Warnings of ‘rearmament’ in Germany and Japan might make for an easy analogy but they miss the point: The question is not whether these countries are increasing military capabilities, but why they are. And here is where the historical comparisons start to fall apart.

Canada is present in the Indo-Pacific, but its engagement lacks the policy and material discipline required to shape outcomes. The costs of this approach will only increase as China consolidates its influence in the region.

The Iran war raises fundamental questions about who has the authority to shape a story and how much control anyone should have over wartime information in a democratic society.

The risk of a new round of Israeli strikes against Iran is shaped less by a discrete ‘decision’ than by an unstable equilibrium left unresolved by diplomacy, deterrence signaling, and regional de-escalation.

Sheikh Maqsoud, a diverse neighborhood in Aleppo, provides a microcosm for how sectarian conflict and institutional development might play out in Syria.

Israel’s decision to formally recognize Somaliland represents a strategic recalibration with consequences that extend far beyond northern Somalia. The move places Israel on a potential collision course with Türkiye and challenges long-standing assumptions about borders, legitimacy, and influence.

As the US Navy grapples with quantity and cost challenges in its conventional shipbuilding program, small tech startups hold out the promise of a swifter adaptation to the asymmetric realities of modern conflict.

Erdoğan’s recent visit to Iraq hopes to herald in a new era of development under the banner of the Development Road Project. However, the critical matter of Baghdad’s posture toward the PKK remains unresolved.

By opening the door to Canadian foreign fighters in Ukraine, Ottawa actually harms the rules-based system it purports to defend.

Though the world may never know the truth, it’s safe to say that it’s not what the CCP has been offering up throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.