Analysis and Commentary

Catch up on all our latest musings and thoughts below.

October 23, 2024

How Summit of the Future 2024 dealt with outer space governance

September 23, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

The endless dance of NPT meetings

September 23, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Canada’s weapons exports in 2023

September 23, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Bringing peace and security in outer space back down to Earth

September 23, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Startup culture and future wars

September 17, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Weapons fuel humanitarian crisis in Sudan

June 12, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Ukraine’s battle-tested tech

June 12, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Q&A: Aiming to build confidence through transparency

June 12, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Strengthening the protection of civilians: Reflections from the Oslo Conference on EWIPA

June 12, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Q&A: A modern-day Phileas Fogg

June 12, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Security threats from airspace call for greater human rights protection

June 5, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

No, there are no nukes in space - but we still have a weapons problem

March 28, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Canadian arms ban on Israel: Step in the right direction but no silver bullet

March 26, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

AI targeting in Gaza and beyond

March 26, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

A challenging year ahead for nuclear disarmament

March 26, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Top Canadian military suppliers to the US: Fiscal year 2023

March 26, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

We can’t ignore the militarization of space

March 26, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Tracking human rights violations with no certain access to satellite data

March 26, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Reconnecting with former Ploughshares interns Part 2

February 27, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

Redefining the battlefield: Drone warfare tactics in Ukraine

February 8, 2024

Analysis and Commentary

In lifting Turkish arms embargo, Canada politicizes arms controls

December 1, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

EWIPA: The epitome of civilian suffering in modern conflict

December 1, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Canada’s largest-ever arms deal to Latin America and the Caribbean

December 1, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

A first-ever resolution on autonomous weapons

December 1, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Reconnecting with former Ploughshares interns

December 1, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Wake up, world! You need to hear this

November 29, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Crafting new solutions to avert an arms race in outer space

December 1, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Getting outer space diplomacy off the treadmill

November 9, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Canada must do more for Gazan innocents

October 30, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Can AI be governed?

October 24, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

How will Canada respond to the AI revolution?

October 17, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

As the Oppenheimer buzz fades, the nuclear weapons threat remains

September 18, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Ploughshares meets the challenge of our time with a new venture

September 18, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Canada’s arms exports in 2022

September 18, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

The dilemma of dual-use AI

September 18, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

4 Perils of military AI

September 18, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Hidden harms: A feminist spotlight on space security

September 18, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Limiting the environmental impact of explosive weapons

September 18, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

How one-way attack drones challenge security norms in Ukraine – and beyond

August 30, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Session 4 of the #SpaceThreatsOEWG: What to look for this week

August 8, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

AI’s Oppenheimer moment?

June 20, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Ukraine needs a peace plan – and someone to champion it

June 15, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Preserving space for peaceful use, with Victoria Samson

June 15, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Q&A: A new lens on global security

June 15, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

The G7 Vision on Nuclear Disarmament disappoints

March 13, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

The Chinese balloon: How it reflects the security dilemma in outer space

March 13, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Choosing hope in the face of disaster

March 13, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Questions riddle path to peace for Ukraine

March 13, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Q&A: Talking AI in the Netherlands

March 13, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Military AI and civilian protection

March 13, 2023

Analysis and Commentary

Top Canadian suppliers to the U.S. Department of Defense

November 22, 2022

Analysis and Commentary

Canadian armoured vehicles in Haiti

June 6, 2022

Analysis and Commentary

The ATT in 2022: Focus on post-shipment controls

March 15, 2022

Analysis and Commentary

2021 Nobel Peace Prize: Champions for peace

March 15, 2022

Analysis and Commentary

An educated, cautious optimism

February 14, 2022

Analysis and Commentary

Ukraine crisis an opportunity to rethink the future of transatlantic security

November 29, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

Q&A: Harnessing the power of story

September 13, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

Lessons from the Chemical Weapons Convention

June 7, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

Time to ban debris-generating weapons tests in space

June 7, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

A journey of refugees: From Libya to Italy

June 7, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

5 lessons from the cancellation of Canadian arms exports to Turkey

March 18, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

Yemen and Canada’s $2.8-billion moral deficit

March 25, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

Selling military goods to the United States

March 25, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

We need to restart talks on regulating autonomous weapons—now

March 25, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

The devastating impact of COVID-19 on refugees

March 9, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

Autonomous collaborative weapons

March 25, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

It’s not too late to save the Iran nuclear deal

November 30, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

Export suspension exposes flaws in Canada’s arms controls

February 4, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

Clearview AI signals growing data privacy problem

January 29, 2021

Analysis and Commentary

It's time for Canada to signal a shift in its nuclear disarmament policy

November 30, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

Rethinking arms control: A Canadian perspective

June 10, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

The ubiquity of military-grade drone tech

May 5, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

Canada must resist U.S. efforts to further undermine the Iran nuclear deal

April 30, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

Urban Conflict: A Breeding Ground for COVID-19

April 21, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

Public tip lines: The enemy of resilience

April 3, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

Using drones and UGVs to fight COVID-19—but then what?

April 2, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

Can COVID-19 provide us with a blueprint for economic conversion?

April 1, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

Arms control diplomacy a worrying casualty of COVID-19

March 4, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

Will Canada’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia impact its bid for a UN Security Council seat?

March 30, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

Containing COVID-19, together: it's time to reinvest in collective security

March 18, 2020

Analysis and Commentary

A Statement on COVID-19

September 19, 2019

Analysis and Commentary

New Technologies and Conflict Escalation

August 20, 2019

Analysis and Commentary

3 Key Takeaways from the Innovations Dialogue

October 16, 2018

Analysis and Commentary

Q&A: Women and Yemen’s peace process

April 24, 2019

Analysis and Commentary

Canada’s reluctant participation in peacekeeping in Mali: What it reveals

February 13, 2019

Analysis and Commentary

Canada’s future role in UN peace operations

October 24, 2018

Analysis and Commentary

Blurring the lines: Virtual, mixed reality and the future of warfare

August 8, 2018

Analysis and Commentary

Untangling the current U.S. refugee program

July 9, 2018

Analysis and Commentary

Call for independent review into use of Canadian-made armoured vehicles in Saudi Arabia

June 6, 2018

Analysis and Commentary

The ‘Black Mirror’ spectre and autonomous weapons

October 25, 2017

Analysis and Commentary

Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade

April 19, 2018

Analysis and Commentary

Re-affirming City of Toronto as a Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone

October 4, 2017

Analysis and Commentary

On Elon Musk, AI and killer robots

January 4, 2018

Analysis and Commentary

The legal challenge to the Safe Third Country Agreement: What’s at stake?

September 25, 2017

Analysis and Commentary

Yemen In The Time Of Cholera

September 19, 2017

Analysis and Commentary

The costs of Canada’s indecisiveness on peacekeeping

March 28, 2017

Analysis and Commentary

CBC radio interview: Canada and the nuclear weapons ban

August 22, 2017

Analysis and Commentary

Canadians among experts calling for UN action on killer robots

August 21, 2017

Analysis and Commentary

Canada Can't Keep Denying It Ought To Scrap Saudi Arms Deal

July 26, 2017

Analysis and Commentary

Canada’s new feminist international aid policy: From words to action

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