Canada News & Analysis

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 involvement of Canadian defense firms in EU’s SAFE instrument could serve as a genuine bridge between two defense industrial bases that have historically operated in separate ecosystems. But the path to Brussels is paved with grand plans that never came to fruition.

Gallium is a soft, silvery metal used in semiconductor production, and with China producing 99% of the world’s supply – it has become one of the most geopolitically contested commodities of the decade. This article examines gallium supply and demand dynamics, as well as recent progress toward self-sufficiency in Western supply chains.

A port visit at CFB Esquimalt by a Dosan Ahn Changho-class submarine is meant to demonstrate strategic and industrial benefits of the Hanhwa Ocean bid ahead of Ottawa’s final decision on who will supply the next generation of RCN submarines.

The question of “could Canada join the European Union?” has shifted from pure fantasy to speculative but serious legal and political debate. This article explores the legal and practical dimensions surrounding a hypothetical EU membership bid from Canada.

Rising poll numbers, legislative easing of referendum thresholds, and US engagement show that Alberta’s independence movement is more serious than many assume.

Canada’s reported engagement with the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) would strike a balance between developing domestic defense industries while keeping F-35 procurement intact.

The takeaway from Diego Garcia is not that the strike was a failure; rather, it’s that existing defenses are now being tested by increasingly capable systems. Canada must take note and adapt.

This week we examine Trump’s embrace of the Chavista regime in Venezuela, reports of multiple assassination attempts targeting President al-Shaara in Syria, Beijing’s accelerating efforts to offload US debt, and new indications in Europe and Canada of a fundamental realignment in global defense industries.

Canada seeks trade diversification and strategic autonomy, yet every available path narrows room to maneuver elsewhere. One such paradox is the Catch-22 between bolstering trade ties with China and protecting an imperiled democracy in Taiwan.

This week we examine show elections in Myanmar, the re-deployment of a US Carrier Strike Group to the Middle East, and new US tariff threats against Canada.

This week we examine how a rapidly evolving situation in Greenland could remake trans-Atlantic relations, details of the long-awaited US-Taiwan tariff deal, a shock government offensive that changed the map of Syria, and Canada’s efforts to thaw out its relations with China.

Beijing is not a viable alternative to Washington and pretending otherwise represents a costly strategic error.

The South Korea summit wasn’t just about Trump and Xi. It was about the world they’re creating and Canada’s unprecedented opportunity to shape it by being at the table with the United States, not on the menu.

In his efforts to overhaul the Canadian military, Prime Minister Carney must thread the needle between strategic autonomy and political reality, all while carefully avoiding backlash from Washington.