We aim for transparency, so here's the CDSN-RCDS annual report www.cdsn-rcds.com/s/CDSN-Annua... including how we spend our funds. Let me know if you have any questions.

A new #BattleRhythm to start the day! I hcat with @profkimball.bsky.social about teaching US Foreign Policy during Truump 2.0, efforts to imrpove recruitment, and more and then @thomashughes.bsky.social interviews Stephane Roussel about CA defence/fp history cdsn.substack.com/p/episode-33...

Neglected (research) projetcts looking at the several public facing contributions made this month and a grant proposal.

theconversation.com/canadian-int... Canadian IR faculty were surveyed last spring, some partial results are presented here. @cdsn.bsky.social

3 questions à la professeure Anessa Kimball sur la militarisation accrue du Canada @profkimball.bsky.social @cdsn.bsky.social

If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. 🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg

I've spent a good part of the last few years being frustrated at what appears to be general apathy about training defense economists in Canada. Few scholars work with military spending data... a 5% club target, based on Canada's 2024 GDP and tabled 2025-2026 budget... yeilds 27% on 'defence.'

The other site randomly requesting me to re-log in and my apathy about doing so - has triggered my slow ghosting. The interesting part is trying to deny the FOMO while embracing a reduced level of feeling engaged publicly.

The latest #BattleRhythm podcast where @profkimball.bsky.social and I talk about, yes, the Trump effect on Canadian security and more soundcloud.com/cdsnpodcasts...

Partial victory here but billions of foreign aid contracts unilaterally cancelled by government need to be restored. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

For a country currently obsessed with critical minerals and even discussing territorial annexation to secure them, alienating our Canadian friends is wildly at odds with US mineral security ambitions. Two countries make the #USGS top tier in terms of US import dependency: Canada & China.

Come work with us! We're looking for a colleague specializing in Gender and Diversity in Politics. Subfield open, but IR and Conparativists are especially encouraged to apply. careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1555649...

www.climate.mil a major climate portal on the Department of Defense’s website has been scrapped. This is how it looked as per 21 Feb. Colleagues @responsiblesci.bsky.social have archived data should you need it. #ClimateCrisis

Graduate school in Intl studies at ULaval is recruiting a joint research chair with Sorbonne in science diplomacy, i.e., science in diplomacy and science for diplomacy. Closing date for applications is 31 Jan 2025.

🧵There are 45 days until Inauguration Day, and I’m working on updating the Capitol Riot Map—an interactive visualization of the more than 1,500 individuals arrested or charged in connection to January 6th. Follow this thread for updates, and explore the interactive visualization: capitolriotmap.com

This morning Canada announced its new Arctic foreign policy. The big news is the opening of 2 consulates in Alaska and Greenland www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Univ Laval is hiring at the junior prof level in municipal and local politics. This fall we became the dept with the largest doctoral program in the faculty. Québec City is the provincial capital and home to the largest civil service in Canada :) www.rh.ulaval.ca/emploi/HCM/9...

NATO Press Flickr account image from yesterday a moderator's glance at their timer as it runs down during the Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk's remarks at the thematic session "Helping Ukraine win: Russia's war and Euro-Atlantic Security" alongside Ambassador Taylor #NATOPAMontreal

Me (top) in the middle of a live TV interview discussing protests in Montreal on TVA about #NATOPAMontreal -- from where Trudeau cuts in with live remarks in French alongside the leader of the UKR Parliament (who spoke on the panel I moderated yesterday). @cdsn.bsky.social

Carignan is right: at every juncture, when democratic armed forces included some previously excluded group (African-Americans, women, LGBTQ+, etc), those opposed always cited how this would upset unit cohesion and create distractions. The actual distraction? Those resisting inclusion. 1/2

www.journaldemontreal.com/2024/11/23/m... Was 100% certain they would use that sound-byte to motivate the article. @cdsn.bsky.social

CCASCOE’s inaugural publication is out. A great breakdown of its mission, climate security in general, and five key future challenges. Chapeau to the CCASCOE team - looking forward to digging in. ccascoe.org/book/

“The vagueness and ambiguity of the language used in the Minsk agreements became an obstacle to the agreements’ implementation, as the parties held contradicting and irreconcilable views of what they had agreed to at the negotiation table.” link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The latest Battle Rhythm where Anessa Kimball and I talk Trump election and other fun stuff and then an interview with the Commodore commanding a NATO fleet in the Eastern Med! soundcloud.com/cdsnpodcasts...

My department is running a tenure track search in Public History for someone who focuses on Latine or Indigenous History. PLEASE share widely; and reach out with questions. I'm more than happy to sell the benefits of joining our really vibrant program. www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29664

@cdsn.bsky.social ISO academic scholars, military or industrial sector experts to speak at a conference on multi-domain operations with focus on maritime domaine hosted in Québec City in March. Please drop names or tag folks.

Job: Environmental Politics/Politique environnementale uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/fr-CA/uOttaw... uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw...

Most folks here also follow me on the cesspool site. About me: - international def/secy cooperation scholar based in Canada - co-director @cdsn.bsky.social - author of a book on NATO burden sharing & several scientific articles/book chs Ex. doi.org/10.1080/1470...

Due to the exodus from the 'other place', I guess this account is now active. :)

Fri, Feb 23 - I will be at CIPSS - McGill giving at talk on Beyond 2%. cepsi-cipss.ca/speakerserie...

Tomorrow - hosted by Univ of Manitoba for the JW Dafoe Pol Sci Students' Conference on Alliances in a new age: Celebrating 75 years of NATO. First visit to MB & I'm looking forward to reconnecting w/ @cdsn.bsky.social superstar Prof. Andrea Charron. umanitoba.ca/sites/arts/f...

Christian Picard will present our co-authored chapter at Leadersphere held at RMC-St. Jean on 27 Feb. Registration is open! Edited volume drops on 7 Feb! lepointdevente.com/billets/ls2024 @cdsn.bsky.social

Excited to announce the application page for the next @cdsn.bsky.social Summer Institute is now open www.cdsn-rcds.com/summerinstit... A great opportunity to learn and to develop one's networks across traditional divides. Military and policy officials, academics, media are most welcome! #CaMilSky

@stephaniecarvin.bsky.social and I were on BerlinsideOut chatting on Germany-Canadian relations. berlinsideout.podigee.io/b16-canada-a...

Season 3 of @cdsn.bsky.social Battle Rhythm -- now available CDSN Podcast Network: Episode 3.1: Inside the Strategic Joint Staff on Apple Podcasts

Released last month but now available electronically, "Current and Future Challenges to Canada-US Defense Cooperation – North America, the Transatlantic, and Beyond" www.cairn.info/revue-politi... @cdsn.bsky.social

New journal debuting this spring - Journal of Arctic & Climate Security Studies. Check out their call for papers, here! tinyurl.com/rp45t3z9

New episode of @cdsn.bsky.social Battle Rhythm where @smsaideman.bsky.social and I catch-up on def/sec news followed by at chat about what's up next yr for the network. soundcloud.com/cdsnpodcasts...

Report from the Canadian sponsored Hague Roundtable on climate & security is available here. I participatedin a breakout group discussion the the potential of CCASCOE @cdsn.bsky.social hagueroundtable.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/repo...

Cool climate security news -- today, the US Dept of Defense launched a new, public website--climate.mil is a central, one-stop focal point for scientifically credible, neutral, authoritative, and actionable climate change information. www.climate.mil

Great time at DSEW Ottawa. Much fun on this panel with Eli Berman, Olivier Choiniere, @profkimball.bsky.social, Renaud Bellais & Chuck Davies.

The Centre for International Security at ÉSÉI is pleased to announce the roll out if its new website. Please stop by to check it out! www.csi.esei.ulaval.ca

Oct 26 & 27th - Canada's Defence & Security Economics Workshop is being held in Ottawa. Special rountable panels on transatlantic views of and commitments to the Atlantic Alliance will be on Friday plus I will some prelim. work on NATO COE www.defenceandsecurityeconomicsworkshop.ca

We are particularly interested in increasing the number of French submissions, given the conference location in Montreal. We hope to be able to put together a couple of French-language panels on IR & Cdn foreign policy. @svh.bsky.social @charlottedl.bsky.social @yolandebouka.bsky.social

www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-svet/... Interview with Czech media on the research I was doing while there and Canada's hosting of a NATO Centre of Excellence on Climate Change and Security (CCASCOE).

www.csac-acsc.org/Fellowship-P... Research fellowship on climate change and security available.

Returned to Canada from 4 months conducting interviews in 5 Central & Eastern European countries on NATO Centres of Excellence. Canada should engage these states seriously on defence issues & challenges as they are very eager to collaborate with NATO partners bilaterally & think highly of Canada.