National Security Strategy

As interest in Canada’s Arctic grows, so too do questions about how it can be defended. Drawing on firsthand experience from Cold War-era planning, LCol Greg Taylor (Ret'd) examines the operational …

As Canada considers the future of its naval replenishment capability, Cdr(N) Colin Darlington, RCN (Ret’d), examines the case for retaining MV Asterix and the broader question of how many support …

Europe’s energy security may look stable—but beneath the surface, it’s a system shaped more by geopolitics, markets, and luck than strategy. Read Andrzej Fałkowski's insights on the subject.

Andrzej Fałkowski explores how anti-corruption has evolved from a governance issue into a core pillar of national security. Using Ukraine as a case study, he argues that institutional transparency …

Richard Martin challenges the assumption that globalization is the natural end state of economic progress. Instead, he argues it is a historically rare condition—one that emerges only when …

Andrzej Fałkowski explores why technological change is now a decisive factor in national security. He argues that governments must actively shape innovation ecosystems—linking industry, research …

Modern military strength depends not only on weapons and budgets, but on the minerals that make advanced systems possible. Andrzej Fałkowski argues that the real foundation of defence power lies …

As part of RAUSI’s ongoing exploration of how national security strategies translate into real-world outcomes, Andrzej Fałkowski examines one of Europe’s most strategically compressed and …

In this analysis, Andrzej Fałkowski takes readers inside the often opaque machinery of defence decision-making within NATO and the European Union—two institutions that share many of the same …

Many nations. Many strategies. Shared defence. Discover how NATO and the EU make it work.

Our challenges are clear. Our plan is not. Find out why in Canada's Missing Playbook.

In Europe, strategy guards the doorstep. In Canada, it guards the horizon. Discover how proximity to conflict defines national security strategy.

Diplomacy plays out in front of the cameras. Strategy is written behind closed doors. Discover the process in America's Playbook.