How AI Is Redefining Work, Culture and Human Purpose
Global Risks and G20 Opportunity
The Nuclear Illusion: Mistaking Luck for Security
Reshaping Global Order: Xiangshan Forum Signals China’s Growing Soft Power
Like Maple Syrup and Hockey, AI Must Become a Part of Our National Identity
Global Health Systems Aren’t Ready for the Rise of Humanitarian “Femtech”
Does the Government’s Budget 2025 Meet the Moment?
The Era of Hard Choices and Harder Truths
For Drones, Do like the Nordics and the Brits
Can Free Thinking Survive the Onslaught of False Content?
Innovation as Deterrence: How Canada’s New NATO Target Can Thrive in a Tech-Driven World
It’s an Open Secret That Canada Needs an Open-Source Intelligence Framework
Are US-China Relations a House of Cards?
On Space Week, Leaders Should Look to the Stars
How Canada Squandered Its Drone Lead
A Sovereign Advisory System for Canada: Rebuilding Strategic Foresight in Trade and Innovation
Why AI’s Growing Deceptive Abilities Are No Surprise
Why Asia Must Become the Next Frontier for the Canadian Economy
Offshore RMB Stablecoins and the Future of Money: Will China Join the Global Race?
The Orwellian Trap for Services in "Reciprocal" Trade Deals
The Planetary Implications of AI: What We Don’t Know Could Hurt Us
Canada Can’t Afford to Sit Out the Fight for Climate Truth
Space Security in Geneva: Between Constraint and Convergence
The United States’ Biggest Vulnerability in the Trade War: Its Knowledge Economy
Can Canada Build a Smarter Military? Ukraine’s Innovation Shows the Way
Canada Needs Banking System Reform — Not Just Better Apps
Canada’s Next Leap of Faith: New Tools to Diversify Global Markets
Trump's Dilemma: Why US Wants India To Be Strong, But Not Too Strong
Reclaiming Cognitive Autonomy in the Age of AI
We Can’t Blame All Global Trade Chaos on Trump
Canada’s Procurement System Is Broken. More Transparency Could Fix It
The Robot Revolution Will Trigger New Fault Lines for Democracies
Then and Now: How Does AI Electoral Interference Compare in 2025?
From Pax Americana to Pax “Multipolaris”: The Rise of a Fragmented Global Order
From MAGA to MTGA: How Trump’s Foreign Policy Became about Making Trump Great Again
Taking the Wrong Lesson from China’s AI Strategy
Cornelia C. Walther – The Silent Erosion: How AI’s Helping Hand Weakens Our Mental Grip
Robert Diab – Canada’s Lawful Access Bill: Heavy on Secrecy, Light on Accountability
Canada’s High-tech Defence Imperative
Tracey Black – Real-Time Rail and the Future of Digital Payments in Canada
Colin Chia – Could Stablecoins Create Financial Instability?
S. Yash Kalash – Digital Currencies Could Mitigate the Shocks of Trump’s Trade War
Heidi Tworek and Alicia Wanless – How to Confront Canada’s Digital Dependence
Kyle Hiebert – AI Is Reviving Fears Around Bioterrorism. What’s the Real Risk?
Tracey Forrest and Nikolas Guggenberger – Structuring Markets for Strategic Quantum Innovation
Rethinking India’s China Strategy: Why Trade Must Join the Security Tool Kit
How Will Political Changes Shape the 2025 NATO Summit?
S. Yash Kalash – Rebalancing Canadian Trade: Why ASEAN Matters More Than Ever
Raquel Garbers – It’s Tempting to Blame Trump for All the World’s Problems. Here’s Why We Shouldn’t
How Canada Can Advance International AI Governance at the G7
Len Edwards – The Case for South Korea’s Inclusion in the G7
Paul Samson – Fork in the Road for the G7
Wesley Wark – June Lessons: The New Reality of Canada’s Defence and Security
Hector Torres: The WTO Stands at a “Whatever It Takes” Moment
Danielle Goldfarb: How Canada Needs to Respond to the US Data Crisis
Dana Cramer: Canada Is a Regionless Country in the Internet Governance World
Jennifer Tang and Kyle Hiebert: The Promises and Perils of Predictive Policing
Alex He: China’s Changing Approach to Digital Trade
Andrew Heffernan: Why All Climate Misinformation Should Be Seen as Disinformation
Natasha Tusikov: The Right to Repair Is Vital to National Security and Sovereignty
Daniel Araya: Transforming the United Nations for a Multipolar World
Barry Appleton: A New Mandate for Ottawa, Building Canada’s Sovereign Future
John Ivison: Trump Aims to Curb Chinese Influence in South America
Kyle Hiebert: Trump 2.0 Will Escalate the Contest for Military AI Supremacy
Sanjay Bhattacharyya: Two Tigers in the Forest, India and China
Wesley Wark: Blueprints for a Country Under Threat
James A. Haley: How Did Howe Do It? Lessons for Responding to Trump’s Tariffs
Marie Lamensch: When the Broligarchy Comes to Meta, the Most Vulnerable People Are Threatened
Paul Samson and Angelo Federico Arcelli: Ways the US Dollar Loses Its Crown, or Not
Jordan Miller: Getting Canada’s Defence Spending to Two Percent of GDP, Tailwinds and Headwinds
Wesley Wark: How to Save Canada
Alex He: DeepSeek and China’s AI Innovation in US-China Tech Competition
Bernard Colas: Canada’s Legal Recourse Options in Response to US Tariffs
Jessica West: Canada Should Resist Trump’s “Golden Dome” Fantasy
Ryan Westman: Canada’s Draft Cybersecurity Legislation Must Be Resurrected
S. Yash Kalash: The G7 Reimagined and Navigating a Multipolar World
Halyna Padalko and Ann Fitz-Gerald: Canada Needs Advanced Monitoring to Combat Disinformation
Matt Malone: The Citizen Lab’s Brave Fight Against Spyware
Rafal Rohozinski: The Brutalist Web
Robert Diab: Canada Is a Signatory to the First Global Treaty on AI and Why That Matters
Maya Povhe: The Information Economy Is Fundamental to Canada’s Security
S. Yash Kalash: From Brain Drain to Brain Gain and How India Can Outflank the US in AI
Hector Torres: Milei's Tango with Trump
James Haley: Could US Political Risks End American (Financial) Exceptionalism?
Rafal Rohozinsky: America’s Reckoning with Chaos and Power
Wesley Wark: The Week that Was, as ‘America First’ Begins to Take Shape
Militarizing AI: How to Catch the Digital Dragon?
Eric Helleiner: The New Economic Nationalism and Lessons from Canada’s First Famous Economist
Kyle Hiebert and Jordan Miller: Ukraine’s Fate Hinges on Its English-Language Influence Operations
Daniel Araya: Rebuilding the International Order Through US-China Rapprochement
Wesley Wark: Crosswalks with Canada-US Relations
Deepak Maheshwari: A Novel Approach to Digital Public Infrastructure
Jeremy de Beer: Here’s What a Trade War Will Mean for Canada’s Knowledge Economy
Yash Kalash: On Bridging India's Dharmic Democracy and the Liberal Paradigm
Anne Fitz-Gerald and Paul Samson: The Next Canadian PM′s Growth Plan Must Focus on Innovation
Bob Fay: How Can Canada Weather the Tariff Assault? Here’s a Five-Point Plan
E. Richard Gold: Canada Can Confront US Tariffs by Liberating Innovators
Burcu Kilic: Will Trump 2.0 Continue to Break from Neoliberalism on Digital Trade?
Natasha Tusikov: How Might Trump’s Big Tech Agenda Affect Canada?
James Haley: Trump’s Return Puts the International Order in Peril
Dan Ciuriak: Tariffs Are an Own Goal - the Best Retaliation Is to Stand Fast
Daniel Araya: The Big Winner in Trump 2.0 Will Be Silicon Valley
Heidi Tworek and Chris Tenove: Much of the World Voted in 2024 - What Did We Learn?
Ann Fitz-Gerald and Halyna Padalko: Canadians Are Ready to Strengthen National Defence
Wesley Wark: Can the War in Ukraine End in a Just Peace?
Kyle Hiebert: The False Prophets of Silicon Valley
Anna Romandash: In the Midst of War, Ukraine is Digitizing Democracy
Blayne Haggart: With Trump Reclaiming Power, Climate Hopes Turn to China
Susie Alegre: Against the Corporate Capture of Human Connection