Analysis and Commentary

Catch up on all our latest musings and thoughts below.

March 28, 2024
Analysis and Commentary

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

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March 26, 2024
Analysis and Commentary

AI targeting in Gaza and beyond

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March 26, 2024
Analysis and Commentary

A challenging year ahead for nuclear disarmament

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March 26, 2024
Analysis and Commentary

Top Canadian military suppliers to the US: Fiscal year 2023

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March 26, 2024
Analysis and Commentary

We can’t ignore the militarization of space

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March 26, 2024
Analysis and Commentary

Tracking human rights violations with no certain access to satellite data

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March 26, 2024
Analysis and Commentary

Reconnecting with former Ploughshares interns Part 2

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February 27, 2024
Analysis and Commentary

Redefining the battlefield: Drone warfare tactics in Ukraine

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February 8, 2024
Analysis and Commentary

In lifting Turkish arms embargo, Canada politicizes arms controls

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December 1, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

EWIPA: The epitome of civilian suffering in modern conflict

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December 1, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

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

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December 1, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

A first-ever resolution on autonomous weapons

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December 1, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Reconnecting with former Ploughshares interns

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December 1, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Wake up, world! You need to hear this

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November 29, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Crafting new solutions to avert an arms race in outer space

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December 1, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Getting outer space diplomacy off the treadmill

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November 9, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Canada must do more for Gazan innocents

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October 30, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Can AI be governed?

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October 24, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

How will Canada respond to the AI revolution?

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October 17, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

As the Oppenheimer buzz fades, the nuclear weapons threat remains

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September 18, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Ploughshares meets the challenge of our time with a new venture

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September 18, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Canada’s arms exports in 2022

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September 18, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

The dilemma of dual-use AI

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September 18, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

4 Perils of military AI

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September 18, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Hidden harms: A feminist spotlight on space security

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September 18, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Limiting the environmental impact of explosive weapons

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September 18, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

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

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August 30, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

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

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August 8, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

AI’s Oppenheimer moment?

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June 20, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Ukraine needs a peace plan – and someone to champion it

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June 15, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Preserving space for peaceful use, with Victoria Samson

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June 15, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Q&A: A new lens on global security

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June 15, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

The G7 Vision on Nuclear Disarmament disappoints

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March 13, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

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

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March 13, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Choosing hope in the face of disaster

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March 13, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Questions riddle path to peace for Ukraine

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March 13, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Q&A: Talking AI in the Netherlands

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March 13, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

Military AI and civilian protection

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March 13, 2023
Analysis and Commentary

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

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November 22, 2022
Analysis and Commentary

Canadian armoured vehicles in Haiti

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June 6, 2022
Analysis and Commentary

The ATT in 2022: Focus on post-shipment controls

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March 15, 2022
Analysis and Commentary

2021 Nobel Peace Prize: Champions for peace

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March 15, 2022
Analysis and Commentary

An educated, cautious optimism

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February 14, 2022
Analysis and Commentary

Ukraine crisis an opportunity to rethink the future of transatlantic security

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November 29, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

Q&A: Harnessing the power of story

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September 13, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

Lessons from the Chemical Weapons Convention

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June 7, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

Time to ban debris-generating weapons tests in space

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June 7, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

A journey of refugees: From Libya to Italy

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June 7, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

5 lessons from the cancellation of Canadian arms exports to Turkey

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March 18, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

Yemen and Canada’s $2.8-billion moral deficit

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March 25, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

Selling military goods to the United States

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March 25, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

We need to restart talks on regulating autonomous weapons—now

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March 25, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

The devastating impact of COVID-19 on refugees

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March 9, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

Autonomous collaborative weapons

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March 25, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

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

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November 30, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

Export suspension exposes flaws in Canada’s arms controls

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February 4, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

Clearview AI signals growing data privacy problem

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January 29, 2021
Analysis and Commentary

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

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November 30, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

Rethinking arms control: A Canadian perspective

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June 10, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

The ubiquity of military-grade drone tech

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May 5, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

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

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April 30, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

Urban Conflict: A Breeding Ground for COVID-19

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April 21, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

Public tip lines: The enemy of resilience

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April 3, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

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

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April 2, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

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

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April 1, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

Arms control diplomacy a worrying casualty of COVID-19

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March 4, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

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

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March 30, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

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

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March 18, 2020
Analysis and Commentary

A Statement on COVID-19

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September 19, 2019
Analysis and Commentary

New Technologies and Conflict Escalation

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August 20, 2019
Analysis and Commentary

3 Key Takeaways from the Innovations Dialogue

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October 16, 2018
Analysis and Commentary

Q&A: Women and Yemen’s peace process

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April 24, 2019
Analysis and Commentary

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

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February 13, 2019
Analysis and Commentary

Canada’s future role in UN peace operations

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October 24, 2018
Analysis and Commentary

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

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August 8, 2018
Analysis and Commentary

Untangling the current U.S. refugee program

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July 9, 2018
Analysis and Commentary

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

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June 6, 2018
Analysis and Commentary

The ‘Black Mirror’ spectre and autonomous weapons

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October 25, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade

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April 19, 2018
Analysis and Commentary

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

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October 4, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

On Elon Musk, AI and killer robots

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January 4, 2018
Analysis and Commentary

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

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September 25, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

Yemen In The Time Of Cholera

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September 19, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

The costs of Canada’s indecisiveness on peacekeeping

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March 28, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

CBC radio interview: Canada and the nuclear weapons ban

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August 22, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

Canadians among experts calling for UN action on killer robots

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August 21, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

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

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July 26, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

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

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April 4, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

Changing the “War on Terror” script

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April 4, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

How can Canada respond to irregular migrants?

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February 6, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

Does Trump’s refugee order tie UNHCR's hands?

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January 25, 2017
Analysis and Commentary

Despite ruling, many questions on Saudi arms deal linger

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