As drone proliferation accelerates across the South Caucasus, regional powers are overhauling their defense doctrines to accommodate the new reality.

The Airlogix-Sentinel venture is an attempt to Canadian capacity in a field that has revolutionized modern warfare, but Ottawa’s slow procurement system must learn to keep up.

The US Navy is seeing ever more frequent and intensive engagements, but domestic shipbuilding bottlenecks impose hard limits on its operational reach.

Since the outbreak of the war, Ukraine has assembled the most combat-tested air defense network in the world, drawing important lessons for future conflicts.

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.

The Ukraine war revealed a Russian military that was far more fragile than assumed, and these weaknesses have multiplied as limited resources are funneled toward the immediate demands of the battlefield. When the dust has finally settled, Moscow will face tough questions over whether to rebuild its military capacity as a superpower or a middle power.

Russia has re-invented its long-range strike capabilities over the course of the Ukraine war, moving from import dependency and exhausted stockpiles to a domestic production capacity that is now eclipsing NATO.

EU governments are racing to develop drone warfare capabilities with the help of Ukraine. These efforts will help boost European strategic autonomy in the short term, but from a deterrence standpoint, drones are only half the answer.

As it looks to replace Canada’s aging fleet of Victoria-class submarines, Ottawa must answer doctrinal questions before committing to a supplier. If not, the blanks will be ultimately filled in by operational constraints that delineate RCN capacity for decades to come.

Amid new threats and wavering US support, European states are pouring unprecedented political will and financing into closing capability gaps. None is as pressing as a deep-strike capability, which, despite concerted efforts across European institutions, is still not expected to come online for years if not a decade.

After decades of near total dependence on the United States, Canada is now looking to Brussels to diversify its defense relationships. But decades of supply chain and regulatory integration with the US defense industry will limit what’s achievable in the short-term.

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.

A recent summit at Gdansk furthers Warsaw’s quest for credible deterrence while demonstrating the sort of intra-European industrial cooperation that will be needed if the continent is to ever achieve credible strategic autonomy.

Examining the latest developments in the Iran war and Japan’s re-invention as an autonomous player in Indo-Pacific security.

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.

Examining the latest developments in the US-Israel Iran war, prospects for a ceasefire extension, and new signs of stress in the US military-industrial complex.

Italy’s acquisition of the Bayraktar TB3 represents new momentum toward continental strategic autonomy while also highlighting failures in the EU’s internal push for drone development.

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.

Despite its role as an essential input in ammunition manufacturing, antimony has not been mined in the United States since the mid-1990s. It is among the critical minerals earmarked for domestic procurement and stockpiling by the US government – but it will take years to close the gap with external producers like China.