Analysis

When conflict looms, does international law fall silent or has it been shaping state behaviour all along? This essay explores how obligations, consent, custom, and evolving accountability mechanisms …

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 …

When do alliance defence obligations actually begin? LJ Howard's analysis explores why waiting for an “armed attack” may undermine deterrence — and why “threat or use of force” offers a …

In this structural analysis, Richard Martin examines how a newly unbound United States and an increasingly unmade Europe collide at the hinge-point of Ukraine—reshaping the future of transatlantic …

Ukraine’s fight for sovereignty is reshaping far more than regional borders. In this sweeping analysis, Richard Martin examines how Ukraine’s political, economic, and civilizational alignment with …

Canada may be entering a new era of strategic coherence. Richard Martin explores how Prime Minister Carney's leadership is redefining sovereignty, defence, and state capacity through the lens of the …

Canada’s latest defence spending plan finally hits NATO’s 2%—but the real story isn’t the number. It’s the strategic shift behind it. Is this a turning point for Canadian sovereignty and …

Ukraine is transitioning from a strategy of conventional defence to one of long-range, decentralized, and psychological disruption of Russian internal stability and deterrent posture. This article …