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National Security

A National Security Strategy for a New Age

October 27, 2026

Alberta’s Real Test Comes After the Polls Close

Andrew Heffernan

October 19, 2026

Foreign Interference Puts Alberta Referendum at Risk

Wesley Wark

October 15, 2026

Fair, Not Favourable Ratings? Africa’s New Credit Rating Agency Opens

October 14, 2026

Data Centres Are Laying the Next Financial Mine

S. Yash Kalash

October 13, 2026

Ruiz-Soler & Araya - Canada-EU Alliance

Geopolitics

Toward a Canada-Europe Alliance: Building a Global Bridge for AI and Digital Infrastructure

October 26, 2026

Alegre, Susie - Neurotech Freedom Thought

The United Nations Has Sounded the Alarm on Mind-Reading Tech

Susie Alegre

October 22, 2026

Thomas; Vincent - Hitting the Right Note

Hitting The Right Note: What AI Can Learn from Music Royalties

October 20, 2026

Events

Emerging Technologies

The Quantum Nexus: A Framework for Canadian Strategic Advantage in a Contested Domain

Oct 21, 2026 - 12:00 PM EDT (UTC–04:00)

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Intellectual Property

9th Annual IP Data & Research Conference | 9e Conférence annuelle sur la recherche et les données en PI

Oct 26, 2026 - 9:00 AM EDT (UTC–04:00)

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26

Fifth Annual Workshop on Digital Governance in China

Nov 3, 2026 - 2:00 PM PST (UTC–08:00)

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Publications

Monetary Sovereignty in an Age of Digital Money

Timothy Lane

October 8, 2026

Science Diplomacy and Africa’s Quantum Horizon: Beyond Economic Development

Michael P. A. Murphy

September 9, 2026

Middle-Income Economies: Navigating Digital Dependencies in AI

Douglas Lippoldt

September 1, 2026

Financial Governance

Distributed Ledger Technology and the Future of Payments in Canada

Tracey Black

August 25, 2026

Highlights

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Data Governance

The Role of Governance in Unleashing the Value of Data

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National Security

Cybersecurity and Outer Space

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The Ethics of Automated Warfare and Artificial Intelligence

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Platform Governance

The Four Domains of Global Platform Governance

Situating Canada in a Changing World: Constructing a Modern and Prosperous Future

Global Cooperation on Digital Governance and the Geoeconomics of New Technologies in a Multi-polar World

Emerging Technologies

Global Cooperation after COVID-19

National Security

Security, Intelligence and the Global Health Crisis

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Artificial Intelligence

Modern Conflict and Artificial Intelligence

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Modernizing the World Trade Organization

National Security

Governing Cyberspace during a Crisis in Trust

Multimedia

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True Colours (soccer jersey politics with Joey D’Urso)

Advertising is a form of power. Who really owns your team?

Vass Bednar

June 30, 2026

National Security

Canadian Productivity & Innovation Lecture Series | Anil Arora

May 13, 2026

National Security

Canadian Productivity & Innovation Lecture Series | Ricardo Hausmann

April 9, 2026

Rethinking Global Value Chains: Opportunities for Canada and India

S. Yash Kalash

February 12, 2026

National Security

Canada’s New Era of Defence Spending: From Peace Dividend to Defence Dividend

December 11, 2025

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