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New Foreign and Defence Ministers have big challenges ahead
October 29, 2021
Our blog (now posted early Friday afternoon) examines the daunting challenges facing our newly appointed Foreign and Defence Ministers and how they can rise to successfully meet them. We wish them well!
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Offensive Cyber Operations Endanger Us All
February 19, 2018
There is increasing debate and concern over the actions of states and non-state actors alike in the cyber domain. Annegret Bendiek and Ben Wagner, associates of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), outline key challenges and the dubious utility of offensive cyber operations in their article Making states responsible for their activities […]
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Cyber defences and global rules should be Canada’s focus
June 26, 2017
While Canada’s new defence policy contains a number of problematic initiatives, one particularly concerning area is the decision to develop offensive cyber warfare capabilities. “A purely defensive cyber posture is no longer sufficient. Accordingly, we will develop the capability to conduct active cyber operations focused on external threats to Canada in the context of government-authorized […]
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