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Escalation of Russia's Aggression against Ukraine webinar

Escalation of Russia's Aggression against Ukraine webinar

UCC Webinar, December 14, 2021Dr. Alexander Lanoszka, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the U…

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Across The Pond Ep. 5: Understanding NATO's role in the Indo-Pacific

Across The Pond Ep. 5: Understanding NATO's role in the Indo-Pacific

Though the focus of the NATO alliance has principally been on the European theatre, increasingly the alliance…

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Putin Wants to Turn Ukraine into a Vassal State: Balkan Devlen for Inside Policy

Putin Wants to Turn Ukraine into a Vassal State: Balkan Devlen for Inside Policy

The West should aim to significantly increase the cost of invasion for Russia if we want to avoid war in Euro…

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Across the Pond Ep. 4: The Anatomy of NATO Operations

Across the Pond Ep. 4: The Anatomy of NATO Operations

The smooth operation of the NATO alliance is vital to the collective security of the transatlantic, including…

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Opinion | Stopping Belarusian dictator Lukashenko's greyzone aggression against NATO

Opinion | Stopping Belarusian dictator Lukashenko's greyzone aggression against NATO

Lukashenko is weaponizing human misery with the support of the Kremlin. His regime flew in thousands of peopl…

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Across the Pond Ep. 2: The Past, Present, and Future of Canada in NATO

Across the Pond Ep. 2: The Past, Present, and Future of Canada in NATO

Despite it being Canada's most important security commitment, many Canadians know little about Canada's histo…

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Across the Pond Ep. 1: A new podcast series by MLI's Transatlantic Program

Across the Pond Ep. 1: A new podcast series by MLI's Transatlantic Program

Canada is the quintessential transatlantic nation; our security and prosperity are intimately tied to the sec…

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Ep. 66 - Why a Canadian Presence in Eastern Europe Matters with Balkan Devlen and Christian Leupr...

Ep. 66 - Why a Canadian Presence in Eastern Europe Matters with Balkan Devlen and Christian Leupr...

In the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellows Balkan Devlen and Christian Leuprecht discuss C…

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Wishful thinking is no substitute for strategy with China and Russia - The Hub

Wishful thinking is no substitute for strategy with China and Russia - The Hub

Democracies around the world face an important new challenge with an authoritarian axis being formed around R…

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Balkan Devlen: Facing the prospect of wars involving Russia and China

Balkan Devlen: Facing the prospect of wars involving Russia and China

The potential for two simultaneous crises triggered by the Russian and Chinese regimes is real Balkan Devlen,…

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Facing the Sino-Russian Authoritarian Challenge: New MLI Paper by Balkan Devlen

Facing the Sino-Russian Authoritarian Challenge: New MLI Paper by Balkan Devlen

OTTAWA, ON (March 18, 2021): A new challenge is staring down democracies around the world in the form of an a…

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New polling finds Canadians support a foreign policy agenda that sides with democracies

New polling finds Canadians support a foreign policy agenda that sides with democracies

OTTAWA, ON (February 22, 2021): Polling conducted on behalf of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute unveils a new,…

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The West should stop being a handmaiden to kleptocracy - iPolitics

The West should stop being a handmaiden to kleptocracy - iPolitics

Alexei Navalny's, Russia's Opposition leader, recent reporting about Putin's palace laid bare once again the …

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How did Biden's first year turn into a foreign policy disaster? A "pre-mortem" by Balkan Devlen

How did Biden's first year turn into a foreign policy disaster? A "pre-mortem" by Balkan Devlen

Keeping an eye on these challenges and how the Biden administration deals with them will tell us a lot whethe…

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Building Resilience Against Information Warfare and Disinformation: Straight Talk with Elisabeth ...

Building Resilience Against Information Warfare and Disinformation: Straight Talk with Elisabeth ...

OTTAWA, ON (January 15, 2021): In the first week of 2021, we witnessed an angry mob descend upon the US Capit…

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How to Avoid Failure in Building Societal Resilience Against Disinformation and Subversion: Polic...

How to Avoid Failure in Building Societal Resilience Against Disinformation and Subversion: Polic...

By Balkan Devlen, December 23, 2020 Building resilience is an ongoing process that requires a whole-of-societ…

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WHO you gonna call? Why there's something strange about international institutions: New MLI repor...

WHO you gonna call? Why there's something strange about international institutions: New MLI repor...

OTTAWA, ON (December 23, 2020): The World Health Organization's initial refusal to alert the world to the tru…

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How minilateralism can help fill the void left by failing international institutions: Balkan Devl...

How minilateralism can help fill the void left by failing international institutions: Balkan Devl...

OTTAWA, ON (December 23, 2020): Global institutions have been backsliding in recent years, falling victim to …

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Talking Turkey Episode 5 with Dr. Yevgeniya Gaber

Talking Turkey Episode 5 with Dr. Yevgeniya Gaber

Talking Turkey episode with Dr. Yevgeniya Gaber, Senior Fellow at MTS and a foreign policy expert.

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A Better Future? How the West can support democracy in Belarus and Russia

A Better Future? How the West can support democracy in Belarus and Russia

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has greatly increased his oppression against democracy activists sin…

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Securing the Flank: Defending Canada's allies and partners from the Baltics to the Black Sea

Securing the Flank: Defending Canada's allies and partners from the Baltics to the Black Sea

The lands between the Baltic and the Black Seas are once again at the forefront of securing democracy and fre…

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