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Navigating the Waters: Trade Routes in the Black Sea After 2022
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has severely disrupted one of the world’s most important grain export systems. Before the war, Ukraine relied on Black Sea …
SAFE is not so Safe: The Limits of UK–EU Defence Cooperation
Following Brexit, the defence relationship between the UK and the EU has been relatively unaffected. Yet this relationship has clear limits. As EU defence policy …
Habituation in War: The Appointment of Chrystia Freeland as a Node in Ukraine’s Attritional War Strategy
Freeland’s appointment as voluntary Economic Advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine is being made against the larger and developing backdrop of ongoing …
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Navigating the Waters: Trade Routes in the Black Sea After 2022
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has severely disrupted one of the world’s most important grain export systems. Before the war, Ukraine relied on Black Sea …
Habituation in War: The Appointment of Chrystia Freeland as a Node in Ukraine’s Attritional War Strategy
Freeland’s appointment as voluntary Economic Advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine is being made against the larger and developing backdrop of ongoing …
Canadian-Estonian clean energy partnership signals deepening ties with the Baltics
Canada is demonstrating its utility as an emergent key partner to the Baltics. With the recent partnership between Estonia and Canada regarding developing clean and …
Policy Briefs
SAFE is not so Safe: The Limits of UK–EU Defence Cooperation
Following Brexit, the defence relationship between the UK and the EU has been relatively unaffected. Yet this relationship has clear limits. As EU defence policy …
The Black Sea in 2026: Strategic Manoeuvres and Economic Opportunity
A forward-looking analysis of how rising geopolitical competition in the Black Sea is reshaping regional security, trade routes, and Canada’s role in supporting Ukraine and …
Impact of Digital Technologies upon Strategic Stability: Relevance to Canada
Unlike the relatively static assumptions of mutual vulnerability of Cold War–era stability models, the digital era introduces fluid and adaptive threats. These newly emerging threat …
Black Sea Policy Briefs
The Black Sea in 2026: Strategic Manoeuvres and Economic Opportunity
A forward-looking analysis of how rising geopolitical competition in the Black Sea is reshaping regional security, trade routes, and Canada’s role in supporting Ukraine and …
Canada’s Role in the Black Sea: Mine Countermeasures and Beyond
Canada’s role in the Black Sea Mine Countermeasures Task Force supports regional security by helping clear naval mines and ordnance threatening vital shipping routes. Working …
Foreign Fighters and Regional Security in the Black Sea Region: Policy Imperatives Amid the Russia-Ukraine War
Foreign Terrorist Fighters pose rising risks in the Black Sea amid the Russia-Ukraine war. A new memo urges regional cooperation, with Canadian support to boost …
The Strategic Importance of the Caspian and Black Sea Regions for Europe’s Energy Security
This memo considers the competing geopolitical rivalries of Black and Caspian Sea energy security.
NATO’s Role in the Black Sea Region – Strategic Interests and Challenges
This policy memo assesses the current security landscape of the Black Sea and presents the important strategic value of this region to Russia.
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Navigating the Waters: Trade Routes in the Black Sea After 2022
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has severely disrupted one of the world’s most important grain export systems. Before the war, Ukraine relied on Black Sea …
SAFE is not so Safe: The Limits of UK–EU Defence Cooperation
Following Brexit, the defence relationship between the UK and the EU has been relatively unaffected. Yet this relationship has clear limits. As EU defence policy …
Habituation in War: The Appointment of Chrystia Freeland as a Node in Ukraine’s Attritional War Strategy
Freeland’s appointment as voluntary Economic Advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine is being made against the larger and developing backdrop of ongoing …