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LATEST RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

Stablecoins Are Blurring the Line Between Digital Trade and Finance

The CUSMA review is Canada's chance to classify stablecoins by function rather than by form.

Odun Olowookere

August 18, 2026

Do Middle Powers Need a Room of Their Own?

Kernaghan Webb

August 7, 2026

Smaller Than Advertised: Canada’s Real Trade Risk with the United States

Is the Age of Purely Private-Sector AI Coming to an End?

S. Yash Kalash

August 12, 2026

Assetization: Anything and Everything?

Kean Birch

August 10, 2026

Geopolitics

Canada’s Great Recalibration

Paul Samson

Cadogan, Marsha - Naval Defence Systems and Canada

Breaking the Silos Between Naval Defence and Canada’s Blue Economy

Marsha Simone Cadogan

August 13, 2026

Platform Governance

Canada’s Bet on Safer Social Media by Design

Heidi Tworek

August 14, 2026

Events

Emerging Technologies

Doors Open Waterloo Region 2026

Sep 19, 2026 - 10:00 AM EDT (UTC–04:00)

Sep

Digital Economy

The Canadian Standard of Living, Productivity and Innovation: Actions to Improve Living Standards in Canada

Oct 7, 2026 - 5:00 PM EDT (UTC–04:00)

RSVP

Oct

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)

RSVP

Oct

Publications

Toward Verifiable Controls on AI-Enabled Weapons in Africa

July 31, 2026

China’s Central Bank Digital Currency 2.0 and the Future of Digital Finance

Alex He

July 14, 2026

National Security

Time for Canada to Take a Stand on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Craig Martin

July 13, 2026

China’s Influence on Standards Development Organizations in the Digital Age

Alex He

July 6, 2026

Highlights

Data Governance

The Role of Governance in Unleashing the Value of Data

National Security

Cybersecurity and Outer Space

The Ethics of Automated Warfare and Artificial Intelligence

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

Artificial Intelligence

Modern Conflict and Artificial Intelligence

Modernizing the World Trade Organization

National Security

Governing Cyberspace during a Crisis in Trust

Multimedia

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

Canadian Productivity & Innovation Lecture Series | Anil Arora

May 13, 2026

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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