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Andrea Charron: Beyond the North Warning System
Stéphane Roussel: Les racines idéologiques des idées complotistes
Centre for Security and Defence Studies: Joint Agile Basing Airpower Seminar (JABAS)
The Operations team is focused on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 in 2021 and is publishing an edited volume reflecting on its impact on the defence of North America with MQUP. As NORAD modernization continues, we evaluate the implications of renewed attention to homeland security for Canada. As well, given the return of great power competition, we will analyse the expectations for NATO - including new missions and perhaps new members.
L'équipe des opérations se concentre sur le 20e anniversaire du 11 septembre 2021 et publie un volume édité reflétant son impact sur la défense de l'Amérique du Nord avec MQUP. À mesure que la modernisation du NORAD se poursuit, nous évaluons les implications d'une attention renouvelée à la sécurité intérieure pour le Canada. De plus, étant donné le retour de la concurrence des grandes puissances, nous analyserons les attentes de l'OTAN - y compris de nouvelles missions et peut-être de nouveaux membres.
Description
Operations will focus on Canadian defence and security issues associated with the Arctic, NORAD and with NATO.
Research:
Assessing capability and security gaps in the Arctic
Challenges of modernization for NORAD
NATO’s approaches to the Arctic
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Dr. Alexander Moens
Director, Canada NATO Field School and Simulation Program at Simon Fraser University
Dr. Andrea Charron
Director, Centre for Defence and Security Studies at University of Manitoba
Dr. Stéphane Roussel
Professeur titulaire, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les relations internationales du Canada et Québec ENAP à Montréal
Recent Publications
Lessons from the Enhanced Forward Presence, 2017-2020 Edited by Alexander Lanoszka Christian Leuprecht and Alexander Moens, NDC Research Paper No.14 – November 2020, NATO Defense College, Rome
Charron, Andrea. 2020. "Beyond the North Warning System" War on the Rocks (7 September)
NAADSN Monograph Series This peer-reviewed series publishes original monographs and edited volumes on Arctic and North American defence and security themes in both English and French in open-access, e-book format.
La Sécurité Arctique 2000-2010 : Une décennie turbulente? by Mathieu Landriault, Peterborough: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network, June 2020.
Canada and the Maritime Arctic: Boundaries, Shelves, and Waters, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Suzanne Lalonde, and Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon. xvii, 196 pp. Peterborough: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network, March 2020.
Custos Borealis: The Military in the Canadian North, by Ken Eyre, edited with an introduction and afterword by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, foreword by BGen Patrick Carpentier. xliii, 351 pp. Peterborough: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network, January 2020.
NAADSN Engage Series This peer-reviewed series publishes short monographs and edited volumes on timely topics related to North American and Arctic defence, security, and safety issues.
On Thin Ice? Perspectives on Arctic Security, edited by Duncan Depledge and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, March 2021.
Shielding North America: Canada’s Role in All-Domain Continental Defence Modernization, edited by Nancy Teeple and Ryan Dean, March 2021.
China’s Arctic Engagement: Following the Polar Silk Road to Greenland and Russia, edited by Justin Barnes, Heather Exner-Pirot, Lassi Heininen, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, March 2021.
Deterrence, Arms Control, and Cooperative Security: Selected Writings on Arctic Security, by Ernie Regehr, June 2020
Возможно ли растопить ледяной занавес? Россия, Канада и вопросы безопасности в меняющейся Арктике, под редакцией П. Уитни Лакенбауэра и Сюзанн Лалонд, Перевод на русский язык под редакцией Андрея Тодорова (May 2020) [Russian translation of Breaking the Ice Curtain? Russia, Canada, and Arctic Security in a Changing Circumpolar World, edited by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Suzanne Lalonde (Calgary: Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 2019).
NAADSN Special Reports
Understanding the Future Arctic Security Environment: Applying NATO Strategic Foresight Analysis to Canadian Arctic Defence and Security, November 2020. [also available in high resolution (58MB) version]
Voices from the Arctic: Diverse Views on Canadian Arctic Security, Dalee Sambo Dorough, Bridget Larocque, Kaviq Kaluraq, and Daniel Taukie, November 2020
Measuring the Success of the Canadian Rangers, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Peter Kikkert, October 2020 [also available in high resolution (75MB) and low resolution (7.3MB) versions]
Using Civil-Military Operations to “Expand and Deepen” Relationships with Northern Communities: Examples from Alaska and Australia, by Peter Kikkert and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, July 2020
NAADSN Strategic Perspectives These brief documents offer fresh perspectives on strategic issues related to North American defence, Arctic security, and implications of major power competition for Canada and its allies.
The Development of the Russian Arctic Council Chairmanship: A Strategic Plan of Preparation and Pursuit, by Troy Bouffard and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, March 2021.
An Opportunity for NORAD Modernization in a Joint CA-US Cyber Component, by Kristen Csenkey and MCpl Dominique Philippe Genest, January 2021. Publié en français avec le Réseau d’analyse stratégique
A Developing Maritime Operational Environment: Forward Presence and Freedom of Navigation in the Arctic, by Troy Bouffard, January 2021
Lessons Learned from COVID-19: Insights for Climate Change Mitigation, by Jackson Bellamy, December 2020
North American Arctic Security Expectations in a New U.S. Administration, by Troy Bouffard, Wilfrid Greaves, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, and Nancy Teeple, November 2020
Cyber Capacity Building in the Canadian Arctic and the North, by Kristen Csenkey and Maj. Bruno Perron, October 2020
Why Fear Russia in the Arctic? Contemplating Scenarios as an Exercise in Assumption-Testing and “Red Teaming”, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, May 2020
China’s Arctic Gambit? Contemplating Possible Strategies, by Ryan Dean and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, April 2020
NAADSN Policy Briefs Short briefings that provide information, succinct analysis, and policy suggestions on specific topics for policy-making and expert audiences.
Threats Through, To, and In the Arctic: A Framework for Analysis, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, March 2021
Arctic Security and Sovereignty through a Media Lens: A Study by Mathieu Landriault, by Praneel K. Gayan, A Brief from Breaking Through: Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic, March 2021
The Case for Traditional Security, by Nicole Covey, A Brief from Breaking Through: Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic, March 2021
An Undeserved Reputation: Revising Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty and Security under the Harper Government, by Ryan Dean, A Brief from Breaking Through: Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic, March 2021
“Understanding the Recent History of Energy Security in the Arctic”, by Jackson Bellamy, A Brief from Breaking Through: Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic, March 2021
Sovereign Futures in an Insecure Arctic, by Carly MacArthur, A Brief from Breaking Through: Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic, March 2021
Enhancing the Canadian Ranger Role in Disaster/Emergency Management (DEM), by Peter Kikkert and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, February 2021
Terrorism and the Terrorized: How the ‘Terrorism’ Label is Informed and Applied to a Violent Attack in Canada, by Shannon Nash, January 2021
L’année arctique 2020, OPSA Revue annuelle, 2020. Pour les chapitres individuels, veuillez cliquer ici
The Arctic and North American Defence, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Troy Bouffard, and Nancy Teeple, December 2020
Arctic Military Development in 2020: Three Key Trends, by Thomas Hughes and Adam P. MacDonald, December 2020
The Pivot from Terrorism in an Era of Renewed Great Power Competition, by Shannon Nash, September 2020
Improving the Canadian Armed Forces’ Recruitment and Retention of Indigenous People: Best Practices from the New Zealand Defence Force, by Jayde Lavoie and Jill Barclay, September 2020
A GBA+ Analysis of the Arctic and Northern Policy Framework – Safety, Security, and Defence Chapter, by Nathalie Poirier, August 2020
Canada and Missile Defence: A New Strategic Context Requires Revisiting Participation, by Nancy Teeple, August 2020
The Canadian Rangers and COVID-19, by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Peter Kikkert, June 2020
Questions soulevées par les impacts de la crise de la COVID-19 sur les Rangers et sur les communautés du Nunavik, by Magali Vullierme, June 2020
Democracy, Donald Trump, and the Canada-US Security Environment, by Wilfrid Greaves, May 2020
Literature Review on Russia’s Strategic Intentions Since 2015, by Andrew Chater, April 2020
Engagement with Inuit People by the Canadian Military via social media, by Mathieu Landriault and Jean-François Savard, March 2020
The Arctic Council: A Key Moment of Challenge, by Andrew Chater, February 2020
Arctic Ironies: American Shaping of an Arctic Regime, by Ryan Dean, January 2020
The Nuances of Geopolitics in the Arctic, by Andreas Østhagen, January 2020
L’année arctique 2019, OPSA Revue annuelle, 2019
U.S. Arctic Messaging in an Era of Renewed Great Power Competition, by Shannon Nash, November 2019
Perspectives européennes sur la sécurité arctique – Une analyse des énoncés de politique arctique de l’Allemagne, la France et l’Écosse, by Mathieu Landriault, November 2019
European perspectives on Arctic security: Analysis of the 2019 policy statements of Germany, France and Scotland, by Mathieu Landriault, October 2019
The Case for a Reimagined NWS, by Andrea Charron, October 2019
NAADSN Policy Primers offer overviews on a specific topic to serve as foundations for further research and/or policy development.
Human Security, Europe, and the Arctic, Gabriella Gricius, February 2021
The Theory and Evolution of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones: Could the Arctic Be Next?, Alexander MacDonald, February 2021
Strengthening Search and Rescue in Nunavut: Approaches and Options, Peter Kikkert and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, January 2021
OP-LASER 2020 – Evaluation des impacts sur les Rangers canadiens & sur les communautés du Nunavik, by Magali Vullierme, January 2021
Geoengineering in the Canadian Arctic: Governance Challenges, by Jill Barclay, January 2021
Climate Change Disinformation and Polarization in Canadian Society, by Jackson Bellamy, December 2020
Mise en œuvre de la DNUDPA: quelques implications pour les Forces armées canadiennes dans l’Arctique, by Nicolas Kempf, November 2020
Some Design Considerations for Arctic-Capable Submarines, by Timothy Choi and Adam Lajeunesse, November 2020
Arctic Airports and Aerodromes as Critical Infrastructure, by Christina Bouchard, November 2020
The Impacts of Climate Change on North American Defence and Security, by Jill Barclay, Jayde Lavoie, Carly MacArthur, and Maria Nallim, September 2020
The NORAD Discussion on Twitter: analysis of themes, trends and social relationships, by Mathieu Landriault and Jean-François Savard, September 2020
Opinions and framing of the North Warning System from the Canadian North, Gabrielle LaFortune and Mathieu Landriault, August 2020
The Continental Defence Debate in the Canadian Public Sphere – Evidence from Traditional Media and Parliamentary Committees, by Mathieu Landriault, Paul Minard, and Praneel Gayan, August 2020
Arctic Highways as Critical Infrastructure, by Christina Bouchard, August 2020
Alternative Energy in the Canadian North, by Jackson Bellamy, August 2020
What is Russia Doing in the Arctic? Documenting Russian Military Actions in the North between 2014 – 2020, by Danielle Cherpako, August 2020, Annex of the data set (Zoom to view)
U.S. Arctic Policy: Threats, Actors, and Outcomes, by Nancy Teeple, April 2020
NAADSN Event Reports
Advancing Collaboration in Canada- US Arctic Regional Security (ACCUSARS) Workshop Report, September 2020
Kitikmeot Roundtable on Search and Rescue – General Report and Findings. Report from a workshop hosted at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, 31 January – 1 February 2020.
The Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD): How Permanent and Joint? Celebrating 80 Years of Cooperation – Post Event Report, 25 February 2020
NAADSN Activity Reports
Arctic Hard Security Taskforce: Summary of the 10 December expert workshop, by Mathieu Boulègue and Dr. Duncan Depledge, March 2021
Voices from the Arctic: Diverse Views on Arctic Security, a reflection of the NAADSN and ISROP co-hosted event, by John Lauzon, November 2020
A Resumption of the Great Arctic Game, a reflection on NAADSN Ideas Series with Dr. Rob Huebert, by Nicole Covey, November 2020
NORAD Modernization Forum Third Report: JADC2/JADO, by Ryan Dean and Nancy Teeple, October 2020
Is it time for Canada to Revisit Missile Defence Participation?, a reflection on NAADSN Ideas Series with Dr. Nancy Teeple, Mr. Ernie Regehr, and Dr. James Fergusson by Alexander MacDonald
NORAD Modernization Forum Second Report: Defeat Capabilities, CDA Institute, by Ryan Dean and Nancy Teeple, September 2020
NORAD Modernization Forum First Report: Awareness and Sensors, CDA Institute, by Ryan Dean and Nancy Teeple, September 2020
Enhanced Crime During COVID-19, Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis, August 2020
Report on the North Star Event: The First US Air Force Arctic Strategy, by Nancy Teeple, July 2020
The North American Arctic: Security Challenges and Opportunities, a reflection on NAADSN Ideas Series with Lindsay L. Rodman, Iris Ferguson, and Andrea Charron by Danielle Cherpako, June 2020
MythBuster, a reflection on NAADSN Ideas Series with P. Whitney Lackenbauer by Ryan Dean, June 2020
Democracy, Donald Trump, and the Future of the Canada-U.S. Security Community, a reflection on NAADSN Ideas Series with Wilfrid Greaves by Nancy Teeple, May 2020
Stickhandling Through Roughing and Interference: How to Position Canada in the Great Power Plays, by Nancy Teeple, April 2020
Sea-ice loss and the Arctic region, by Nathalie Poirier and Mathieu Landriault, January 2020
Fieldnotes from Attending MASS: Report on the 2019 Maritime & Arctic Security & Safety Conference “People & Technology: Making the Connection”, by Ryan Dean, November 2019
Zapad, Vostok, Tsentr: Russian Military Exercises, Alliances and Capabilities, by Mathieu Landriault, Adam MacDonald, and Thomas Hughes, November 2019
The Rise and Fall of the Liberal International Order, by Shannon Nash, November 2019
Reflections from Attending ACSUS, by Andrew Chater, November 2019
Fieldnotes from an Arctic “Bazaar”: Report on the Arctic Circle Assembly, by Whitney Lackenbauer, October 2019
Reflections from the Student Conference on U.S. Affairs 71 (SCUSA), by Dominque Wightman, October 2019
Reflections from the Student Conference on U.S. Affairs 71 (SCUSA), Myles Erickson, October 2019
Reflections from the Inuit Studies Conference, by Mathieu Landriault, October 2019
Arctic Circle 2019: The Arctic Security Environment and ‘Outside’ Actors, by Justin Barnes, October 2019
Recent Publications by NAADSN Members and Postdoctoral and Graduate Fellows
Arctic Security: A Canadian Perspective, by Adam Lajeunesse and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, The Watch Magazine, 23 February 2021
U.S. View: Emerging Information Environment, by Troy J. Bouffard and Dr. Cameron D. Carlson, The Watch Magazine, 23 February 2021
Greaves, Wilfrid, “Democracy, Donald Trump and the Canada-US Security Community.” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 2020, p.1-21.
Chater, Andrew, Wilfred Greaves and Leah Sarson. “Assessing Security Governance in the Arctic.” In Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security, edited by Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Jessica M. Shadian and Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, 43-56. Abigdon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2020. https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Arctic-Security-1st-Edition/Hoogensen-Gjorv-Lanteigne-Sam-Aggrey/p/book/9781315265797
Chater, Andrew. “Security Governance Between Canada and Greenland.” In The North American Arctic: New Trends in Regional Security, edited by Heather Nicol and Dwayne Menezes, 188-199. London, United Kingdom: University College London Press, 2019. https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/126972
Charron, Andrea and James Fergusson. 2019. “Out of Sight, Out of mind NORAD vis-à-vis CANUS Politics” Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. 2 – 15.
Charron, Andrea and James Fergusson. 2019. “Canada and Defence Against Help: The Wrong Theory for the Wrong Country at the Wrong Time.” Canadian Defence: Policy in Theory and Practice Eds. Thomas Juneau and Phillipe Lagassé and Srdjan Vucetic. Palgrave Macmillan: 99-118.
Charron, Andrea, Troy Bouffard and James Fergusson, 2019. “A Tale of Two Russias” in Breaking the Ice Curtain? Russia, Canada, and Arctic Security in a Changing Circumpolar World Whitney Lackenbauer and Suzanne Lalonde (eds) CGAI 61-74.
Charron, Andrea 2019. “Canada, the United States and Arctic Security”, Canada’s Arctic Agenda: Into the Vortex John Higginbotham and Jennifer Spence CIGI 93-102. https://www.cigionline.org/publications/canadas-arctic-agenda-vortex
Charron, Andrea. 2019 “Sovereignty and Command in Canada-US Continental Air Defence, 1940-57′ H-Diplo (March 2019). https://networks.h-net.org/node/28443/reviews/3915985/charron-goette-sovereignty-and-command-canada-us-continental-air
Charron, Andrea and James Fergusson, “Rediscovering the Cost of Deterrence”, CGAI September 2019, https://www.cgai.ca/rediscovering_the_cost_of_deterrence
Charron Andrea (2019). Northwest Passage: status quo persists, Hill Times, 10 June, https://www.hilltimes.com/2019/06/10/the-northwest-passage-nwp-status-quo/202898
Charron, Andrea Canada’s UN submission will (eventually) draw the last lines on the map, The Conversation, 4 June 2019. https://theconversation.com/canadas-un-submission-will-eventually-draw-the-last-lines-on-the-map-118150
Charron, Andrea and Jim Fergusson, with Joseph Jockel, Chris Sands and Joel Sokolsky. NORAD: Beyond Modernization Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba. 2019, 74 pages, Found at: https://umanitoba.ca/centres/cdss/media/NORAD_beyond_modernization_2019.pdf
Dean, Ryan, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Canada and Geostrategy: From C.P. Stacey to Twenty-First Century Arctic Threat Assessment,” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 20, no.1 (2019): 1-64.
Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “A Better Road Map Needed for Arctic and Northern Policy Framework,” Policy Options [online], Institute for Research on Public Policy. 17 September 2019.
Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Bolstering Community-Based Marine Capabilities in the Canadian Arctic.” Canadian Naval Review 15/2 (October 2019): 11-16.
Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy Framework: A Roadmap for the Future?” Arctic Yearbook 2019, eds. Lassi Heininen and Heather Exner-Pirot (November 2019): 332-39.
Kikkert, Peter, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “The Militarization of the Arctic to 1990,” in The Palgrave Handbook of Arctic Policy and Politics, ed. Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd. Cham: Palgrave, 2020. 487-506.
Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, and Suzanne Lalonde, eds. Breaking the Ice Curtain? Russia, Canada, and Arctic Security in a Changing Circumpolar World. Calgary: Canadian Global Affairs Institute, 2019.
Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “‘Global Arctic Leadership’ in an Era of Cooperation and Competition,” in Canada’s Arctic Agenda: Into the Vortex, ed. John Higginbotham and Jennifer Spence. Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2019. 67-73.
Lackenbauer, P. Whitney. “The North’s Canadian Rangers,” in Strengthening the Canadian Armed Forces through Diversity and Inclusion, eds. Alistair Edgar, Rupinder Mangat, and Bessma Momani. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019. 67-86.
Lajeunesse, Adam, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Defence Policy in the Canadian Arctic: From Jean Chrétien to Justin Trudeau,” in Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice, eds. Thomas Juneau, Philippe Lagassé, and Srdjan Vucetic. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. 365-382.
Landriault, Mathieu, Andrew Chater, Elana Wilson Rowe, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer.Governing Complexity in the Arctic Region. International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series. London: Routledge, 2019. 168 pp.
Landriault, Mathieu. Media, Security and Sovereignty in the Canadian Arctic: From the Manhattan to the Crystal Serenity. New York: Routledge, 2019.
Nicol, Heather, Adam Lajeunesse, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, and Karen Everett. “Regional Border Security Management in the Territorial North,” in The North American Arctic: Themes in Regional Security, ed. Dwayne Menezes and Heather Nicol. London: UCL Press, 2019. 134-54.
