Alexander Dalziel

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European North: NATO’s new northern flank

European North: NATO’s new northern flank

If a NATO-Russia confrontation is coming, it could very well start in the European Arctic. Canada, as an Arctic neighbour and NATO ally, should act quickly to develop closer partnerships with the three countries that govern that slice of the Arctic: Norway, Finland, and Sweden. They are key allies in countering threats, and not just Russia’s, to our collective security...

Critical resilience – Russia, hybrid threats, and subsea fibre-optic cables in Canada’s Arctic

Critical resilience – Russia, hybrid threats, and subsea fibre-optic cables in Canada’s Arctic

Neither governments nor the media have had very much to say to date about hybrid threats in the Canadian Arctic, especially about threats to critical infrastructure located there. There are several definitions of the term, but generally speaking, hybrid threats include a wide array of clandestine and deniable activities that are harmful and are carried out by civilians or states...

Eurasian North – The geopolitics of Russia and China in the Arctic

Eurasian North – The geopolitics of Russia and China in the Arctic

What should be our expectations of the China-Russia relationship in the Arctic? Media tends to tout the “no-limits partnership” announced by President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin in 2022 and the vision of an exuberant strategic relationship trending towards an anti-American alliance. Meanwhile, much of the specialist community is occupied with talking down this narrative, pointing to the many...