Short, topical, and relevant opinion editorials and commentary by NAADSN experts on North American and Arctic defence and security topics.

December 2025

Cancel the F-35? JAS 39 Gripen Fighter Would Cripple Canada’s Air Force, by Rob Huebert and Jamie Tronnes, National Security Journal, 7 December 2025.

Aligned, not just Allied, by Christopher Sands, US Canada Observer, 5 December 2025.

Critical minerals or political optics? The uncertain fate of New Brunswick’s Sisson mining project, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Financial Post, 4 December 2025.

Arctic Infrastructure Fund ‘a good start,’ but clarity needed on projects and dual-use priorities, says experts, featuring Rob Huebert, The Hill Times, 1 December 2025.

Canada’s future prosperity runs through the northwest coast: A strategic gateway to the world, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Canadian Energy Centre, 1 December 2025.

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Greenland’s Foreign Policy Strategy Being Revisited, by Rasmus Leander Nielsen, 1 December 2025.

November 2025

Energy deal sparks optimism and skepticism in Alberta, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, CTV News, 29 November 2025.

Alberta-Ottawa energy agreement draws mixed industry and environmental reactions, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, BNN Bloomberg, 28 November 2025.

Taiwan’s Arctic Imperative: Navigating a New Global Frontier, featuring Marc Lanteigne, University of Nottingham Taiwan Research Hub, 27 November 2025.

Are We Ready for an Arctic War? by Rob Huebert, Maclean’s, 25 November 2025.

Plans to boost defence industry must leverage aerospace, strong civil sector, says sector experts, featuring Rob Huebert and James Fergusson, The Hill Times, 24 November 2025.

Arctic Metal Race Heats Up, featuring Marc Lanteigne, OilPrice, 24 November 2025.

Is Trump eyeing Canada’s Arctic? Residents are worried – and Carney’s 2025 budget addresses potential threats, featuring Rob Huebert, Yahoo! News, 23 November 2025.

Nutrien’s U.S. investment is Carney’s critical failure, supply chain experts and industry say, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 20 November 2025.

Lines of Power: Resilience Defines the US and China’s Futures, featuring Troy Bouffard, Fair Observer, 20 November 2025.

Bastion or Buffer? Tuva’s Emerging Role in Russian Strategy Toward China, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Saratoga Foundation, 20 November 2025.

A cold gold rush? The race for the Arctic’s critical minerals is heating up, featuring Marc Lanteigne, CNBC, 20 November 2025.

Experts navigate shifting roles of security, politics in Arctic Circle, featuring Gabriella Gricius, The Rocky Mountain Collegian, 18 November 2025.

Ottawa names Yukon grid project in new major projects list. What does that mean? featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, CBC News, 17 November 2025.

British Columbia v Alberta – how oil sparked a feud between neighbours, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot,BBC News, 17 November 2025.

Western Canadian pipeline spat exposes obstacles to Ottawa’s export ambitions, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, The Global Herald, 17 November 2025.

Sovereignty and Security in the Canadian Arctic: Who Should We Be Wary of? by Frédéric Lasserre, Mathieu Landriault, Pauline Pic, Stéphane Roussel, RAS-NSA, 17 November 2025.

The European Union and the Emerging Arctic Security Landscape, by Andreas Raspotnik, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 13 November 2025.

Nordic Unity in Arctic Security, by Andreas Østhagen, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 13 November 2025.

Canada to open Greenland consulate after Trump’s push to acquire island, featuring Alex Dalziel, Fox News, 13 November 2025.

When the world looks towards Greenland, featuring Rasmus Leander Nielsen, Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa – Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation, 13 November 2025.

The strategy for developing Canada’s critical minerals needs a rethink, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, InvestorIdeas, 11 November 2025.

Canada opening new consulate in Greenland this week, in a bid for closer relations, featuring Alex Dalziel, CBC News, 11 November 2025.

Op-Ed: CAF must strengthen its alliance with Indigenous Canadians, by Sam Huyer and Richard Shimooka, Canadian Affairs, 9 November 2025.

Ottawa plans to spend big on defence. But is there a long-term vision for Canada’s military? featuring Andrea Charron, The Globe and Mail, 8 November 2025.

Nucléaire civil: quand la Chine se reveille au thorium, featuring Marc Lanteigne, France24, 6 November 2025.

Finally, some relief: Energy and resources in the Budget, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Hub, 5 November 2025.

Budget 2025 invests billions in mining, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, CIMMagazine, 5 November 2025.

Washington Takeaways from Budget Day in Ottawa, by Christopher Sands, US Canada Observer, 4 November 2025.

Nine Paradoxes of US-Canada Relations, by Christopher Sands, US Canada Observer, 2 November 2025.

October 2025

Arctic ambassador’s tough role begins by listening at home, featuring Rob Huebert, National Observer, 31 October 2025.

Race for icebreakers heats up amid Arctic power struggle, featuring Jason C. Moyer, El Pais, 31 October 2025.

From Policy to Practice: Advancing Norway’s High North Policy Through ArcBlue Collaboration, by Andreas Raspotnik and Apostolos Tsiouvalas, High North News, 31 October 2025.

Scrambling for Quantum Supremacy in the Global Commons, by Kristen Csenkey, CIGI, 31 October 2025.

La sécurité et la soveraineté du Canada dans l’Arctique sont-elles vraiment menacées? by Frédéric Lasserre, Mathieu Landriault, Pauline Pic, and Stéphane Roussel, La Presse, 30 October 2025.

Arctic Defence, an interview with Rob Huebert, The Brian Crombie Hour, 30 October 2025.

Beyond NATO: Canada’s and Iceland’s Defence Relationship with the U.S., by Sasha Tiaglei, Release Peace, 30 October 2025.

Scolded by Trump, Canada’s Prime Minister Turns to Asia for Trade, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, The New York Times, 28 October 2025.

Alaska, not Greenland, should worry the United States in the Arctic, by Erdem Lamazhapov and Andreas Østhagen, The Arctic Institute, 28 October 2025.

‘Complex, blow-your-brains-out expensive, and extraordinarily technical’: MPs urged to study Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ as feds say they’re in talk with U.S., featuring Andrea Charron, The Hill Times, 25 October 2025.

The umbrella term “critical minerals” is good for messaging but bad for policy, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 24 October 2025.

McGuinty says Canada’s first defence industrial strategy will land weeks after budget, featuring James Fergusson, Cambridge Today, 24 October 2025.

Shortlisted shipbuilders say Poland’s submarine pick won’t affect delivery on Canadian procurement, featuring Adam Lajeunesse, The Hill Times, 23 October 2025.

USNORTHCOM Shifts Eastward, by Andrea Charron, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 23 October 2025.

Greenland radars vulnerable to hypersonic missiles, critics warn, featuring Troy Bouffard, Defense News, 23 October 2025.

The Carney doctrine, featuring Christopher Sands, Politico, 23 October 2025.

Beijing Eyes NSR Through Russia to Advance Arctic Goals, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 22 October 2025.

Mission Success – Advancing Canada’s Arctic defence, diplomacy and development, by Alex Dalziel, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 22 October 2025.

Le Danemark renforce sa défense… et le Canada pourrait en bénéficier, featuring Troy Bouffard, La Presse, 21 October 2025.

Northern neighbours: Canada and Greenland can show the way forward on Arctic security, by Alex Dalziel, iPolitics, 20 October 2025.

The Reciprocity of Resentment Hurting US-Canada Relations, by Christopher Sands, US Canada Observer, 20 October 2025.

Chinese Inroads Into Sakha, by Sergey Sukhankin, Saratoga Foundation, 20 October 2025.

Cold War echoes return to the Arctic as NATO and Russia boost defenses, featuring Marc Lanteigne, Gabriella Gricius, and Andreas Raspotnik, TVP World, 19 October 2025.

Arctic Security Expert: ‘Putin is Testing NATO’, featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Nicholas Glesby, and Gabriella Gricius, High North News, 19 October 2025.

US and Canada weigh revival of ‘zombie’ Keystone XL pipeline in trade talks, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Financial Times, 17 October 2025.

Higher ground, by Gavin John and featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer, The Globe and Mail, 17 October 2025.

Trump’s investments in Canadian critical minerals could push Ottawa to follow suit, industry players say, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 16 October 2025.

The icy cold war America is busy losing, featuring Iris Ferguson, The Economist, 16 October 2025.

Indigenous consent is an objective, not a standard, for resource development, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Indigenous Lands & Resources Today, 16 October 2025.

How a mine in the Yukon could help patch US-Canada distrust, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 October 2025.

The Arctic Council requires reform, not a funeral, by Marisol Maddox and Julia Nesheiwat, Arctic Today, 15 October 2025.

The Strategic Importance of Greenland: The Role of Tactical Missile and Air Defense in the Arctic, by Troy Bouffard, et. al, Small Wars Journal, 13 October 2025.

Inside the West’s Race to Defend the Arctic, featuring Troy Bouffard and Rob Huebert, Wall Street Journal, 11 October 2025.

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Attitudes and Perceptions of First Nations, Métis and Inuit in the Canadian North on Arctic Issues, by Mathieu Landriault, 10 October 2025.

Canada should seek central role for NORAD in Golden Dome or risk marginalization, featuring James Fergusson, The Globe and Mail, 10 October 2025.

Chinese container ship set to dock in UK after maiden Arctic voyage, featuring Alex Dalziel, NikkeiAsia, 10 October 2025.

Exposure risks: Greenland, China, and economic security in the North American Arctic, by Alex Dalziel, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 9 October 2025.

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: NORAD Modernization, Golden Dome and/or “Canadian Shield”? Canada Needs its Own Narrative, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 9 October 2025.

Trump strikes deal for icebreaker ships as competition grows in the Arctic, featuring Iris Ferguson, CNN,  9 October 2025.

McGuinty defends Canada’s Golden Dome collaboration with U.S., citing potential threats, featuring Andrea Charron, The Globe and Mail, 8 October 2025.

Canada has been working for years to prepare for Golden Dome, Air Force general says, by Gavin John, The Globe and Mail, 8 October 2025.

Keystone XL is back in our lives, but what has actually changed? featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, iPolitics, 8 October 2025.

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Public Consultations, the Over-Horizon Radar Project and Community Concerns in the City of Kawartha Lakes, by Jackson Walling, 7 October 2025.

America’s Old Flame Still Burns, by Christopher Sands, US Canada Observer, 7 October 2025.

Arctic Security Conference 2025: Believes the Arctic Council Will Survive, featuring Jennifer Spence, High North News, 7 October 2025.

Beware the ‘nation-building’ boosters: why governments shouldn’t pick winners and losers, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, The Winnipeg Sun, 5 October 2025.

Northerners see Trump’s U.S. as greater threat to Arctic than Russia: poll, an interview featuring Mathieu Landriault, Global News, 3 October 2025.

Arctic thaw: China’s polar ambitions face test as US, Russia eye cooperation, an interview featuring Marc Lanteigne, South China Morning Post, 2 October 2025.

USNORTHCOM Shifts Eastward, by Andrea Charron, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, October 2025.

September 2025

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Preparing for a Confrontation with China in the Arctic? by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Marc Lanteigne, 30 September 2025.

Border issues a potential derailment to CUSMA extension, featuring Christopher Sands, CTV News, 29 September 2025.

As China explores the Arctic, Canada’s military is preparing for confrontation, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 28 September 2025.

What should we learn from another Northwest Passage close call? Featuring Suzanne Lalonde, Peter Kikkert, and Jackie Dawson, Cabin Radio, 23 September 2025.

Can the US, Russia and China break their nuclear talks impasse? featuring Marc Lanteigne, South China Morning Post, 21 September 2025.

Canadians are taking a big step back from the U.S. – and here’s the data to prove it, featuring Christopher Sands, CBC News, 19 September 2025.

Arctic route: China tests new shipping route to Europe, featuring Marc Lanteigne, Table Briefings, 18 September 2025.

Russia-Poland Airspace Controversy, featuring Rob Huebert, CTV News Calgary, 16 September 2025.

Breaking the Ice, featuring Jackie Dawson, Arctic360, 14 September 2025.

In Canada’s North, US is seen as biggest threat, featuring Mathieu Landriault, Arctic Today, 11 September 2025.

Photo Shows Dutch Cargo Vessel Aground in the Canadian Arctic as Salvage Effort Looms, featuring Jackie Dawson, gCaptain, 9 September 2025.

Can Canada challenge China’s stranglehold on critical minerals? featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Financial Times, 9 September 2025.

Newest U.S. Icebreaker ‘Storis’ Conducts Extensive Patrol Along Russian Maritime Boundary in Arctic, featuring Troy J. Bouffard, gCaptain, 8 September 2025.

The fight to preserve North American trade, featuring Christopher Sands, The Globe and Mail, 5 September 2025.

U.S. Coast Guard intercepts two Chinese research ships in disputed portions of the Arctic Ocean, featuring Troy Bouffard, Alaska Beacon, 5 September 2025.

Norway’s Arctic policy and a kaleidoscope election, by Marc Lanteinge, Eye on the Arctic, 5 September 2025.

US coast guard monitors Chinese research vessels in Arctic waters off Alaska, featuring Troy Bouffard, Caliber, 5 September 2025.

Is the Arctic NATO’s soft underbelly? by Andrea Charron, The Economist, 4 September 2025.

A renewed Port of Churchill will be a game-changer for Canada, by André Moreau, The Globe and Mail, 3 September 2025.

China Stages Largest Military Parade in Beijing, featuring Marc Lanteigne, Grand Pinnacle Tribune, 2 September 2025.

Arctic radar system in Kawartha Lakes, by Jackson Walling, The Lindsay Advocate, 2 September 2025.

August 2025

Barriers to building LNG infrastructure in Canada, with Heather Exner-Pirot, BNN Bloomberg, 28 August 2025.

Norway Under Pressure: A New Strategy for the High North in 2025, by Andreas Østhagen, High North News, 28 August 2025.

National Security’s Arctic Frontier, with Iris Ferguson, NatSec Matters, 27 August 2025.

Trump’s war on wind to conquer Greenland, featuring Marc Lanteigne, The Telegraph, 27 August 2025.

Sending Canadian troops to Ukraine would face obstacles, featuring Rob Heubert, CBC News: The National, 26 August 2025.

Golden Dome and Canada: The “New” Age of Integrated Air and Missile Defense, by Andrea Charron, CDA Institute, 25 August 2025.

All eyes turn to the Arctic as Canada ramps up defence spending, featuring Andrea Charron, Toronto Star, 24 August 2025.

Carney’s 100 days, featuring Christopher Sands, The Globe and Mail, 22 August 2025.

Where the Arctic meets the Pacific: America’s overlooked frontline, by Iris Ferguson, Military Times, 21 August 2025.

Looking to Alaska and Australia for Arctic and military inspiration, by Peter Kikkert and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Yukon News, 21 August 2025.

It Will Take More than a Pay Raise to Fix CAF Recruitment & Retention, featuring Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, CDA Institute, 20 August 2025.

Very Cold War: Brutal Arctic Conditions Are Testing U.S. and Allied Forces, featuring Troy Bouffard, The Wall Street Journal, 18 August 2025.

Assessment Of The Meeting Between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia President Vladimir Putin, featuring Rob Huebert, CTV News, 18 August 2025.

Canada considered arming Coast Guard as NATO pressure grows, featuring Peter Kikkert, National Observer, 18 August 2025.

Trump and Putin’s Arctic Chess Game Is About Far More Than Ukraine, featuring Troy Bouffard, Newsweek, 15 August 2025.

Trump reportedly offering Putin natural resources off Alaska sparks fury, featuring Andreas Østhagen, Newsweek, 14 August 2025.

Canada must mind Russia’s Arctic ambitions, with Alex Dalziel, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 14 August 2025.

Map Shows Alaska’s Natural Resources That Trump Could Offer Putin, featuring Andreas Østhagen, Newsweek, 14 August 2025.

Ghosts of Russian imperialism haunt Alaska summit, featuring Marisol Maddox, RTE, 15 August 2025.

How Arctic Could Form Key Part of Ukraine Ceasefire Talks, featuring Andreas Østhagen, Newsweek, 14 August 2025.

How Alaska is preparing for the new Cold War, featuring Troy Bouffard, The Telegraph, 14 August 2025.

Betrayal? Outrage erupts as Trump reportedly makes secret Alaska natural resource offer to Putin, India Times, featuring Andreas Østhagen, 14 August 2025.

Canada’s Resource Future, with Heather Exner-Pirot, Boom and Bust, 14 August 2025.

US weighs mineral access, sanctions relief as incentives for Moscow: Report, featuring Andreas Østhagen, SAN, 14 August 2025.

How tensions between Russia and the West are mounting in the Arctic, featuring Marc Lanteigne, The Times, 14 August 2025.

Anger Management and the Future of US-Canadian Relations, by Christopher Sands, US Canada Eye, 13 August 2025.

Remote, Symbolic, Strategic: Alaska Takes Center Stage For Trump-Putin Meeting, featuring Troy Bouffard, Radio Free Europe, 13 August 2025.

Anchored in Action: Operationalizing NATO’s Climate Security Plan in the Arctic Maritime Domain, by Pauline Baudu and Fabio Lissi, The Arctic Institute, 12 August 2025.

Everybody wants the Arctic. This map shows why, by Rob Huebert, Canadian Geographic, 12 April 2025.

The Next Energy Frontier, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 11 August 2025.

Putin’s Arctic ambitions, featuring Sergey Sukhankin, World Finance, 11 August 2025.

Canada revives Churchill port plan to diversify trade beyond US, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Caliber, 7 August 2025.

Canada Eyes Arctic Ocean Port to Ship Gas, Commodities to Europe, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Bloomberg, 7 August 2025.

What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Entails for the Arctic, featuring Troy Bouffard, High North News, 4 August 2025.

July 2025

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Remembering the Crash of KB 965 at Alert on 31 July 1950, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 31 July 2025.

Opinion: On-the-ground learning about Arctic security, by Ryan Dean and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Yukon News, 30 July 2025.

Conceptualizing NATO’s ‘Western Flank” from the Ground Up: Experiential learning and the Western North American Arctic, by Ryan Dean and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Canadian Institute for Arctic Security, 30 July 2025.

Explainer: The Northwest Passage’s Shipping Potential, Legal Status, and What’s at Stake, by Justin Barnes, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 28 July 2025.

The North American Trilateral Relationship, featuring Christopher Sands, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 28 July 2025.

Carney says trade talks in ‘intense phase’ after Trump scores win with EU, featuring Christopher Sands, Investment Executive, 28 July 2025.

North Pole Marathon Offers Forum for Climate Change Science Aboard Icebreaker, featuring Jennifer Spence, Marine Technology News, 28 July 2025.

Northwest leaders offer warmer take on frosty U.S.-Canada relations, featuring Christopher Sands, The Seattle Times, 26 July 2025.

U.S., Canada may not reach negotiated trade deal, Trump says, featuring Christopher Sands, CBC News, 25 July 2025.

Trade potential seen in Manitoba’s Churchill as Trump tariffs inspire new economic era, featuring Rob Huebert, Global News, 23 July 2025.

Lawfare Daily: Conversations from Aspen, Part 1, featuring Iris Ferguson, Lawfare Daily, 23 July 2025.

European Green Deal and the EU Arctic Policy Aligned, by Céline Rodrigues, Atlas Institute for International Affairs, 23 July 2025.

The Past, Present and Future of Canadian Defence, featuring Thomas Hughes and Stéphane Roussel, CDSN Battle Rhythm, 23 July 2025.

Threats in the Arctic, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Yukon News, 23 July 2025.

51^st State to 50 First Dates, by Christopher Sands, US Canada Eye, 22 July 2025.

How should Canada rearm itself? Fix aging bases, buy submarines, air-defence systems, experts say, featuring Andrea Charron, The Globe and Mail, 20 July 2025.

Private yachts can still travel through the Northwest Passage undetected, featuring Suzanne Lalonde, Eye on the Arctic, 17 July 2025.

Threats to the Arctic: Part 2, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Yukon News, 16 July 2025.

Three Promises, Three Tests: What Canada’s Defense Commitments Mean for US-Canada Relations, by Madison Lipson and Christopher Sands, CDA Institute, 16 July 2025.

Trump Says Tariff Letters Are Final Deals as Carney Prepares Cabinet Meeting, featuring Christopher Sands, Weekly Voice, 15 July 2025.

Canadians Are Furious, featuring Christopher Sands, New York Magazine, 14 July 2025.

Cabinet to meet Tuesday as Trump says 35% tariff letter is ‘the deal’, featuring Christopher Sands, 650 CKOM, 14 July 2025.

Arctic Frontlines: Energy, Strategy, and Security in a Melting Geopolitical Core, featuring Frédéric Lassere, ModernGhana, 12 July 2025.

Trump escalates Canada trade fight with 35% tariff threat, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, gmtoday, 11 July 2025.

Trump’s latest tariff bulldozer tests Carney’s conflict resolution strategy, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Financial Post, 11 July 2025.

Threats to the Arctic: Part 1, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Yukon News, 10 July 2025.

In Canada’s Arctic, national security is a military and civic responsibility, featuring Jim Welsh, Leandra Brient, and Heather Exner-Pirot, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2025.

A French affair, Arctic politics in June, featuring Iris Ferguson, Arctic Today, 8 July 2025.

Canadian Armed Forces Records Highest Recruitment in a Decade, featuring Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, militarynyi, 6 July 2025.

A tipping point: How Canada is changing the gas market, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, UA Energy, 4 July 2025.

’Yet the Place is Fair Enough, Doubt it Not!’ Svalbard in a Tumultuous Arctic, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 4 July 2025.

Canada races to build icebreakers amid melting ice and geopolitical tensions, featuring Rob Hubert, The Guardian, 4 July 2025.

À qui appartient l’Arcticque? Ce que la science en dit, an interview with Frédéric Lasserre, Québec Science, 3 July 2025.

Threats Through the Arctic, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Yukon News, 2 July 2025.

Understanding circumpolar wildland fire capabilities: Wildfires in the Arctic, by Edward Soto and Troy Bouffard, Wildfire Today, 2 July 2025.

June 2025

The case for bolstering defence capability in the North, with Rob Huebert, CBC – West of Centre, 30 June 2025.

Canada is getting a second shot at becoming a major LNG player, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, CBC News, 29 June 2025.

Putin’s Arctic ambitions, featuring Sergey Sukhankin, World Finance, 27 June 2025.

NATO in The Hague, featuring Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 27 June 2025.

Canada’s Energy Crossroads: A Deep Dive with Heather Exner Pirot, an interview with Heather Exner-Pirot, The Loonie Hour, 27 June 2025.

As U.S. trade deal deadline looms, Ottawa begins to temper expectations, featuring Christopher Sands, The Globe and Mail, 27 June 2025.

Calgary ammo manufacturer sees opportunity in NATO defence spending pledge, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 26 June 2025.

Race for the Arctic, featuring Andrea Charron, Magasin Général, 25 June 2025.

Episode 48 – Whitney Lackenbauer, an interview with Whitney Lackenbauer, The Northern Sentinels Podcast, 25 June 2025.

Do Sanctions Actually Work? an interview with Andrea Charron, CBC News & Politics – The Current, 24 June 2025.

Iran is ‘the elephant in the room’ as NATO meets amid escalation fears, featuring Andrea Charron, Global News, 24 June 2025.

Arctic Exceptionalisms as Myth, Method, and Mirror, by Romain Chuffart, Pavel Devyatkin, and Andreas Raspotnik, The Arctic Institute, 24 June 2025.

Just elbow past those elephants in the room, NATO leaders, by Andrea Charron, The Hub, 24 June 2025.

Surge in Interest Can’t Stop Military Exodus Amid Canada’s Defense Push, featuring Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, Weekly Voice, 23 June 2025.

Two Percent Priorities, by Christopher Sands, US Canada Eye, 23 June 2025.

Carney heads to Europe to talk defence amid rising geopolitical tensions, an interview with Andrea Charron, Global News, 22 June 2025.

Ottawa considering ‘combination of approaches’ to 20% military pay hike, featuring Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, CTV News, 21 June 2025.

‘If Middle East Is Unstable, World Will Not Be at Peace’: How China views the Israel-Iran War, featuring Marc Lanteigne, Time, 23 June 2025.

“Insights for Canada – What the Replicator Can Teach Us,” by Kristen Csenkey, Canadian Army Journal Short Bursts, 20 June 2025.

Russia Continues Conservative Pivot in Arctic (Part Two), by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 20 June 2025.

Should we stay or should we go, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Politico, 20 June 2025.

Senator worried by push to rush Bill C-5 through Parliament, featuring Jennifer Spence, Cabin Radio, 19 June 2025.

Israel-Iran war undermines Beijing’s Mideast diplomatic push, featuring Marc Lanteigne, France24, 19 June 2025.

Carney’s contentious major projects bill clears committee, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, BNN Bloomberg, 18 June 2025.

Avoiding Confusion in Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty, Security, and National Defence, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Canadian Institute for Arctic Security, 18 June 2025.

Russia Continues Conservative Pivot in Arctic (Part One), by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 18 June 2025.

What next for Israel & Iran, security issues loom large over G7, can Bill C-5 make Canada an energy superpower? featuring Rob Huebert and Heather Exner-Pirot, Rob Breakenridge Show, 17 June 2025.

Pentagon shifts Greenland to US Northern Command in shakeup, featuring Iris Ferguson, Defense News, 17 June 2025.

‘A big day’: Local Ukranians welcome Canadian support in war against Russia but lament lack of G7 agreement, featuring Rob Huebert, Calgary Herald, 17 June 2025.

Trade deal between Canada and the U.S. could come within 30 days, Ottawa says, featuring Christopher Sands, Financial Post, 16 June 2025.

Canada should be a mining superpower, too, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Hill Times, 16 June 2025.

Mark Carney’s first big test on the world stage, featuring Christopher Sands, Politico, 15 June 2025.

Kananaskis prepares to host high stakes G7 Summit, featuring Rob Huebert, Global News Calgary, 14 June 2025.

How Can Canada Deliver On Its Renewed Natural Resources Ambition, an interview with Heather Exner-Pirot, The Agenda with Steve Paikin, 12 June 2025.

‘Stop that nonsense’: Former PM Jean Chretien urges firmness but dialogue with Donald Trump at G7, featuring Christopher Sands, Calgary Herald, 12 June 2025.

‘War is coming’: Canadian, other G7 leaders need to grapple with imminent threats, say experts, featuring Rob Huebert, Calgary Herald, 12 June 2025.

Allies, Adversaries, and Arctic Access, an interview with Alex Dalziel, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, 11 June 2025.

Canada’s F-35 fighter jets purchase will cost nearly 50% more than disclosed, A-G finds, featuring Andrea Charron, The Globe and Mail, 10 June 2025.

Indigenous equity in projects grows, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Resource Works, 5 June 2025.

India in the Arctic: Advancing a Path for Strategic Autonomy Beyond Russia, by Nima Khorammi and Andreas Østhagen, The Arctic Institute, 5 June 2025.

Comment relever le défi de l’Arctique canadien? by Mathieu Landriault, LeDevoir, 5 June 2025.

Who is an Expert on Greenland? by Gabriella Gricius, The Arctic Institute, 3 June 2025.

The US Badly Needs Rare Minerals and Fresh Water. Guess Who Has Them? featuring Rob Huebert, The Walrus, 3 June 2025.

Is this a tariff turning point? by Christopher Sands, US Canada Eye, 3 June 2025.

It’s Not Only Temperature, Arctic Is Also Warming Up Geopolitically, featuring Andreas Østhagen, Sunday Guardian Live, 1 June 2025.

May 2025

Patrolling the High Arctic, Rifles and Snow Shoes at the Ready, by Gavin John, The New York Times, 31 May 2025.

It is up to cabinet to fix military retention, by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, The Hill Times, 28 May 2025.

The Golden Dome, an interview with Rob Huebert, CDA Institute, 24 May 2025.

Observations on US-Canada Relations from Washington, by Christopher Sands, US Canada Eye, 23 May 2025.

Crisis diplomacy, Kingdom of Denmark chairship of the Arctic Council, and the evolution of Greenlandic foreign policy, an interview with Rasmus Leander Nielsen, Polar Geopolitics, 20 May 2025.

The Arctic faces historic pressures from competition, climate change, and Trump, featuring Jennifer Spence, Harvard Kennedy School, 15 May 2025.

What Does Securing the Arctic Look Like? an interview with Whitney Lackenbauer and Andrea Charron, CDA Institute, 13 May 2025.

Game On for the United States and Canada After Oval Office Opener, by Christopher Hernandez-Roy and Christopher Sands, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 9 May 2025.

The Arctic is heating up – and not just in temperature. Are we ready for an Arctic science surge in Canada? by Jackie Dawson, The Hill Times, 7 May 2025.

A conversation with Iris Ferguson, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Arctic and Global Resilience, an interview with Iris Ferguson, Kings & States, 7 May 2025.

What’s Stopping Canadians from Joining the Military? an interview with Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, CDA Institute, 7 May 2025.

The Transarctic Alliance is Key to US National Security, by Michael Sfraga, High North News, 5 May 2025.

April 2025

The results show a Canada both united and divided, by Christopher Sands, Atlantic Council, 29 April 2025.

Dear next Prime Minister: We’re an Arctic nation and must invest accordingly, by Eliot Pence and Iris Ferguson, The Globe and Mail, 28 April 2025.

Canada’s newly announced Northern Support Hubs are going to be a grueling process. Environmental sustainability and multi-purpose functionality must be front and center, by Jackson Walling, CDA Institute, 24 April 2025.

The Arctic Power Play, an interview with Iris Ferguson, NatSec Matters, 23 April 2025.

Canada’s Arctic Choices, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 20 April 2025.

We should start acting like the energy superpower we are, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Financial Post, 17 April 2025.

The EU Needs Raw Materials. Canada Has Them, by Alex Dalziel and Heather Exner-Pirot, New Direction, 17 April 2025.

Canada’s Energy Superpower, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, The Brian Crombie Hour, 16 April 2025.

Navigating Arctic Strategy: Canada’s Role in Regional Security, an interview with Marc Lanteigne, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, 15 April 2025.

Why Canada’s Arctic is under the geopolitical spotlight, featuring Rob Huebert, Global News, 14 April 2025.

Northern corridors: Hype or Hope? by Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 14 April 2025.

What Arctic (in)security looks like in Canada’s North, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 14 April 2025.

Le point sur les besoins des Forces armées canadiennes, featuring Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, CBC Radio-Canada, 11 April 2025.

Reaching for the Beaufort Sea, by Rob Huebert, Canadian Geographic, 11 April 2025.

Best friends forever? by Joanne Archibald, The Hub, 10 April 2025.

Geneva, We Have a Problem: Space Diplomacy Goes Nuclear, by Jessica West, CIGI, 7 April 2025.

Russia’s Double Game in Arctic is Cooperation in Name, but Confrontation in Practice, by Gabriella Gricius, The Jamestown Foundation, 7 April 2025.

Taking Stock of China’s Polar Fleet, by Trym Eiterjord, The Diplomat, 5 April 2025.

Kaliningrad: The tiny bit of Russia that threatens the West, featuring Sergey Sukhankin, DW News, 5 April 2025.

What Canada needs now is more robust, visionary diplomacy, not more military spending, by Ernie Regehr, The Hill Times, 3 April 2025.

The United States Risks Opening the Arctic Door to China, by Adam Lajeunesse, Deft9, 1 April 2025.

Russia’s Optimistic Outlook in Post-2035 LNG Strategy Faces Long-Term Challenges, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 1 April 2025.

The Canadian Ballistic Missile Dilemma, by James Ferugsson, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 1 April 2025.

March 2025

The Complex Challenge of Modern Shipbuilding: Addressing Systemic Delays Through AI Integration, by Troy Bouffard, gCaptain, 31 March 2025

Balloon shot down over Yukon exposes communications failures: PhD student, featuring Nicholas Glesby, Yukon News, 31 March 2025

Why Norway is restoring its Cold War military bunkers, featuring Andreas Østhagen, BBC News, 30 March 2025

“Trump has misunderstood the importance of Greenland, by Andreas Østhagen, The Arctic Institute, 29 March 2025

How Russia and China are seizing on Canada’s carelessness in the Arctic,” featuring Whitney Lackenbauer, Yahoo! News, 29 March 2025

Vance scolds Denmark during Greenland trip, featuring Troy Bouffard, BBC News, 29 March 2025

Your questions about the Canadian military answered, an interview with Whitney Lackenbauer, Just Asking – CBC Radio, 29 March 2025

American expert: US visit to Greenland is remarkable and serious, featuring Troy Bouffard, DR, 28 March 2025

Buying Greenland ‘aggressive’ competition for Trump: Defense expert, an interview with Troy Bouffard, News Nation, 28 March 2025

’One way or another, we’re gonna get it’: Claiming Greenland while dismantling Arctic climate science, an interview with Lin Mortensgaard, Project Q, 28 March 2025

JD Vance and a U.S. Delegation Arrive in a Wary Greenland, featuring Troy Bouffard, The New York Times, 28 March 2025

Greenland’s Previously Strong Focus Toward the US is up for Change Moving Forward, featuring Rasmus Leander Nielsen, High North News, 28 March 2025

The Golden Dome and Implications for the North, by Troy Bouffard, Whitney Lackenbauer, and Andrea Charron, The Watch Journal, 27 March 2025

Why Trump is Obsessed with taking over Greenland, featuring Rasmus Leander Nielsen, Bloomberg, 27 March 2025

Bollinger Shipyards Awarded Nearly $1B to Cover Cost Overruns of Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter Program, featuring Troy Bouffard, gCaptain, 27 March 2025

Canada races to secure its Arctic frontier, featuring Whitney Lackenbauer, Financial Times, 27 March 2025

Canada’s Defence Umbrella: Is it Ready for this New Era? an interview with Andrea Charron, Civil Discourse, Please, 27 March 2025

Beneath Greenland’s ice lies a climate solution — and a new geopolitical battleground, featuring Adam Lajeunesse and Heather Exner-Pirot, Grist, 26 March 2025

What’s the American Base on Greenland? Here’s What to Know, featuring Troy Bouffard, The New York Times, 26 March 2025

What to know about Pituffik, the only U.S. military base in Greenland, featuring Troy Bouffard, NPR, 26 March 2025

What is the strategic long game for Canada-US relations? an interview with Chris Sands, Policy Options, 26 March 2025

Canada’s 2025 Election: A Referendum on U.S.-Canadian Relations, by Chris Sands, Wilson Center, 25 March 2025

Canada can’t afford to sleepwalk on Arctic defense, experts say, featuring Alex Dalziel, Nunatsiaq News, 25 March 2025

Greenland’s Vote, Trump, and the Sovereignty Schism, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 25 March 2025

Is conflict in the Arctic a real threat or just hype? an interview with Andreas Østhagen, Al Jazeera English, 24 March 2025

The World Wants What Canada Has an interview with Chris Sands, The CANUSA Street Podcast – Wilson Center, 24 March 2025

Time to move from talk to action on regulatory reform, by Heather Exner-Pirot and Michael Gullo, The Hub, 22 March 2025

Canadian leaders are waking up to Arctic security urgency, featuring Alex Dalziel, Nunatsiaq News, 22 March 2025

The ‘Fourth Battle’ for the Arctic: Russia’s Capabilities, Strategic Thinking, and Game Plan, by Sergey Sukhankin, Canadian Maritime Security Network, 22 March 2025

Canadian leaders are waking up to Arctic security urgency, featuring Alex Dalziel, Nunatsiaq News, 22 March 2025

We take our energy security for granted. Our enemies do not, by Heather Exner-Pirot and David McConkey, National News Watch, 21 March 2025

Canada rushes to fund its neglected military after Trump threats, featuring Andrea Charron, The Detroit News, 21 March 2025

‘Games within games:’ China hints at withdrawing its Arctic claims, featuring Rob Huebert, Nunatsiaq News, 21 March 2025

In China, DeepSeek’s AI has become as essential as it is political, featuring Marc Lanteigne, France 24, 21 March 2025

The World of Yesterday: Time for a Joint Nordic Approach to the High North, by Andreas Raspotnik and Andreas Østhagen, High North News, 20 March 2025

Arctic Security Researcher Troy Bouffard Strives for Real-World Relevance in His Work, featuring Troy Bouffard, High North News, 20 March 2025

Indigenous guides in the Arctic are training Canada’s military: ‘When they talk, I listen’, featuring Whitney Lackenbauer, The Guardian, 19 March 2025

Freedom in outer space at risk, by Jessica West, Project Ploughshares, 19 March 2025

Experts welcome news of Arctic early-warning radar project, want more detail on other North promises, featuring Whitney Lackenbauer, CBC News, 19 March 2025

A Powerhouse of Global Satellite Infrastructure: Norway? featuring Troy Bouffard, Undark, 19 March 2025

Pole position – Canada’s slow steps forward in Arctic defence and security, by Alex Dalziel, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 18 March 2025

Trump Cuts Target US Arctic Research Commission to Reverse Course Days Later, Wilson Center’s Polar Initiative Also Affected, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot and Troy Bouffard, High North News, 17 March 2025

Great White Nothing: How Harper’s naval station became an Arctic white elephant, featuring Rob Huebert, MSN, 17 March 2025

Warming US-Russia ties could put China’s Arctic ambitions on ice, experts warn, featuring Marc Lanteigne, Yahoo! News, 16 March 2025

A closer look at the Canadian Rangers, the military’s ‘eyes and ears’ in the North, featuring Whitney Lackenbauer, CTV News, 15 March 2025

G7 foreign ministers meet in Quebec as trade tensions escalate, featuring Chris Sands, The Globe and Mail, 13 March 2025

Greenland chooses pro-business, independence parties, in potential boost for Trump, featuring Rasmus Leander Nielsen, The Straits Times, 13 March 2025

Expert: Greenland must normalize relations with the US, featuring Rasmus Leander Nielsen, Hufvudstadsbladet, 12 March 2025

Greenlanders Reject Trump’s Overtures at the Ballot Box, featuring Rasmus Leander Nielsen, The Wall Street Journal, 12 March 2025

U.S. pressure ‘lighting a fire’ under Ottawa to get major defence procurement projects moving, says expert, as trade war escalates, featuring Adam Lajeunesse, The Hill Times, 12 March 2025

The scramble for Greenland, featuring Rasmus Leander Nielsen, Morning Star, 12 March 2025

Canada faces dual adversaries on its northern frontier: W5 embeds with the Canadian military in the Arctic, featuring Whitney Lackenbauer and Jackie Jacobson, CTV News, 12 March 2025

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Defending the North American Homeland: Reassuring Messaging from the NORAD-USNORTHCOM Perspective, by Ryan Dean and Whitney Lackenbauer, 12 March 2025

Three Furies Reawakened in Canada, by Chris Sands, Wilson Center, 11 March 2025

In a world rattled by Trump, Greenland’s election finds itself in a curious place: centre stage, featuring Rasmus Leander Nielsen, The Globe and Mail, 11 March 2025

Greenland holds parliamentary elections amid Trump rhetoric, an interview with Marc Lanteigne, CTV News, 11 March 2025

Pathways to prosperity – How federally mandated ‘Trans-Canada Corridors’ can unlock our natural resources potential, by Martin Ignasiak and Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 10 March 2025

The Case for Canadian Natural Resources, an interview with Heather Exner-Pirot, Discussions with Dr. D., 10 March 2025

Trump Looms Over Greenland’s Election, but Voters Have Other Concerns, featuring Rasmus Leander Nielsen, The New York Times, 10 March 2025

Canada gets new leader, but don’t bet on a quick Trump tariff truce, featuring Chris Sands, Morning Star, 10 March 2025

Feds sign $8B preliminary contract for new navy destroyers while Parliament sidelined, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 8 March 2025

Brise-glace polaire: présence dans l’Arctique, an interview with Frédéric Lassere, ICI Radio, 8 March 2025

’It’s very unpredictable: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis, featuring Rasmus Leander Nielsen, The Guardian, 8 March 2025

Need for a Canadian-European Security Consensus, Says Researcher, featuring Gabriella Gricius, High North News, 7 March 2025

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Trump 2.0’s Arctic Opportunity: Thawing Frozen Dialogue, by Ryan Burke, Andrea Charron, and Michael Ryan, 6 March 2025 (published in partnership with the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute and Polar Institute)

Are cracks forming in Canada’s military relationship with America? featuring Andrea Charron, The Hill Times, 6 March 2025

Strategic Outlook 2025, by Rob Huebert, Conference of Defence Associations Institute, 5 March 2025

Icebreakers are Finland’s trump card in relations with the US and Canada, featuring Alex Dalziel, YLE, 3 March 2025

Can the Arctic Council survive the Trump administration? Probably not. Here’s why, by Rob Huebert, Arctic Today, 3 March 2025

Russia Capitalizes on Development of Artificial Intelligence in Its Military Strategy, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 3 March 2025

Arctic Study Urges Stronger Climate Action To Prevent Catastrophic Warming, featuring Jackie Dawson, Eurasia Review, 2 March 2025

February 2025

Will Australia use Papua New Guinea defence deal as a ‘watchtower’ to track Chinese navy? featuring Marc Lanteigne, South China Morning Post, 28 February 2025

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: The ‘Iron Dome’ and Implications for the North, by Troy Bouffard, Whitney Lackenbauer, and Andrea Charron, 28 February 2025 (published in partnership with the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute)

Canada’s economy is at a crossroads: Here’s what has to happen next, featuring Christopher Sands, Financial Post, 27 February 2025

Retention, Investment, Recruitment, and Gender Balance in Armed Forces, an interview with Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, KAS Canada, 27 February 2025

Contest for the High North: Greenland and Arctic security, an interview with Heather Exner-Pirot, National Security Podcast at Australian National University, 27 February 2025

The Other Energy Security: Addressing Energy Poverty in Canada’s Indigenous Communities, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Energy for a Secure Future, 27 February 2025

Here’s how Canada can shape the trade and security agenda, by Alex Dalziel and Alan Bersin, Canadian Affairs, 26 February 2025

Arctic security needs a Team Canada commitment, by Ernie Regehr, The Hill Times, 26 February 2025

Canada must hit back on U.S. tariffs, an interview with Christopher Sands, Investment Executive, 26 February 2025

U of M defence, security experts urge Canadians to watch what Trump does, not what he says, featuring Andrea Charron and James Fergusson, CBC News, 26 February 2025

Is There Going to Be a War Over the Arctic? an interview with Gavin John, Canadaland, 25 February 2025

 

Russia Navigates Challenges to Achieve Optimistic Post-2035 LNG Strategy, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 24 February 2025

The New Russia-Iran Treaty: Implications for the South Caucasus Region, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Central Asia-Caucuses Analyst, 21 February 2025

Global gaze on Greenland, an interview with Rasmus Leander Nielsen, Polar Geopolitics – Arctic and Antarctic analysis, 20 February 2025

Geopolitical tensions fuel anxiety among Canadians, some turning to military service, featuring Rob Huebert, CTV News, 20 February 2025

An ‘Iron Dome’ for North America? Talk heats up about Canada joining U.S. missile defence, featuring James Fergusson and Rob Huebert, CBC News, 20 February 2025

’We’re the canary in the coal mine’: Joly’s wake-up call to Europe as Canada looks to co-ordinate a Trump response with allies, The Hill Times, featuring Will Greaves, 19 February 2025

Researcher expects Canadian leaders to take defence more seriously in light of Trump’s 51st state comments, an interview with Rob Huebert, CTV News Edmonton, 19 February 2025

Unpacking the New Russia-Iran Treaty, by Sergey Sukhankin, Gulf International Forum, 18 February 2025

Russia in the Arctic: What to Expect and How to Respond, by Sergey Sukhankin, Canadian Maritime Security Network, 18 February 2025

NATO defence spending, an interview with Rob Huebert, CTV News Edmonton, 18 February 2025

Canada should resist Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ fantasy, by Jessica West, The Hill Times, 17 February 2025

Des experts lancent au Canada une alerte contre la désinformation venant des États-Unis, featuring Rob Huebert, TVA Nouvelles, 15 February 2025

Space Cafe Radio Geopolitics – Space Defense and the Iron Dome for America, an interview with Jessica West, Space Watch, 14 February 2025

 

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Inuvik and the Beaufort Delta as the Centre of Gravity for the Canadian Arctic, by Jackie Jacobson and Whitney Lackenbauer, 14 February 2025

Harnessing Canada’s Energy and Indigenous Partnerships for a Sustainable Future, an interview with Heather Exner-Pirot, Power Struggle with Stuart Muir, 13 February 2025

New Survey Unveils the Paradox of the Canadian North, featuring Mathieu Landriault and Jean-François Savard, High North News, 13 February 2025

Trump supports AUKUS submarines for Australia – will he stay the course? featuring Marc Lanteigne, South China Morning Post, 13 February 2025

Why Trump wants to buy Greenland – and how much it could cost, featuring Marc Lanteigne and Rob Huebert, Financial Post, 12 February 2025

 

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Defence of the Arctic: 10 to 2 O’Clock, by Andrea Charron, 11 February 2025 (published in partnership with the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute)

 

On The Line: Why Trump is focused on the Arctic, Canada’s weak spot, an interview with Rob Huebert, The Line Podcast, 11 February 2025

Fighting back through defence innovation, by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, The Hill Times, 10 February 2025

Northerners, experts questions Conservatives’ pledge to build military base in Iqaluit, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 10 February 2025

North American Trade: Tariffs, Politics, and Economic Ties, an interview with Chris Sands, Wilson Center, 10 February 2025

Governing the Risks of Quantum-Enhanced Transportation Systems, by Kristen Csenkey, CIGI, 10 February 2025

Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canada likely to spark new stagflation, featuring Chris Sands, OpenCanada, 7 February 2025

As Tariffs Concerns Grow, Where is the USMCA? featuring Chris Sands, IndustryWeek, 7 February 2025

The Caspian Sea as an Emerging Energy Hub: Potentials and Limitations, by Sergey Sukhankin, Institut Français des Relations Internationales, 7 February 2025

North American Trade War: Geopolitical Impacts for China and the US, an interview with Chris Sands, CPAC, 6 February 2025

Arctic is Canada’s ‘softest underbelly,’ ex-Trump aide warns, an interview with Rob Huebert, Global News, 6 February 2025

Arctic research cooperation in a turbulent world, by Jennifer Spence, John Holdren, and Fran Ulmer, Science, 6 February 2025

‘A moment or a movement’ — Canadian support for sea-to-sea pipelines near 80% amid threat of Trump tariffs, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Calgary Herald, 6 February 2025

Hybrid Attacks Rise on Undersea Cables in Baltic and Arctic Regions, by Gabriella Gricius, The Jamestown Foundation, 5 February 2025

Arctic Connections, Episode 5: Threats Through, To, and In the North American Arctic, an interview with Whitney Lackenbauer, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, 5 February 2025

Guns For Hire: Private Security and Mercenary Industries in China and Russia, by Sergey Sukhankin and Peace Ajirotutu, The Jamestown Foundation, 3 February 2025

The great paradox of the North, by Mathieu Landriault and Jean-François Savard, Policy Options, 3 February 2025

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: The great paradox of the North, by Mathieu Landriault and Jean-François Savard, 3 February 2025

Turning the world on its head: Trump returns, by Whitney Lackenbauer, NNSL, 2 February 2025

Canada imposes 25% tariffs in trade war with US, featuring Chris Sands, BBC News, 2 February 2025

Trade War Or USMCA Upgrade: One Or The Other, But Not Both, by Chris Sands, Wilson Center, 1 February 2025

Why Getting Greenland’s Mineral Riches Won’t Be Easy, featuring Marc Lanteigne, Wall Street Journal, 1 February 2025

’Awake, Chaos: We Have Napped’: Security Order and Disorder in the Arctic, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 1 February 2025

January 2025

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Turning the World on its Head: Trump Returns, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 24 January 2025

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Survey finds Canadians overwhelmingly support building Arctic infrastructure, by Mathieu Landriault and Jackson Walling, 20 January 2025

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: A Canadian-European Security Consensus, by Gabriella Gricius, 14 January 2025

Political uncertainty could derail major carbon capture project: experts, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Calgary Herald, 9 January 2025.

Trump’s Greenland flirtation is clumsy geopolitics, by Andreas Østhagen, Aftenpoften, 8 January 2025.

How do you feel about Trump’s talk of annexation? an interview with Andrea Charron, CBC News Winnipeg, 8 January 2025.

Canada’s National Quantum Strategy, an interview with Kristen Csenkey and Ben Johnson, CDSN Battle Rhythm, 8 January 2025.

Donald Trump has reopened his bid to seize Greenland. Here’s why it’s not an empty threat, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 8 January 2025.

China’s Arctic Presence Worries U.S. Ahead of Trump’s Return, featuring Marc Lanteigne, Newsweek, 8 January 2025.

Trudeau Resignation and Future of U.S.-Canada Relations, an interview with Christopher Sands, C-SPAN, 7 January 2025.

Justin Trudeau, Resigned. What Next for US – Canadian Relations? by Christopher Sands, Wilson Center, 7 January 2025.

Canadian oil stocks climb as industry absorbs news of Trudeau resignation, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Financial Post, 6 January 2025.

’Things got really crazy’: The shocking untold story of the Chinese spy balloon, featuring Andrea Charron and Nicholas Glesby, National Post, 6 January 2025.

Russia reasserts ‘blood right interest’ over unclaimed underwater Arctic ridge, featuring Whitney Lackenbauer, Nunatsiaq News, 2 January 2025.

December 2024

The public policy echo chamber, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 20 December 2024.

Canada falls short on NORAD obligations, military readiness, report says, featuring Andrea Charron, The Globe and Mail, 19 December 2024.

China’s Quest for Supremacy Moves into Space, featuring Marc Lanteigne, Newsweek, 18 December 2024.

Kazakhstan eyes EU’s green supply gap, by Sergey Sukhankin, PE Media Network, 18 December 2024.

Ship traffic steadily increasing in Canadian Arctic waters, researchers say, featuring Frédéric Lasserre, CBC News, 17 December 2024.

America’s exposed northern flank? Trump should push Canada on Arctic defense, featuring Christopher Sands, Must Read Alaska, 17 December 2024.

Arctic shipping season shrinking despite reduced ice coverage, conference hears, featuring Jackie Dawson, Nunatsiaq News, 17 December 2024.

Trump’s ‘51^st state’ trolling aimed at putting Canada ‘off balance,’ says expert, an interview with Christopher Sands, CBC News, 15 December 2024.

Threats and Vulnerabilities in Canada’s Arctic, an interview featuring Andrea Charron, CDA Institute, 13 December 2024.

Expanding Horizons: UAE’s Strategic Foray into the Arctic, by Nima Khorrami and Andreas Østhagen, The Arctic Institute, 10 December 2024.

’Meet Me in the Middle’: Iceland’s Next Government Coalesces, by Marc Lanteigne, Eye on the Arctic, 9 December 2024.

CBC News Network’s Chris Glover speaks with Arctic Security expert Whitney Lackenbauer, an interview featuring Whitney Lackenbauer, CBC News, 9 December 2024.

Alaska-Greenland mission, an interview featuring Rob Huebert, CTV News Calgary, 9 December 2024.

Canada’s Arctic Foreign Policy, an interview featuring Andrea Charron, CBC News, 9 December 2024.

A smarter approach to Canada’s net-zero competitiveness, by Bentley Allan and Heather Exner-Pirot, The Hub, 6 December 2024.

Canada’s Arctic Foreign Policy, an interview featuring Rob Huebert and Whitney Lackenbauer, CDA Institute, 8 December 2024.

Canada’s new Arctic Foreign Policy includes opening consulates, boosting presence, an interview featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 6 December 2024.

Canada launches new Arctic Foreign Policy, an interview featuring Rob Huebert, CTV News, 6 December 2024.

How prepared is Canada for the military threats we face? an interview featuring Rob Huebert and Mathieu Landriault, Toronto Star, 6 December 2024.

Will Canada’s new Arctic foreign policy be worth the wait? by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Hill Times, 2 December 2024.

Trump Tariff Threats: To What End? by Christopher Sands, Wilson Centre, 2 December 2024.

November 2024

The greatest threat to the Canadian Arctic is security, not sovereignty, by Rob Huebert, The Hill Times, 30 November 2024.

Canada is an energy superpower. It’s time to remind America and act like it, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Hub, 28 November 2024.

What Trump’s return means for Canada’s Arctic commitments, by Rob Huebert, The Hub, 26 November 2024.

Who and what is under the ice in Canada’s Arctic? an interview with Adam Lajeunesse, The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge, 26 November 2024.

Russia Prioritizes Icebreakers in Scramble for Arctic (Part Two), by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 25 November 2024.

Russia Prioritizes Icebreakers in Scramble for Arctic (Part One), by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 25 November 2024.

Something to be Thankful For, Canada, an interview with Christopher Sands, The Crux, 22 November 2024.

One trillion reasons why oilsands benefit Canada’s economy, by Heather Exner-Pirot and Bryan Remillard, Edmonton Journal, 21 November 2024.

Canada braces for rocky relations with new White House, by Will Greaves, National Observer, 21 November 2024.

Telling the whole story about boosting Canada’s defence spending, by Jackson Walling and Mathieu Landriault, The Hill Times, 20 November 2024.

Past Need Not Be Prologue: Applying the Lessons of History to NATO-Russia Relations in the Arctic, by Kari Roberts, The Arctic Institute, 19 November 2024.

Plans for a new RCAF operating base at Edmonton airport, an interview featuring Rob Huebert, CBC Edmonton, 18 November 2024.

Sino-Russian Partnership in the Arctic and the Far East Reflect Joint Security Interests (Part Two), by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 18 November 2024.

Sino-Russian Partnership in the Arctic and the Far East Reflect Joint Security Interests (Part One), by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 14 November 2024.

Completing transactions, building relationships – Lessons from Indigenous equity deals in the oil and gas sector, by Justin Borque and Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 14 November 2024.

Kazakhstan’s First NPP: Economics and Geopolitics, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 13 November 2024.

Canada must step up and partner with Northern European allies for Arctic Security, by Alex Dalziel, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 12 November 2024.

A Sharp Right Turn: The Arctic Faces Trump 2.0, by Marc Lanteigne, Over The Circle, 9 November 2024.

Exploring Canada-US Arctic Relations: UNCLOS, Boundaries, and Cooperation, an interview featuring Andrea Charron, Arctic360, 8 November 2024.

Arctic security looms large as a Canada-U.S. flashpoint, by Rob Huebert, The Hub, 8 November 2024.

Negotiating the Beaufort boundary with the U.S. can serve as an example to the world, by Adam Lajeunesse and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Policy Options, 8 November 2024.

Navigating US-Canadian Relations Through Stormy Waters, by Christopher Sands, The Wilson Center, 7 November 2024.

Canada and the Three Seas Initiative: Energy security through nuclear co-operation, by George Christdis and Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 7 February 2024.

Canadian government already bracing for potential Trump tariffs, an interview with Chris Sands, CBC News, 3 November 2024.

Arctic Circle 2024: Days of Insecurity, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 2 November 2024.

A New President: Navigating Canada-U.S. Relations Post-Elections 2024, an interview featuring Christopher Sands, Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, 1 November 2024.

October 2024

Space Security is Here and Now, an interview with Jessica West, 25 October 2024.

Beyond the Bed for a Night: The Limits of Humanitarianism for Responding to Domestic Climate Disasters, a presentation by Will Greaves for the Climate Change Displacement Dialogue, 23 October 2024.

Why does Ottawa’s green investing guidebook snub natural gas and nuclear? by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 23 October 2024.

Kazakhstan pauses prospective application to BRICS, by Sergey Sukhankin, Jamestown Foundation, 23 October 2024.

Cultural exchanges may be the ‘life support’ that the Canadian dream needs, by Andrew Parkes and Joanne Archibald, TheHub, 22 October 2024.

Central Asia: An emerging battlefield for strategic minerals, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Lowy Institute, 21 October 2024.

You Don’t Know Where to Go: Indigenous Communities Facing Canada’s Climate Disasters, an interview with Will Greaves, Migration Matters, 20 October 2024.

Prevention Doesn’t Win Votes: Confronting Climate Challenges in Canada, an interview with Will Greaves, MigrationMatters, 20 October 2024.

What the ICE PACT Means for Canadian Industry and Arctic Security, an interview with Adam Lajeunesse, CDA Institute, 18 October 2024.

Northern Europe’s national security lessons for Canada, by Alex Dalziel, iPolitics, 18 October 2024.

How Russia’s War Machine Keeps Raking in Money, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Cipher Brief, 15 October 2024.

The Foreign Desk: Strange borders, an interview with Rob Huebert, Monocle, 12 October 2024.

The best climate policy? More Canadian commodities, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Hub, 11 October 2024.

Russian Disinformation Targets the European Union, by Sergey Sukhankin, Jamestown Foundation, 2 October 2024.

Carrots, sticks, and the near-Arctic state narrative: China’s influence strategies in the Arctic, an interview with Adam Lajeunesse, PolarGeopolitics, 1 October 2024.

Political leadership poses critical problem in conflict between Iran and Israel, featuring Rob Huebert, GlobalNews, 1 October 2024.

September 2024

It’s time for Canada to get serious about economic security, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 30 September 2024.

Arctic Realpolitik: Germany’s Northern Strategies in a Time of Turning Points, by Marc Lanteigne, Over The Circle, 29 September 2024.

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: China and the “Pressing Need” for Investment and Defence in the Arctic, by Marc Lanteigne and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 27 September 2024

Energy Security Cubed: The Cyber Security Problems of Military Electrification, an interview with Kristen Csenkey, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 26 September 2024.

Russia’s Disinformation Campaign in North America Becomes Smarter and More Flexible, by Sergey Sukhankin, Jamestown Foundation, 25 September 2024.

Can Ottawa Adjust to the New Washington Consensus on Trade? by Christopher Sands and Xavier Delgado, Wilson Center, 24 September 2024.

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Resolving the Beaufort Sea Dispute: The Timing is Right, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Suzanne Lalonde, 24 September 2024

Arctic Critical Minerals: Canada’s Strategic Interest, an interview with Heather Exner-Pirot and Suzanne Lalonde,” CDA Institute, 17 September 2024.

Russian Orthodox Church Recruits African Students for Moscow’s War in Ukraine, by Sergey Sukhankin, Jamestown Foundation, 16 September 2024.

Ensuring Taiwan’s Security, featuring Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 14 September 2024.

Identifying impacts, reducing risks, and finding solutions to global climate change, by Jackie Dawson, InnovationNews, 12 September 2024.

As Diplomacy Falters, Banning Weapons in Space Is More Crucial than Ever, by Jessica West, CIGI, 6 September 2024.

Russia’s New Maritime Collegium Inaugurated in Renewed Focus on Arctic Policy, by Sergey Sukhankin, Jamestown Foundation, 4 September 2024.

Will Russia violate the Antarctic Treaty? by Sergey Sukhankin, The Lowy Institute, 4 September 2024.

2024 DOD Arctic Strategy: Secure U.S. Arctic interests through enhancing, engaging, and exercising, by Troy Bouffard, TheWatch, 4 September 2024.

Global Diplomacy for the Arctic, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Issues in Science and Technology, 4 September 2024.

Sino-Russian Military Cooperation: Scenes from the Arctic, by Marc Lanteigne, The Prospect Foundation, 3 September 2024.

The Ties and Knots that Bind Canada and the United States, by Christopher Sands, Wilson Center, 1 September 2024.

How the RCN Can Mitigate Vulnerabilities When Adopting Autonomous Vessels and Vehicles: Considerations for the Royal Canadian Navy, by Kate Todd, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, September 2024.

August 2024

The Global Arctic: Security & Cooperation, an interview with Heather Exner-Pirot, ArcticCircle, 27 August 2024.

Meeting in Arkhangelsk the Sibylline development of the Russian Arctic,”featuring Frederic Lassere, PolarJournal, 27 August 2024.

Securing the future – Canada’s deep geological repository for nuclear waste, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 26 August 2024.

Russia’s War Economy Wilts Under Sanctions as Measures Become More Targeted, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 20 August 2024.

Canada’s next submarine fleet likely to be foreign built as Navy faces timeline crunch, say defence experts, featuring Adam Lajeunesse, The Hill Times, 14 August 2024.

“Medium Risk, Medium Reward,” featuring Thomas Hughes, CDSN Battle Rhythm, 14 August 2024.

Between Myth and Reality: Soviet Legacies in the Russian Arctic, by Alina Bykova, E-International Relations, 14 August 2024.

Moscow Capitalizes on Wins from Recent Prisoner Swap, by Sergey Sukhankin, Jamestown Foundation, 13 August 2024.

Securing the North: NORAD, China, and the Future of Arctic Policy, an interview with Whitney Lackenbauer, CDA Institute, 8 August 2024.

Canadian tariffs on Chinese EVs should look like the United States’, not Europe’s, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 7 August 2024.

Canada Can Lead by Saying No to Armed Satellites, by Jessica West, CIGI, 6 August 2024.

A very, very high priority, featuring Andrea Charron, ActualNewsMagazine, 2 August 2024.

Canadian warship shadowed Chinese vessels off Alaska last month, National Defence says, an interview with Rob Huebert, CBCNews, 1 August 2024.

Canadian Climate Change Policy Inventory Methodology, by Katharina Koch et. al, University of Calgary School of Public Policy, 1 August 2024.

Canada in the global energy transition, by Heather Exner-Pirot and Alexander Dalziel, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 1 August 2024.

Myths of Svalbard Geopolitics Debunked by Researcher, featuring Andreas Østhagen, High North News, 1 August 2024.

Canadian warship shadowed Chinese vessel off Alaska last month, National Defence, featuring Rob Huebert, 1 August 2024.

July 2024

How Canada Is Defending the Place With No Dawn, featuring Whitney Lackenbauer, Bloomberg, 29 July 2024.

Autonomous Vessels Are Revolutionizing Naval Warfare: Can Canada Keep Up? by Kate Todd, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 22 July 2024.

China’s Expanding Arctic Ambitions Challenge the U.S. and NATO, featuring Marc Lanteigne, Newsweek, 21 July 2024.

Why Chinese warships near Alaska signal growing naval projection – and a message to NATO, featuring Marc Lanteigne and Troy Bouffard, South China Morning Post, 18 July 2024.

Canada Institute Experts React to the Washington NATO Summit, featuring Andrea Charron, Wilson Center, 18 July 2024.

What’s ahead for Canada’s first female defence chief? Observers warn of ‘glass cliff’, featuring Charlotte Duval-Latnoine, Ottawa CityNews, 17 July 2024.

Nuclear industry deserves praise for the way it searched for waste-disposal site, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 16 July 2024.

360 View of America’s “ICE Pact” Polar Icebreaker Partnership with Canada and Finland, by Heather Exner-Pirot et. al, WilsonCenter, 16 July 2024.

Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast is a dagger aimed at the heart of Europe. But Canada can help blunt the threat, by Sergey Sukhankin, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 16 July 2024.

TC Energy’s US $15B Keystone XL claim thrown out by trade tribunal, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Calgary Herald, 16 July 2024.

Icebreaker Chess? A New Polar Shipbuilding Deal Amongst NATO Members, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 14 July 2024.

Has NATO outlived its purpose? an interview with Andrea Charron, CBC News, 12 July 2024.

Canada’s purchase of Inuvik hangar applauded by northerners and Arctic security experts, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 11 July 2024.

Chinese Navy Ships in Close Encounter off U.S., featuring Marc Lanteigne, Newsweek, 11 July 2024.

Melting sea ice was supposed to help Arctic shipping, but new research says otherwise, featuring Jackie Dawson, CBC News, 11 July 2024.

Hidden Harms: Human (In)security in Outer Space: Consultation Report, by Jessica West and Vaishnavi Panchanadam, Project Ploughshares, 10 July 2024.

Transformation of Caspian Sea Region Into Energy Hub Gaining Momentum (Part Two), by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 9 July 2024.

The Evan Bray Show – military grooming rules, an interview with Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, 980 CJME AM, 9 July 2024.

US pressures Canada about NATO commitments, featuring Rob Huebert, Voice of America, 9 July 2024.

Svalbard: Another Flashpoint of Arctic Tensions – Analysis, featuring Andreas Østhagen, Eurasia Review, 9 July 2024.

Canada faces pressure at Nato summit for riding on ‘coattails’, featuring Christopher Sands, BBC, 9 July 2024.

Why We Fight Over Canadian Defense Spending, by Christopher Sands, Wilson Center, 8 July 2024.

Unique piece of Arctic land goes on auction, featuring Andreas Østhagen, The Citizen, 4 July 2024.

Carignan named Canada’s defence chief, first woman to hold top military post, featuring Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, VictoriaNews, 3 July 2024.

Professional Conduct & Culture, by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, DND/CAF 101 Substack, 2 July 2024.

Seeing energy policy only through the lens of climate change? That time is over, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 2 July 2024.

On the Coast with Gloria Macarenko: The future of LNG in B.C., CBC News Radio, an interview with Heather Exner-Pirot, 2 July 2024.

Oasis No More? Svalbard and Contested Arctic Strategies, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 1 July 2024.

June 2024

Foreign Interference in Canada – What we learned from NSICOP, featuring Alexander Dalziel, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 28 June 2024.

Svalbard and Geopolitics: A Need for Clarity, by Andreas Østhagen, The Arctic Institute, 25 June 2024.

China’s Mineral Dominance: Can the West Catch Up? an interview with Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot, Kitco News,25 June 2024.

Transformation of Caspian Sea Region Into Energy Hub Gaining Momentum (Part One), by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 24 June 2024.

Invisible No More, by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, DND/CAF 101 Substack, 24 June 2024.

If people are not safe, the state is not safe either: How to build human-oriented international relations, by Marc Lanteigne, SapereAude,20 June 2024.

Ottawa, Saskatchewan Research Council step in to prevent sale of Canadian rare earth metals to Chinese buyer, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 17 June 2024

Ottawa, Saskatchewan Research Council step in to prevent sale of Canadian rare earth metals to Chinese buyer, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 17 June 2024

One Satellite Crash Could Upend Modern Life, featuring Jessica West, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024 

A Conversation with Ambassador Hillman, featuring Christopher Sands, Wilson Centre, 14 June 2024

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Greenland’s Widening Arctic Strategies: How Canada Can Respond, by Marc Lanteigne, 8 June 2024

80th anniversary of D-Day, an interview with Andrea Charron, 680 CJOB Winnipeg, 7 June 2024 

No, there are no nukes in space – but we still have a problem, by Jessica West, Project Ploughshares, 5 June 2024 

Chinese scientists are increasingly shaping the future of the Arctic amid China’s rising presence, by Mathieu Landriault, The Conversation, 5 June 2024 

No. 30 | Strategic Competition and the Case for UNCLOS, by Troy Bouffard, Wilson Centre, 4 June 2024

Power and Tension: The Cyber Security Problems of Military Electrification, by Kristen Csenkey and Alexis Rapin, War on the Rocks, 4 June 2024

Ukraine sent special forces to Syria to attack Russians there, revealing a new front to the war: report, featuring Sergey Sukhankin, Yahoo!, 4 June 2024

Washington Hits Russia’s Uranium Industry, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 3 June 2024

May 2024

For sale: unique piece of land in strategic Arctic archipelago, featuring Andreas Østhagen, PHYS, 17 May 2024. 

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Yesterday Might Have Been Better, But Now Must Do: A Response to Rob Huebert on Arctic Sovereignty, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 17 May 2024

China’s shrinking Arctic ambitions are seen as confined largely to Russia, featuring Marc Lanteigne, Voice of America News, 17 May 2024 

Opinion: We’re falling further behind China in critical minerals, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Yahoo Finance, 16 May 2024

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Let’s Get Practical in the Renewed Vision for Canada’s Defence: Thinking through the Real-World Applications of AI, Quantum, and Drone Technologies, by Kristen Csenkey, 15 May 2024

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Enhancing Arctic Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) in Our North, Strong and Free, by Benjamin Johnson, 15 May 2024

Russian Attacks on Ukrainian Critical Infrastructure Become Hybrid Threat to Europe, by Alla Hurska, Jamestown Foundation, 14 May 2024. 

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: “We are undefended”? Andrew Leslie, Arctic Defence, and the need for more sophisticated framing, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 13 May 2024

DeepDive: Canada’s natural resources are a long-neglected ‘golden goose.’ It’s time to change that, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, The Hub, 13 May 2024

Canadian Competitiveness in Resource Development: A Post-Mortem, by Heather Exner-Pirot, 7 May 2024

Estonian Perspectives on the War in Ukraine, by Kate E. Todd, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 1 May 2024 

Clearing The Fog: The Grey Zones of Space Governance, an interview with Jessica West, Centre for International Governance Innovation, 1 May 2024 

Canada’s new Arctic defence policy: Is it too little and too late? by Rob Huebert, 1 May 2024

April 2024

Canada’s Fiscal Laryngitis on the World Stage, by Christopher Sands, Wilson Center, 27 April 2024

Integrating Emerging Technologies in Militaries: A GBA+ Assessment, by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 26 April 2024

How Secure is Canada’s Arctic? an interview with Andrea Charron, The Big Story Podcast, 25 April 2024

The Arctic in International Relations, by Andreas Østhagen, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, 17 April 2024.

India’s Arctic imperative, by Andreas Østhagen and Abhijit Singh, The Hindu, 16 April 2024. 

The end of the Russo-Ukrainian War will not end the state-leveraged mercenary industry in Russia, by Sergey Sukhankin, Private Security Conversations, 10 April 2024

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Arctic Security in Our North Strong and Free: Canada Needs to Get China and Russia Right, by Marc Lanteigne, 10 April 2024

The Current with Matt Galloway, an interview with Rob Huebert, CBC News, 10 April 2024

Billions in New Defence Spending — Why and Will It Even Happen?, an Interview with Rob Huebert, The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge, 10 April 2024 

Canada must follow Europe’s lead on building new energy infrastructure, by Alex Dalziel, The National Post, 7 April 2024

We Need to Be More Vigilant in Our Dealings with China, by Whitney Lackenbauer and Adam Lajeneusse, NNSL, 4 April 2024

NATO marks 75 years, featuring Andrea Charron, CTV News, 4 April 2024

U.S. Northern Military Competition: Closing Arctic Operational Capabilities Gaps, by Troy Bouffard, Norwich University, 3 April 2024

Making Greenland a full part of North America should be a priority for Canada, by Alex Dalziel, Policy Options, 2 April 2024

March 2024

Greenland’s Roles in Arctic Security: Many Paths Leading to One?, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 31 March 2024

Broken Bridge in Baltimore: A Warning for North American Supply Chains, by Christopher Sands, Wilson Center, 29 March 2024

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Will Russia Withdraw from UNCLOS in the Arctic? Situating the Threat, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Sergey Sukhankin, 25 March 2024

Polar Geopolitics Podcast: Arctic Geopolitics and Local Communities, featuring Andreas Østhagen, Arctic Frontiers, 21 March 2024.

Mitigating the impact of climate change and shipping in the Arctic: uOttawa Killam Fellow and local Inuit are taking action, featuring Jackie Dawson, uOttawa, 19 March 2024.

Q&A on the Nexus of Gender and the Environment with Dr. Malgorazata ‘Gosia’ Smieszek-Rice, featuring Malgorazata (Gosia) Smieszek-Rice, The Arctic Council, 19 March 2024.

Arctic Climate Science: A Way Forward for Cooperation through the Arctic Council and Beyond, by Jennifer Spence, Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek-Rice, et al., Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 18 March 2024. 

’From Chancay to Shanghai’: Peru’s Strategic Role in PRC Maritime Strategy, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 15 March 2024.

Canada-Germany Resource Partnership: Challenges and Prospects for the Future of Energy Cooperation, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Kanada mit C, 14 March 2024.

Gender Equality is Back on the Arctic Agenda – This Time For Good? by Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek-Rice, High North News, 9 March 2024.

Russia Hopes to Use Caspian Sea Route to Evade Sanctions, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation – Eurasia Daily Monitor 21, no. 35: 6 March 2024.

Why Canada should care about Russia’s paramilitary involvement in the Middle East, by Sergey Sukhankin, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 5 March 2024.

Over 8,000 soldiers took part in an international military exercise in Alaska, by Ayesha Rascoe, featuring Troy J. Bouffard, NPR, 3 March 2024.

Discussion of the impact of Trump’s threat to NATO regarding defence expenditure of member states, an interview with Rob Huebert, 630 CHED Global with Shayne Ganam, 3 March 2024.

Discussion of Canada’s neglect of its Armed Forces and the Arctic, an interview with Rob Huebert, 640 Toronto Global News with Ben Mulroney, 3 March 2024.

The Canadian Forces Housing Agency and Military Housing, by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, DND/CAF 101, 3 March 2024.

Old Friends Come Back to Canusa Street, featuring Christopher Sands, The CANUSA Street Podcast, 1 March 2024.

February 2024

Why the Arctic matters for Canada’s Security, plus look ahead to what the US election means for Canada, featuring Christopher Sands, The Raitt Stuff – CIBC Capital Markets, 26 February 2024

Breaking the Ice, featuring Marc Lanteigne, The Wire China, 25 February 2024

China’s fifth research station in Antarctica sparks concerns about its ambitions, featuring Marc Lanteigne, The Straits Times, 25 February 2024

Russia-Ukraine war enters its 3rd year. What’s next? Experts weigh in, featuring Andrea Charron, CBC News, 23 February 2024 

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: ‘Cause It’s Always Been a Matter of Trust’: The Limits of China-Russia Cooperation in the Arctic, by Marc Lanteigne and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 23 February 2024

Asking the Tough Questions on Ukraine, featuring Gabriella Gricius, The Wilson Center, 23 February 2024

Ukraine needs our support now more than ever, by Alexander Dalziel, The Hub, 23 February 2024

Chine: des “millices d’entreprise” pour préserver l’ordre social, featuring Marc Lanteigne, France24, 22 February 2024

A China-Russia Arctic Alliance? Not So Fast, by Marc Lanteigne, The Diplomat, 21 February 2024

Putin is tightening his grip over what’s left of the Wagner Group, featuring Sergey Sukhankin, Business Insider, 17 February 2024

Trudeau stresses importance of working with next U.S. president, no matter who wins, featuring Christopher Sands, CityNews, 16 February 2024

Conservatives would cut foreign aid, reform procurement to fund military, featuring Andrea Charron, The Globe and Mail, 15 February 2024

Russia suspends funding for the Arctic Council: Wake up Call NOT death knell, by Jennifer Spence, High North News, 15 February 2024

Pollievre would ‘work towards meeting’ 2-per-cent NATO target, featuring Andrea Charron, The Globe and Mail, 14 February 2024

Why critical minerals are key to Canada’s global influence, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Hub, 12 February 2024

Scandinavia is Preparing for War, featuring Andreas Østhagen, Foreign Policy, 9 February 2024

A Sino-Russian Arctic Alliance? by Marc Lanteigne, The Barents Observer, 6 February 2024

Canada’s Emissions Cap Plan Raises Concern Over Asian Energy Supply, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, Bloomberg, 5 February 2024

Den nye stormakten (The New Superpower), by Andreas Østhagen, NRK, 1 February 2024

Without Russia, the Arctic Council Will Not Survive, featuring Malgorzata Smieszek, High North News, 1 February 2024

January 2024

Joe Biden’s natural-gas pause is good politics but bad policy, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 30 January 202

Canadian energy producers dismayed by Biden’s move to pause U.S. LNG approvals, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, MSN, 27 January 2024

War in the Arctic? Researchers debunk three myths about the High North, featuring Andreas Østhagen, Science Norway, 26 Janaury 2024

Russia’s Arctic-Based Oil Mega-Project Struggles to Attract Foreign Investors, by Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation, 24 January 2024

Three Questions for Team Canada 2024, by Christopher Sands, Wilson Center, 24 January 2024

Kalingrad’s Economy Buckles Under Sanctions, by Sergey Sukhankin, 17 January 2024

As the Arctic Ice Melts, Could a New Kind of Cold War Be Coming? featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, In the Room with Peter Bergen, 16 January 2024

OPINION: Russian and Chinese naval exercises: Reading between the lines, by Adam Lajeneusse, The Watch, 11 January 2024

US Sanctions Hamper Russia’s LNG Srategy in the Arctic, by Sergey Sukhankin, Jamestown Foundation, 9 January 2024

National Defence promises new supports for male victims of military sexual misconduct, featuring Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, CBC News, 8 January 2024

National Defence vows to get better at helping men who report military sexual misconduct, featuring Charlotte-Duval Lantoine, CBC News, 8 January 2024

Canada and the U.S. compete over claims to Arctic sea floor, featuring Rob Huebert, National Observer, 2 January 2024

How tensions between Russia and the West are mounting in the Arctic, featuring Marc Lanteigne, The Times, 1 January 2024

December 2023

The latest on Ukraine: An update on what’s happening with the Russia-Ukraine conflict, featuring Rob Huebert, CTV News, 18 December 2023

We must seek balance, but cannot lose a shared national story, by Joanne Archibald, The Hub, 12 December 2023

Countering Russia’s hybrid threats in the Arctic, by Gabriella Gricius, European Leadership Network, 8 December 2023

What do pandemics and climate change have in common? They disrupt supply chains, by Jackie Dawson, The Hill Times, 6 December 2023

Indigenous equity and its growing role in Canadian energy and resource development, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 6 December 2023

Getting outer space diplomacy off the treadmill, by Jessica West, Project Ploughshares, 1 December 2023

Maritime Domain Awareness Afloat: An Exciting CCG Pilot Study, by Andrea Charron, Canadian Naval Review, 1 December 2023

November 2023

The State and Future of NORAD, Continental Defence, and Arctic Security, featuring Andrea Charron, Rob Huebert, and James Fergusson, CDA Institute, 23 November 2023

What the 14th Five-Year Plan says about China’s Arctic Interests, by Trym Eiterjord, The Arctic Institute, 23 November 2023

Glencore-Teck deal reveals the irony of coal: Profitable and vital, yet endlessly shunned, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 16 November 2023

Culture Change Beyond Misconduct: Addressing Systemic Barriers, by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 15 November 2023

Canada must stop treating climate disasters like unexpected humanitarian crises, by Will Greaves and Yvonne Su, The Conversation, 12 November 2023

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Climate Change and the Arctic: Canadian Reflections, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 1 November 2023

October 2023

Is peace in the Arctic melting? featuring Andreas Østhagen, BBC News, 22 October 2023

The Arctic Continental Shelf and Canada: What Political Risks? by Mathieu Landriault, RAS-NSA, 17 October 2023

A Second Chance For Washington and Ottawa To Get Energy Infrastructure Right, by Christopher Sands, Wilson Center, 17 October 2023

PRC’s 13th Arctic expedition causing concerns for Russia, by Adam Lajeneusse, The Watch Journal, 6 October 2023

September 2023

Missed Opportunity to Curb Security Threats in Space Leaves All More Vulnerable, by Jessica West, Centre for International Governance Innovation, 29 September 2023

Canada’s governance crisis, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Macdonald Laurier Institute, 28 September 2023

Don’t exclude oil and gas from Indigenous loan guarantees, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Financial Post, 28 September 2023 

Arctic Geopolitics: The Svalbard Archipelago, by Andreas Østhagen, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, 14 September 2023

Canada’s Domestic Policy: What We Must Do Now To Win, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 13 September 2023

Airship ready: Canada should develop zeppelin technology for northern resources sector, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 6 September 2023

A Path to Dialogue: The Arctic for future EU-Russia relations, by Gabriella Gricius and Iren Marinova, The Arctic Institute, 5 September 2023

August 2023

China’s on a relentless mission to control Canada’s Arctic waters, by Rob Huebert, The Globe and Mail, 25 August 2023 

Arctic Security Awakening — A Wake-Up Call for Canada? by Christopher Sands, Wilson Center, 23 August 2023

Partnership or Protectorate?: The State of the Canada-US Defence Relationship, by Christopher Sands, CDA Institute, 17 August 2023

The U.S. Arctic Strategic Evolution Advancing Regional Capabilities and Intent, by Troy Bouffard and Ryan Burke, The Watch Magazine, 1 August 2023.

The Long-Term Militarization of Putin’s Russia, by Rob Huebert, The Watch Magazine, 1 August 2023.

Russia’s War on Ukraine Stalls PRC’s Arctic Momentum, by Marc Lanteigne, The Watch Magazine, 1 August 2023.

Ted Stevens Center Strengthens U.S. Arctic Investment as Soft-Power Complement, by Randy A. Kee, The Watch Magazine, 1 August 2023.

United Front: Allies need concerted messaging in era of strategic competition, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Adam Lajeunesse, The Watch Magazine, 1 August 2023.

July 2023

Small modular reactors represent a significant opportunity for First Nations, by Heather Exner-Pirot and Jesse McCormick, The National Post, 24 July 2023  

NATO to Welcome Sweden into Alliance, featuring Rob Huebert, CTV News, 20 July 2023.

NATO’s latest moves could bottle up much of Russia’s naval power, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 20 July 2023.

NATO grapples with how to support Ukraine, featuring Andrea Charron, The Current on CBC, 11 July 2023.

An Arctic mass rescue is daunting, but Canada is preparing, by Peter Kikkert, Calgary Herald, 4 July 2023

June 2023

Submarines: A Strategic Requirement in a Dangerous World, by Adam Lajeunesse, CGAI, June 2023

Canada has a weak excuse for missing NATO’s largest-ever training exercise, by Rob Huebert, Globe and Mail 22 June 2023.

Showing the Flag: The US Strengthens Its Presence in the Nordic Region, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 12 June 2023

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: A Comment on A Secure and Sovereign Arctic by Thomas Hughes, 2 June 2023

Five Misconceptions in Arctic Security and Geopolitics, by Andreas Østhagen, The Arctic Institute, 1 June 2023

May 2023

‘And in Between, There Are Doors’: Europe, the Arctic, and Shared Spaces, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 18 May 2023

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: What’s a policy without a strategy? by Andrea Charron, 5 May 2023

April 2023

Sous-investissement militaire, et changement de cap pour le troisième lien, mettant en vedette Stéphane Roussel, Radio Canada, 19 avril 2023

Ottawa to negotiate schedule for new icebreakers as existing fleet nears end of life, featuring Rob Huebert, The Globe and Mail, 10 April 2023

Ottawa struggles to keep up with fallout from explosion of international sanctions, featuring Andrea Charron, National Post, 6 April 2023

Interview with Les Klapatuik, the president of ILS, about the airport hangar for sale in Inuvik and the Arctic security, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 5 April 2023

US Department of Defense Working on Updated Arctic Strategy, featuring Troy Bouffard, High North News, 5 April 2023

La Finlande grossit les rangs de l’OTAN, mettant en vedette Stéphane Roussel, La Presse, 4 avril 2023

March 2023

Is Alberta Oil Ethical? Heather Exner-Pirot in Alberta Views, by Heather Exner-Pirot, MLI, 31 March 2023

US and Canada to Step up Arctic Capabilities with Over-the-Horizon Radar and Facilities for F35, featuring Rob Huebert, High North News, 27 March 2023

The Current with Matt Galloway, featuring Andrea Charron, 24 March 2023

Ottawa and Washington near deal on migrants crossing into Canada, featuring Andrea Charron, Toronto Star, 23 March 2023

Chinese Marine Scientific Research in the Arctic The History and Legal Framework, Adam Lajeunesse and Suzanne Lalonde, Naval Association of Canada, 23 March 2023

Biden visit puts Canadian defence spending, Norad modernization back under microscope, featuring Andrea Charron, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 March 2023

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: Water woes: Will the Canadian Government’s $214 million in funding ensure Iqaluit can have a sustainable source of safe drinking water? by Jay Dion, 20 March 2023

Better late than never: Trudeau finally gets a home-turf visit from U.S. president, featuring Andrea Charron, Canadian Press, 19 March 2023

Ottawa formally adds Quebec-based Davie to shipbuilding plan after years of lobbying, delays, featuring Rob Huebert, National Post, CTV News, 16 March 2023

Canada at crossroads on submarines as cost, need butt heads and allies press ahead, featuring Adam MacDonald and Rob Huebert, Toronto Star, 14 March 2023

Arctic security is critical. Is Canada ready to stand on guard?, featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer, CityNews, 13 March 2023

Disaster response is straining Canada’s military. Training citizens might be the solution, featuring Peter Kikkert, The Narwhal, 6 March 2023

Our oilsands tortoise may outlast the Americans’ shale-oil hare: Heather Exner-Pirot in the Financial Post, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 6 March 2023

Climate change threatens Canadian security, prosperity, warns stark spy agency brief, by Jim Bronskill, featuring Wilfrid Greaves, Canadian Press, 5 March 2023

Les recherches des restes de l’objet volant abattu au Yukon sont suspendues, mettant en vedette Andrea Charron, L’aquilon, 3 mars 2023

Reports: Canada Found, Retrieved Chinese Spy Buoys in Arctic, featuring Rob Huebert, Voice of America, 1 March 2023

Activists Say They Drilled Holes in CGL Pipeline, Sabotaged Materials, featuring Will Greaves, The Tyee, 1 March 2023 

February 2023

Inflation, security still impacting Nunavut one year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Nunatsiaq News, 24 February 2023

North Americans Need to Understand the Importance of NORAD, by Andrea Charron, CDA Institute Expert Series, 24 February 2023

Canadian military says it has tracked, stopped China surveillance in Arctic waters, featuring Adam Lajeunesse, CBC News, 22 February 2023

China’s Balloons Draw Attention to an Overlooked Canada-U.S. Partnership, featuring Andrea Charron, The New York Times, 18 February 2023

NAADSN QUICK IMPACT: NORAD’s Aerospace Warning Mission: Reflections on Recent Incursions, by Nicholas Glesby, 17 February 2023

Canada’s politicians, researchers say flying objects raise concerns about Arctic security, by Emily Blake, featuring Andrea Charron and Adam Lajeunesse, Canadian Post, 16 February 2023

Les objets volants soulignent la nécessité d’améliorer la sécurité dans l’Arctique, mettant en vedette Adam Lajeunesse, Courrier Frontenac, 16 février 2023

‘Wake-up call:’ Flying objects raise concerns about Arctic security, featuring Adam Lajeunesse, CityNews Everywhere, 16 February 2023

Q&A — 3 more flying objects shot down over Canada, U.S. What’s going on? featuring Andrea Charron, CBC Kids News, 15 February 2023

‘Lighter than air’ featuring Andrea Charron, Politico, 14 February 2023

NORAD’s value is on full display as flying objects shot down over North America, by Andrea Charron, The Conversation, 13 February 2023

La guerre de l’Arctique: le Grand Nord canadien est une véritable passoire face à la Russie, mettant en vedette Rob Huebert, le journal de Montreal, 12 février 2023

L’armée canadienne au courant de la surveillance chinoise en Arctique depuis 2022, mettant en vedette Adam Lajeunesse, Radio-Canada, 13 février 2023

Ce n’est plus un incident isolé, mettant en vedette Rob Huebert, La Presse, 12 février 2023

For the oil patch, ‘just transition’ is buzzword legislation, not sound economics, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Globe and Mail, 6 February 2023

Why wasn’t the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down over Canada? featuring Andrea Charron, CTV News, 6 February 2023

Ottawa tight-lipped on details as Canada, U.S. call out China over balloon, by Lee
Berthiaume, featuring Rob Huebert, CTV News, 3 February 2023

USA Plan for Potential Arctic Confrontations with “Northern Strike” Exercise, featuring Rob Huebert, High North News, 1 February 2023

January 2023

Sovereignty: International Legal and Political Perspectives, by Rosemarie Kuptana, 21 October 2022, released 26 January 2023.

Ukraine War Caused Ottawa to Realize Military Lacks Key Equipment What Else Could be Lacking? featuring Rob Huebert, The Epoch Times, 24 January 2023

Why Michigan is trying to shut down Canada’s Enbridge Line 5 pipeline, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, BBC News, 15 January 2023

Canadian F-35s … Finally, by Timothy Choi, Canadian Naval Review Broadsides, 11 January 2023

Morning Update: Ottawa finalizes purchase of F-35 fighter jets, featuring
Rob Huebert, The Globe and Mail¸10 January 2023

Canada finalizes $19-billion purchase of F-35 fighter jets, by Ian Bailey, featuring Rob Huebert, The  Globe and Mail, 9 January 2023

NORAD needs a consistent commitment, by Andrea Charron, The Winnipeg Free Press, 9 January 2023

Amid tumultuous times, NORAD needs a consistent Canada-U.S. commitment, by Andrea Charron, The Conversation, 5 January 2023

December 2022

The return of the great power politics in the Arctic and renewed threat of nuclear war, by Rob Huebert, The Hill Times, 7 December 2022

We need science in support of discovery and sovereignty in Canada’s Arctic, by Jackie Dawson, The Hill Times, 7 December 2022

When Powers Fail: Russia, Ukraine and the New Arctic Geopolitics, by Wilfrid Greaves, War Room – U.S. Army War College, 1 December 2022

November 2022

Northern Rangers convene for first time in three years amid broader discussions on Arctic security, by Meaghan Brackenbury, featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer, CBC News, 29 November 2022

Indo-Pacific strategy adds more pressures to navy amid ship, sailor shortages, by Lee berthiaume, featuring Adam MacDonald and Timothy Choi, Global News, 28 November 2022

After much fanfare, Canada has hardly used the Sergei Magnitsky Law to target human-rights abusers, by Steven Chase, featuring Andrea Charron, The Globe and Mail, 24 November 2022.

Discussion on Auditor General Report on Canadian surveillance capability in the Arctic, featuring Rob Huebert, CHED Radio, 17 November

Trending Now – News on the Strike in Poland, featuring Andrea Charron, CHCH News, 15 November 2022

Auditor General Finds Aging Icebreakers, Aircraft Hamper Monitoring of Arctic Waters, by Bob Weber, featuring Rob Huebert, The Canadian Press, 15 November 2022 

Canada Must Get Serious about the Russian Threat, an interview with Rob Huebert, CDA Institute, November 2022

‘We Simply Cannot Ignore North American Defense’: NORAD Modernization, Integrated Air/Missile Defence, & North Warning System Update, an interview with James Fergusson, CDA Institute, November 2022

Why a Small Shipyard Merger Could Signal Bigger Problems for the US Military, by Justin Katz, featuring Timothy Choi, Breaking Defense, 14 November 2022

Arctic Power Play: High North and High Stakes, by Megan Robinson and Jeff Semple, featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Rob Huebert, Global News, 12 November 2022

New Additions to Canada’s Russian Sanctions Have Modest Canadian Assets, Data Suggests, by Richard Raycraft, featuring Andrea Charron, CBC News, 12 November 2022

Does the Arctic Council Make Sense Without Russia? by Heather Exner-Pirot and Evan T. Bloom, National Post, 10 November 2022

NAADSN Quick Impact: Norwegian Arctic Perspectives, by Evind Vad Petersson, 8 November 2022

Can Canada Afford to Defend the Arctic? Featuring Rob Huebert, The Agenda with Steve Paikin, 2 November 2022

Transformative Arctic Innovation is Possible – With Smart Investments, by Heather-Exner Pirot, Madeleine Redfern, and Jessica Shadian, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 2 November 2022

Security Challenges of Climate Change for Northern Indigenous Communities and Resolving Boundary Issues in the Arctic, an interview with Will Greaves, CDA Institute, November 2022

October 2022

NAADSN Quick Impact:  Arctic Circle 2022: The Outside World Keeps Walking In, by Marc Lanteigne, 23 October 2022

NAADSN Quick Impact:  Rosemarie Kuptana’s comments on the Polar Imperatives – Politics and the Environment Panel, by Rosemarie Kuptana, 22 October 2022

Arctic peers warn ‘no return’ to prewar times as Russia frozen from circumpolar talks, by Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press, 19 October 2022

China and the ‘Two Arctics’ by Marc Laneigne, The Diplomat, 18 October 2022

Communist Party’s 20th Congress gets under way, offering clues to China’s future, by Sébastian Seibt, featuring Marc Lanteigne, France 24, 15 October 20222

The Arctic Climate Double Standard Which Lets Russia and China To Exploit Oil and LGN, by Roslyn Layton, featuring Marc Lanteigne, Forbes, 14 October 2022

Defence Deconstructed: The Future of the Canadian Coast Guard, featuring Timothy Choi with David Perry, The CGAI Podcast Network, 14 October 2022

Expertise is political, not neutral, by Gabriella Gricius, The Loop, 13 October 2022

Liberals keep ‘putting names’ on sanctions lists, with no backup or transparency, critics say, by Anja Karadeglija featuring Andrea Charron, National Post, 13 October 2022

Senate committee studying Arctic security in response to Chinese, Russian interest in region, by Luke Carroll, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 11 October 2022

Russia to blame for NATO’s growth, say Nordic nations seeking to join, Panel with Ambassadors of Sweden and Finland join Denmark and Norway, moderated by Rob Huebert, University of Calgary, 7 October 2022

US Department of Defense Establishes Arctic Strategy Unit, by Astri Edvardsen, featuring Iris Ferguson and Andreas Østhagen, High North News, 4 October 2022

How Russian isolation due to its Ukraine invasion has halted Arctic co-operation, featuring Mathieu Landriault and Paul Minard, The Conversation in The National Post, 4 October 2022

Facing foreign conflicts, domestic disasters, Canada’s top soldier worries about readiness, by Christian Paas-Lang, featuring Peter Kikkert, CBC News, 2 October 2022

Should Canada have a dedicated disaster response force? Featuring Peter Kikkert, CBC News: The House, 1 October 2022

September 2022

From Ukraine to the Arctic: Russia’s Capabilities in the Region and the War’s Impact on the North, by Malte Humpert, featuring Troy Bouffard, Rebeccca Pincus, and Andreas Østhagen, High North News, 28 September 2022

NATO needs to play a bigger role in the Arctic. And Canada needs to let it, by Heather Exner-Pirot and Robert W. Murray, National Post, 20 September 2022

August 2022

U.S. to name ambassador-at-large for Arctic region, by Eilís Quinn, featuring Troy Bouffard, Radio Canada International, 29 August 2022

The Baffinland saga highlights the precarious balance between the environment and development in Nunavut, by Heather Exner-Pirot, Globe and Mail, 26 August 2022

NATO Chief Wraps Up Canadian Visit, with Tony Grace featuring Timothy Choi, CTV News, 26 August 2022

NATO chief warns Canada that Russia, China have designs on the Arctic, by Murray Brewster, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 26 August 2022

Russian invasion of Ukraine has Canada and NATO looking north, by Raisa Patel, featuring Rob Huebert, Andrea Charron, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Toronto Star, 26 August 2022

Russia’s war on Ukraine has put Arctic defence back on Canada’s agenda. Here’s why by Bob Weber, featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Will Greaves, Global News, 25 August 2022

Arctic Ambition, with Aarti Pole, featuring Timothy Choi, CBC News, 25 August 2022

Security in Canada’s Arctic, podcast with Kate Todd, featuring Andrew Bresnahan, NATO Association of Canada, 26 August 2022

NATO chief’s first visit to Canadian Arctic to focus on Russia, climate change, by Lee Berthiaume, featuring Andrea Charron and Rob Huebert, National Post, 24 August 2022

Canadian Rangers celebrate 75 years in their birthplace – Dawson City, Yukon, by Avery Zingel, featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer, CBC News, 22 August 2022

Prime Minister, NATO secretary general to visit Nunavut, with spotlight on Arctic defence, by Jane George, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 22 August 2022

Russia’s naval doctrine may call for challenging the West, but does it have the shipyards? by Justin Katz, featuring Troy Bouffard, Breaking Defence, 19 August 2022

First steel on sixth Arctic offshore patrol ship to be cut Monday, by Aaron Beswick, featuring Adam Lajeunesse, Saltwire, 12 August 2022

Canadian frigates not involved in NATO naval task forces for first time since 2014, by Lee Berthiaume, featuring Timothy Choi and Adam MacDonald, The Globe and Mail, 8 August 2022 

Control Over Arctic Ocean Top Priority Of New Russian Naval Doctrine, by Malte Humpert, featuring Rob Huebert, High North News, 4 August 2022

What does Russia’s new naval doctrine mean for Canada in the Arctic? with Ben O’Hara-Byrne featuring Rob Huebert, A Little More Conversation, 3 August 2022

Russia outlines ambitions for crucial areas like the Arctic in new naval doctrine, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News Network, 1 August 2022

July 2022

Every Region of Canada is Vulnerable to Climate Insecurity, an interview with Will Greaves, CDA Institute Expert Series, 2022

What Security Threats Do Russia and China Pose to Canada’s Arctic? featuring Rob Huebert, The News Forum, 27 July 2022

Questions about Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic, with Reshmi Nair and Scott MacArthur, featuring Rob Huebert, NewsTalk 1010, 27 July 2022

Arctic waters have always been in Russia’s interest, featuring Rob Huebert, BNN Bloomberg, 6 July 2022

June 2022

Rethinking Arctic security following the Ukranian-Russian war, by Rob Huebert, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 30 June 2022 

Inuit Nunangat needs a community public safety officer program, by Calvin Avigak pedersen, Peter Kikkert, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Policy Options, 27 June 2022

China claiming “near Arctic” status like the Scandinavian countries, by Jaqueline Deeon, featuring Marc Lanteigne, ScandAsia, 27 June 2022

It’s time for Canada to get serious about defence, by John Ibbitson, featuring Rob Huebert and Jim Fergusson, The Globe and Mail, 25 June 2022

Parallel Paths for Space Sustainability, by Jeff Foust featuring Jessica West, SpaceNews, 24 June 2022

NORAD upgrades a ‘good move’ for northern security, says Nunavut MP, files from Cindy Alorut, Elyn Jones and Murray Brewster featuring Jim Fergusson and Rob Huebert, CBC News, 22 June 2022

Under Attack From China, US May Not Defend Canada From Russian & Chinese Ballistic Missiles – Lawmakers, by Sakshi Tiwari, featuring Troy Bouffard, EurAsian Times, 22 June 2022

NAADSN Quick Impact: Beginning NORAD’s Next Chapter? by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Ryan Dean, 21 June 2022

NORAD upgrade reignites debate over missile defence, by Steven Chase featuring Troy Bouffard, The Globe and Mail, 21 June 2022

Few details as Liberals promise billions to upgrade North American defences, by Lee Berthiaume, featuring Andrea Charron, The Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 2022.

‘Most significant upgrade’: Canada pledges $4.9B over six years for NORAD modernization, by Anja Karadeglija, featuring Rob Huebert and Jim Fergusson, Montreal Gazette, 20 June 2022

Expectations high as Canada prepares to reveal plan for aging North American defences, by the Canadian Press, featuring Andrea Charron, Campbell River Mirror, 20 June 2022

NAADSN Quick Impact: The Underpants Gnomes of Arctic Sovereignty, by Adam Lajeunesse, 18 June 2022

Denmark’s gunboat diplomacy over Hans Island a warning for future Arctic conflicts, by Rob Huebert, The National Post, 15 June 2022

And Then There Were Seven: The Arctic Council Carries On Minus Russia, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 12 June 2022

NAADSN Quick Impact: Arctic Security and Emergency Preparedness: Opportunities to Improve Coordination and Bolster Resilience, by Whitney Lackenbauer, 10 June 2022

Canada looks to charter research vessel as it awaits $1B replacement ship, by Paul Withers, featuring Timothy Choi, CBC News, 9 June 2022

May 2022

Arctic Maritime Security – ‘Wait, it’s always been militarized?’ The Royal Danish Navy in the Arctic, by Timothy Choi, Strife Blog, 31 May 2022

Russian media pushing “business-as-usual” narrative in Arctic despite sanctions, say media researchers, by Eilís Quinn, featuring Mathieu Landriault, Eye on the Arctic, 30 May 2022

Canada’s ability to maintain adequate defence in the Arctic requires more than counting equipment, by Thomas Hughes, The Hill Times, 30 May 2022

Time for Inuit Nunangat community safety program, by Calvin Pedersen, Peter Kikkert, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Nunatsiaq News, 28 May 2022

NATO has a chance to step back from the edge of a nuclear abyss, by Ernie Regehr, The Globe and Mail, 24 May 2022

‘Nor Night Nor Day No Rest’: Arctic Diplomacy Divided (and United), by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 21 May 2022.

US Army Alaska is Making a Huge Transformation to be the Army’s Arctic Force, by Hilde-Gunn Bye featuring Troy Bouffard, High North News, 16 May 2022

Les visions divergent quant aux priorités de sécurité dans l’Arctique canadien, par Mathieu Gobeil avec Magali Vullierme, Regard Sur L’Arctique, 13 mai 2022

The DEW Line at 65: Future unclear for the North’s aging radar sites, by Paul Tukker featuring Adam Lajeunesse and Rob Huebert, CBC News, May 10, 2022

NAADSN Quick Impact: The CAF and Domestic Operations: NAADSN Members’ Opening Comments to the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence, by Wilfrid Greaves and Peter Kikkert, 9 May 2022

The Canadian Rangers at 75: The Eyes and Ears of the North, by Eilís Quinn featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Peter Kikkert, Radio Canada International, 2 May 2022

NAADSN Quick Impact: From ‘As Needed’ To Baseline Duty: Debating the Role of the Canadian Armed Forces in Domestic Emergency Response, by Adam P. MacDonald, 2 May 2022

April 2022

Canadian, U.S. defence ministers highlight aid to Ukraine, but mum on Norad’s future, by James McCarten featuring Andrea Charron, Global News, 28 April 2022

To what extent does Russia present a real threat to Canada’s Arctic? by Emily Blake featuring Adam Lajeunesse and Rob Huebert, Cabin Radio, 27 April 2022

Andreas Østhagen address the Canadian senate, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 26 April 2022

The nuclear renaissance is an opportunity for Canada. Will we seize it?, by Heather Exner-Pirot, The Ottawa Citizen, 25 April 2022

Is Canada abandoning collective security in favour of a new isolationism?, by Rob Huebert, Policy Options, 22 April 2022

Researchers want to hear Northern Manitobans’ ideas about infrastructure needs and opportunities, by Ian Graham featuring Katharina Koch, Thompson Citizen, 21 April 2022

Why freezing the Arctic Council is bad news for global security, by Gabriella Gricius, Arctic Today, 20 April 2022

How the war in Ukraine has altered the Arctic’s regional dynamics, by Gabriella Gricius, Responsible Statecraft, 18 April 2022

Did Chrystia Freeland just commit Canada to Russian regime change? by Rob Huebert, The National Post, 13 April 2022

Polar Opposites? Greenland’s New Coalition Government by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 10 April 2022

By spending more on defence, the true north concedes it must be stronger if it wants to stay free, by Bartley Kives, featuring Andrea Charron, CBC News, 10 April 2022

Federal budget ‘underwhelming’ when it comes to Arctic security, analyst says, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC News, 8 April 2022

Arctic Security: Will Canada’s federal budget deliver for NORAD? by Ellis Quinn, featuring Andrea Charron and Jim Fergusson, Eye on the Arctic, 7 April 2022

Housing market initiatives, defence spending key takeaways for Manitobans in 2022 federal budget: experts, by Sarah Petz and Bartley Kives, featuring Andrea Charron, CBC News, 7 April 2022

Defence getting billions of dollars in new money from Thursday’s budget: source, by Murray Brewster featuring Rob Huebert and Jim Fergusson, CBC News, 6 April 2022

The Current with Matt Galloway featuring Will Greaves, CBC, 5 April 2022

Canadian Forces in desperate need of new spending, procurement follow-through, experts say, by Christian Paas-Lang, featuring Andrea Charron, CBC News, 2 April 2022

Canada to the defence, CBC Radio’s The House, featuring Andrea Charron, 2 April 2022.

‘Now is the time for us to act’: Why Canada needs to update it’s Northern defence system, the Alan Carter Radio Program featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer, AM 640 (Toronto), 1 April 2022

March 2022

Could Canada’s Arctic defence line detect a rocket from Russia? Not anymore, critics say, by Jacques Gallant, featuring James Fergusson and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 31 March 2022

NAADSN Quick Impact: Framing Arctic Security: NAADSN Members’ Opening Comments to the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, contributions from Wilfrid Greaves, Rob Huebert, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Suzanne Lalonde, Andreas Østhagen, and Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, March 2022

Why is the Arctic important to Russia? featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer, TRT World Now, 29 March 2022

The EU must re-think its Arctic relationship with Russia, Andreas Raspotnik and Andreas Østhagen, EURACTIV, 28 March 2022

NAADSN Quick Impact: Russian International Aggression and the Arctic: Why Strong, Secure, Engaged Remains Relevant, by Ryan Dean and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, March 2022

The End of an Exceptional History: Re-Thinking the EU-Russia Arctic Relationship, by Andreas Raspotnik and Andreas Østhagen, E-International Relations, 23 March 2022

NAADSN Quick Impact: Conceptualizing Arctic Security in an Era of Strategic Competition: A Canadian Perspective by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, opening comments for a panel on “Allieredes perspektiver” and the hearings on  “NATO’s rolle i Arktis” organized by the Center for Military Studies at the University of Copenhagen and Folketingshøring, Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark, 23 March 2022.

Canada’s Arctic security moves to forefront after Russian invasion of Ukraine, by Agence France-Presse, featuring Dr. Rob Huebert, Inquire.net, 23 March 2022.

The Liberals’ continued policy of doing as little as possible for Ukraine, by Rob Huebert, National Post, 21 March 2022

North Warning System incapable of responding to modern missile technology, defence expert warns, by Stephen Chase, featuring Dr. Rob Huebert, the Globe and Mail, 21 March 2022.

Reimagining Canada’s role in global energy security: Practical considerations for a low carbon transition, Heather Exner-Pirot and Jeff Kucharksi, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 21 March 2022.

As NORAD jets train over the Arctic, experts say it’s time to revamp aging northern defence systems, by April Hudson, featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Rob Huebert, CBC News, 16 Mar 2022

NORAD alerts public of routine training operation in Arctic as Russia continues invasion of Ukraine by Luke Carroll featuring Dr. Rob Huebert, CBC News, 14 March 2022.

NAADSN Quick Impact: Arctic diplomacy and war in Europe, by Andrew Bresnahan, March 2022

Canada, 6 other countries leave Arctic Council over Russia’s war in Ukraine by Bob Weber featuring Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Dr. Rob Huebert, Global News, 3 March 2022.

Climate change threat to Arctic is global issue, says ocean politics expert by Hajar Al Khouzaii, featuring Dr. Rob Huebert, Calgary Journal, 4 March 2022.

Canada: Ukraine’s Crucial Ally, recorded event hosted by the Wilson Centre and the Canada Institute, featuring Dr. Christopher Sands, 4 March 2022. 

Arctic Council nations are ‘pausing’ work after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, by Melody Schreiber featuring Troy Bouffard, Arctic Today, 3 March 2022.

Bases militaires réactivées: des armes russes à nos portes, by Anne Caroline Desplanques featuring Dr. Rob Huebert, le Journal de Montréal, 1 March 2022.

February 2022

How does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affect you? What questions do you have?, Cross Country Checkup with Ian Hanomansing featuring Dr. Rob Huebert, CBC,  27 February 2022.

War in Ukraine has implications for Arctic co-operation, climate change research, featuring Dr. Rob Huebert, CBC News, 24 February 2022.

Why The U.S. Is Falling Behind In Arctic Shipping, featuring Gabriella Gricius, CNBC, 16 February 2022.

January 2022

Joe Edward Crowther, Thawing the tension: U.S.-Greenland relations and climate change (non)securitization, University of Victoria, 27 January 2022.

In a dangerous world, Canada is unprepared on every front. It needs to come to its own defence by John Ibbitson featuring Dr. Andrea Charron and Dr. Rob Huebert, Globe and Mail, 14 January 2022.

December 2021

Canada must do its part to defend the Arctic. That requires F-35 purchases and NORAD modernization by Dr. Rob Huebert, the Globe and Mail, 28 December 2021.

Rob Huebert, Canada has a role in Arctic security amid nuclear arms dilemma, The Hill Times, 8 December 2021.

Whitney Lackenbauer, How long-awaited ‘transformative investments in infrastructure’ could address civilian and security needs in the Canadian Arctic, The Hill Times, 8 December 2021.

Peter Kikkert, Emergency management must be central to climate change response in the North, The Hill Times, 8 December 2021.

Magali Vullierme, Cultural Understanding and Dialogue within the Canadian Armed Forces: Insights from Canadian Ranger Patrols, The Northern Review, 52, December 15, 2021.

Jean-François Savard, Emmanuel Saël, and Mathieu Landriault, How Representations of Inuit Issues in Parliamentary Committees Reveal a Specific Policy Dynamic, The Northern Review, 52, December 15, 2021.

Indigenous resource development opportunities and Canada’s Arctic, by Stewart Muir and Margareta Dovgal featuring Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot, Resource Works’ Cause & Affect, 8 December 2021.

November 2021

To cope with natural disasters, we need a Canadian Resilience Corps, by Peter Kikkert, Ottawa Citizen, 25 November 2021

As more nations eye the Arctic as a strategic resource, what is the U.S. military’s plan? | Alaska Insight, by Lori Townsend featuring Dr. Troy Bouffard, Alaska Public Media, 12 November 2021.

NAADSN Quick Impact: Military Emissions Reporting: An Opportunity for Proactive Canadian Leadership, by Christina Bouchard, November 2021

Russia Wants to Keep Status as Arctic Superpower, Says Expert, by John Grady, featuring Troy Bouffard, USNI News, 5 November 2021.

Dr. Andrea Charron and Dr. James Fergusson, NORAD’S Maritime Warning Role: Origins and Future, Canadian Naval Review, 17(20), November 2021. 

October 2021

Russia’s ‘Re-Exploration’ of Siberia and the Far East: Tools, Plans, Ambitions (Part Two), by Dr. Sergey Sukhankin, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 18 (162), 26 October 2021.

Russia’s ‘Re-Exploration’ of Siberia and the Far East: Tools, Plans, Ambitions (Part One), by Dr. Sergey Sukhankin, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 12 (161), 25 October 2021.

Canadian Justice | Why We Need to Protect Canada’s Arctic Region, featuring Dr. Rob Huebert and Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer, The News Forum, 24 October 2021.

Defence Deconstructed: Arctic Stability and Climate Change, by David Perry, featuring Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot and Dr. Will Greaves, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 15 October 2021.

NAADSN Quick Impact: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Rangers’ Maritime Role: An Unclear Proposal, by Peter Kikkert and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, October 2021

The Inuit knowledge vanishing with the ice, featuring Dr. Jackie Dawson, BBC, 11 October 2021.

Forget the subs—let’s talk about the info and tech sharing in AUKUS, by Kristen Csenkey, The Hill Times, 6 October 2021.

Crude quarrel: Canada invokes treaty to negotiate fate of Line 5 pipeline with U.S., featuring Dr. Christopher Sands, Global News, 5 October 2021.

Canada formally invokes 1977 treaty in bid to prevent Line 5 shutdown, featuring Dr. Christopher Sands, The Detroit News, 4 October 2021.

September 2021

Is Canada Prepared To Defend Against Submarine and Surface Threats in the Arctic? featuring Dr. Rob Huebert, The News Forum, 27 September 2021.

Does Canadian military need Britain’s help to defend the Arctic? featuring Dr. Rob Huebert, Global News, 27 September 2021.

Andreas Østhagen & Clive H. Schofield, An ocean apart? Maritime boundary agreements and disputes in the Arctic Ocean, The Polar Journal, 24 September 2021.

Britain offers Canadian military help to defend the Arctic, featuring Dr. Rob Huebert, CBC News, 24 September 2021.

U.S. Defense Department appoints a leader for its new Arctic security center featuring Randy “Church” Kee, Arctic Today, 23 September 2021.

Sergey Sukhankin. Kaliningrad in the Post-Crimea Russia. A Bastion or a Weak Link? French Institute of International Relations, Russie.Nei.Visions, no. 124, 2021.

Homeland Security should prioritize climate security, Indigenous primacy in its Arctic strategy, by John Pennington and Troy Bouffard, Anchorage Daily News, 15 September 2021.

Next government needs to modernize NORAD, address cyber threats, by Kristen Csenkey, The Hill Times, 1 September 2021. 

August 2021

US icebreaker departs on a voyage that will transit the Northwest Passage, featuring Rob Huebert, Arctic Today, 26 August 2021. 

Alaska-based Military Assets Not Participating in Afghanistan Evacuation, Pentagon Says, featuring Troy Bouffard, KUAC, 26 August 2021

Cost of used icebreakers Ottawa is buying from Quebec shipyard approaches $1B mark, featuring Rob Huebert, CTV News, 11 Aug 2021. 

Opinion: The Trudeau government can no longer ‘freeze out’ pro-development First Nations, by Heather Exner-Pirot, National Post, 11 Aug 2021

Entire Alaskan Communities are Sinking into the Ocean— And Many Can’t Move Inland, by Gabriella Gricius, New America, 4 August 2021 

July 2021

North America’s Arctic radar shield is due for an upgrade, featuring Andrea Charron, The Economist, 31 July 2021 

Le Canada affirme sa souveraineté en Arctique, featuring P. Whitney Lackenbauer, L’Aquilon, by Nelly Guidici, 22 July 2021.

More to warships than money: building Surface Combatants in Canada a strategic choice, by Timothy Choi, The Hill Times, 7 July 2021. 

Disrupt: A Revolutionary Critical Podcast, by Gabriella Gricius and Bridgett Neff-Hickman,  Disrupt RCP, 2021. 

June 2021

Ban on commercial fishing in central Arctic Ocean comes into force, featuring Jackie Dawson, Nunatsiaq News, 28 June 2021 

The Russian Arctic Council Chairmanship: National Security Considerations in the Shadow of Regional Cooperation, by Troy Bouffard and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Russian Analytical Digest no. 269, 27 June 2021.

The Impact of the Post-Arms Control Context and Great Power Competition in the Arctic, by Nancy Teeple, The Arctic Institute, 22 June 2021 

What Do Russia’s Ambitions Mean for the Stability of the Arctic Council? by Troy Bouffard, CDA Institute, 20 June 2021. 

What the Biden-Putin summit means —and doesn’t mean— for Arctic cooperation, featuring Troy Bouffard and Heather Exner-Pirot, ArcticToday, 18 June 2021

The Arctic’s Securitization, by Gabriella Gricius, Inkstick Media, 17 June 2021

Sino-Qatari LNG Deal: A New Phase for Doha-Beijing Relations? by Sergey Sukhankin, Gulf International Forum, 16 June 2021.

What Does Climate Change in the Arctic Have to do with Property Rights? by Gabriella Gricius, New America, 16 June 2021. 

Most Indigenous people support resource development: poll, by John Desjarlais Jr. and Heather Exner-Pirot, iPolitics, 14 June 2021

Fisheries Disputes: The Real Potential for Arctic Conflict, by Jen Evans and Andreas Østhagen, The Arctic Institute, 3 June 2021. 

How Canada Can Prepare for the Quantum Threat, by Nina Bindel and Kristen Csenkey, CDA Institute, 2 June 2021. 

May 2021

Understanding UNDRIP: Challenges to legislating the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, featuring Heather Exner-Pirot, The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 26 May 2021. 

What Can We Expect From the New Canadian Surface Combatant? by Timothy Choi, CDA Institute, 26 May 2021.

Taking the Geopolitical Temperature of the Arctic: Four Things to Watch, by Gabriella Gricius, Modern War Institute, 1 June 2021

Alternative Approaches to Arctic Security, featuring Gabriella Gricius, The Arctic Institute Bookshelf Podcast, 26 May 2021

Protecting Canada and improving cyber defence: three challenges, by Kristen Csenkey, The Hill Times, 24 May 2021.

The Arctic Council Goes Back to Basics, by Marc Lanteigne, Over the Circle, 21 May 2021 

With U.S. climate drama behind them, can the Arctic Council turn the page in Reykjavik? featuring Troy Bouffard, Eye on the Arctic, 19 May 2021. 

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism Book Presentation: Prevention of Terrorist Attacks part II, featuring Dr. Shannon Nash, ICCT, 18 May 2021.

As Arctic Council chair passes to Russia, ‘we could see a very friendly bear,’ expert says, featuring Whitney Lackenbauer, Nunatsiaq News, 17 May 2021.

Canada to build two polar icebreakers for High Arctic operations, featuring Timothy Choi, Radio Canada International, 6 May 2021.

Canada and Japan move to expand security cooperation in Indo-Pacific, featuring Rob Huebert, CBC Radio, 4 May 2021. 

With or Without You: Arctic Security Dialogue is Meaningful Even Without Russia, But Here’’s How to Involve Moscow in the Future— And Why We Should, by Troy Bouffard and Elizabeth Buchanan, Modern War Institute, 4 May 2021. 

April 2021

The Fight over the Melting Arctic – The Evolving Arctic Security Environment, featuring Rob Huebert, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 12 April 2021. 

Sea Control 244: Establishing an Arctic Security Institution, featuring Troy Bouffard, Centre for International Maritime Security, 25 April 2021

UNDRIP legislation turning into a distraction from real action on Indigenous self-determination, by Heather Exner-Pirot, iPolitics, 19 April 2021

Arctic Great Power Competition: The United States, Russia and China, by Gabriella Gricius, Global Security Review, 12 April 2021

‘You cannot claim any more:’ Russia seeks bigger piece of Arctic, featuring Whitney Lackenbauer and Rob Huebert, CBC News, 11 April 2021  

IOGs Policy Crunch – Innovation in the Arctic, featuring Rob Huebert, Institute on Governance, 6 April 2021

US, Canada team up for ‘historic Arctic patrol’, featuring Troy Bouffard, Daily News-Miner, 6 April 2021

March 2021

How creating an Armed Forces Indigenous community assistance program would pay off, by Peter Kikkert, Policy Options, 31 March 2021

The case for restraint and diplomacy as China turns towards the Arctic, by Gabriella Gricius, Responsible Statecraft, 25 March 2021 

Icebreaker USCGC Healy to Navigate Northwest Passage This Summer, featuring Troy Bouffard, KNOM Radio Mission, 25 March 2021

U.S. homeland defence strategy underlines Canada’s importance, featuring Andrea Charron and Rob Huebert, 20 March 2021, Radio Canada International

Arctic intersection: Alaska, the US and China, featuring Troy Bouffard, Alaska News Source, 19 March 2021

Geopolitical Implications of New Arctic Shipping Lanes, by Gabriella Gricius, The Arctic Institute, March 18, 2021.

U.S. Army unveils Arctic strategy as relations with Russia plunge into deep freeze, featuring Troy Bouffard, Eye on the Arctic, 17 March 2021

Arctic high on the agenda of Blinken’s phone call with Danish FM, featuring Troy Bouffard, Eye on the Arctic, 15 March 2021

US Coast Guard announces plans to transit the Northwest Passage this summer, featuring Troy Bouffard and Rob Huebert, 12 March 2021, ArcticToday. 

U.S. Coast Guard to send icebreaker through Northwest Passage with Canada’s consent, featuring Troy Bouffard, Eye on the Arctic, 12 March 2021

Defence Deconstructed: The Different Aspects of Shipbuilding, featuring Timothy Choi, 5 March 2021, The CGAI Podcast Network

The EU’s new Arctic Policy: Lessons from human security and the European Green Deal by Gabriella Gricius, European Leadership Network, March 2021 

February 2021

Investment in Arctic Initiatives Serves U.S. National Interests by Maj Gen Randy “Church” Key, Bloomberg, 26 February 2021

Long-Awaited TBO Report Arrives by Timothy Choi, Canadian Naval Review, February 2021

NAADSN Quick Impact: Sending a Message: Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremist Groups and Canadian Terrorist Entity Listings, by Shannon Nash, February 2021

Great Decisions 2021: The Fight Over the Melting Arctic with Rob Huebert, February 2021

OP ED: Is it time for a new concept of seapower?, by Rob Huebert, 2021 Cutting the Bow Wave, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea, February 2021

Indigenous Representation in National Security, by Gabriella Gricius in Defense 360, February 2021

NAADSN Quick Impact: Canada’s National Interests and Challenges to Adopting the Nuclear Ban Treaty, by Nancy Teeple, February 2021

January 2021

China Wants to Invest in the Arctic. Why Doesn’t Canada? Featuring Petra Dolata and Adam Lajeunesse, The Walrus, 29 January 2021.

Russia’s COVID Blinders: Arctic Policy Changes or Lack Thereof, by Gabriella Gricius,The Arctic Institute, 19 January 2021 

NAADSN Quick Impact: Positioning Russia in the Circumpolar Arctic: Narrative, (De)Legitimizing Discourses, and a Framing Environment, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Troy Bouffard, January 2021

NAADSN Quick Impact: Assessing the US Navy’s Arctic Blueprint, by Adam Lajeunesse and Timothy Choi, January 2021

NAADSN Quick Impact: Canada’s New Arctic Drone in Context, by Timothy Choi, January 2021

New U.S. Arctic strategy focuses on ‘day-to-day competition’ with Russia and China, featuring Rob Huebert and Troy Bouffard, 7 January 2021, Radio Canada International

December 2020

Zero emissions by 2050 may be too late for Canada’s North, featuring Andrew Chater, iPolitics, 31 December 2020

Russian hypersonic ‘Dagger’ demands rethink of North American defences, experts say, featuring Nancy Teeple, Rob Huebert, and James Fergusson, 21 December 2020, Radio Canada International

How a Biden administration can strengthen U.S. Arctic Security, by Troy Bouffard, 18 December 2020, Arctic Today

Canada can promote transparency to form and strengthen norms as opportunities expand in outer space, by Alexander MacDonald, 16 December 2020, The Hill Times

Arctic Competition: Military Buildup and Great Power Competition, Foreign Policy, 14 December 2020

Arctic Borders in a Global Context, featuring Andrew Chater and Karen Everett, The Arctic Institute, 8 December 2020

Exxon Valdez 2.0? Trump oil plan sparks fears, featuring Troy Bouffard, 8 December 2020, E&E News, written by Heather Richards

A goldmine in Nunavut is the most recent local point of a longstanding debate: Is Canada doing enough to protect its interest in the North? Featuring Petra Dolata, CBC The House, 5 December 2020

November 2020

Canada’s adaptation to evolving NORAD and NATO roles, by Nancy Teeple, 18 November 2020, The Hill Times

NAADSN Quick Impact: Nunavut’s Infrastructure Gap Report: Insights into Critical Infrastructure in Canada’s Arctic, by Christina Bouchard, November 2020

October 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: The Trauma of Terrorism: Strengthening Preparedness and Resilience, by Shannon Nash, October 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: The Potential for Arctic Collective Security: Fundamental Challenges, by Troy J. Bouffard, October 2020

September 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: The Canadian Army in a Changing North American Defence and Security Environment, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, September 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: Responding to the Hardening the SHIELD: A Credible Deterrent and Capable Defense for North America, by Andrea Charron, September 2020

The High-Tech Future of North American Defense, featuring Andrea Charron, 11 September 2020, The Wilson Center’s Canada Institute

NAADSN Quick Impact: The Canadian Rangers, “Watching for Illegal Immigrants”, and Far-Right Extremism, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, September 2020

How US foreign policy is failing in the Arctic, by Gabriella Gricius, Responsible Statecraft, 9 September 2020

Beyond the North Warning System, by Andrea Charron, 7 September 2020, War on the Rocks

August 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: Permanency, Reassurance, and Quiet Diplomacy: The Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD) at Eighty, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, August 2020

The North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network, Battle Rhythm Podcast featuring an interview with Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer, August 19 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: Gaps and Bridges: The Case for American Polar Icebreakers, by Peter Kikkert, August 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: Governing the Future(s) of Emerging Technologies in Canada, by Kristen Csenkey and Nina Bindel, August 2020

July 2020

Appointment of U.S. Arctic co-ordinator may signal more muscular American policy, featuring Troy Bouffard and Rob Huebert, July 31 2020, CBC News, written by Levon Sevunts

NAADSN Quick Impact: Are Chinese Submarines Coming to the Arctic? by Adam Lajeunesse and Timothy Choi, July 2020

What we know so far about the Rideau Hall intruder, featuring Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer, July 3, 2020, CBC News, written by Laura Glowacki

NAADSN Quick Impact: Canadian public opinion and defence spending – Possible implications for continental defence modernization, by Mathieu Landriault and Praneel Gayan, July 2020

June 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: Russia’s New State Policy on Nuclear Deterrence: Implications for North American Defence, by Nancy Teeple, June 2020

May 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: We Cannot Deter What We Cannot Detect, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Ryan Dean, May 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: The U.S. Withdrawal from Open Skies: Implications for the Arctic, by Troy Bouffard and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, May 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: Custos Borealis: The Fiftieth Anniversary of Northern Region Headquarters / Joint Task Force (North), by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, May 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: “Russian Arctic Military Exercise Draws Awe and Concern” … and Promotes Misconceptions about the Canadian Armed Forces and Threats to the Canadian Arctic?, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Adam Lajeunesse, May 2020

Russian Arctic military exercise draws awe and concern, featuring Andrea Charron and Rob Huebert, May 11, 2020, CBC News, written by Murray Brewster

Les Rangers : une réponse communautaire à la COVID-19 en régions isolées, by Peter Kikkert, 1 May 2020, Radio-Canada

April 2020

Arctic Security and Defence, featuring Mathieu Landriault and Andrea Charron, April 15, 2020, CGAI Battle Rhythm Podcast

The Canadian Rangers, community resiliency, and COVID-19, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Peter Kikkert, April 15

March 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: Blackjack Diplomacy, by Ryan Dean and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, March 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: Will Budget 2020 take the Canadian North seriously?, by Mathieu Landriault and Andrew Chater, March 2020

February 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: Le Nord canadien sera-t-il enfin pris au sérieux dans le prochain budget?, by Mathieu Landriault and Andrew Chater, February 2020

NAADSN Quick Impact: Quelle nouvelle structure de gouvernance pour l’Arctique, by Mathieu Landriault, February 2020

Here Comes Trouble: How to worry sensibly in the 21st Century, featuring Andrea Charron, 13 February 2020, CBC Radio

January 2020

A Melting Arctic: Impact on Arctic Reporting, Shipping and Governance, featuring panelists Eilis Quinn, Alison Cook, and Mathieu Landriault, 30 January 2020, CPAC Public Record

A Melting Arctic: Impact on Military Operations, featuring panelists Lieutenant Commander Sylvain Bernier (Royal Canadian Navy) and Major Conrad Schubert (Joint Task Force North), 30 January 2020, CPAC Public Record

NAADSN Quick Impact: Charron and Fergusson 2% or else, by Andrea Charron and Jim Fergusson, January 2020