Jean-Christophe Boucher and I summarize polling the @cdsn.bsky.social conducted on Canadian defence spending and Canada-United States defence relations in Policy Magazine: www.policymagazine.ca/poll-shows-c...

This piece by @niknanos.bsky.social in the Globe and Mail relies on a joint project between the @cdsn.bsky.social, Calgary, and Nanos. @jcboucher.bsky.social did most of the heavy lifting on the project, and we briefed DND yesterday about it www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

This goes along with a recent survey that @cdsn.bsky.social and Nanos did together, led by @jcboucher.bsky.social

Total Defence in the North: Understanding how NATO’s newest member prepares for the worst @smsaideman.bsky.social Johan Berggren, Swedish Ministry of Defence, Dr. @plagasse.bsky.social and BGen Shawn Bindon, (CAF) Carleton University, March 3: www.cdsn-rcds.com/rsvpcivildef

@cdsn.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/knig...

Our latest #BattleRhythm with @profwhw.bsky.social and I talking about Canada/Carney's stance on Palestine and an interview with the Canadian general in charge of cyber command MG Dave Yarker cdsn.substack.com/p/episode-33...

New at Debating Canadian Defence: open.substack.com/pub/philippe...

OG #BattleRhythm co-host @svh.bsky.social and I taped a segment giving our takes on #NATO2025 summit.

I contributed to Critical AI’s two-part special issue, and it is now live on the @dukepress.bsky.social website! In this article, I respond to Anthropic AI’s Samuel Bowman on the matter of today’s LLMs. 🔐 For 2 weeks, this issue is open to the public: #bigdata #humanrights

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

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

My thoughts on Canada's new defence investments over at RUSI: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

Thoughtful piece from @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social , who I believe is the only journalist I have spoken to (in my personal capacity as always) who had read my primer on US civ-mil www.vox.com/politics/416...

Come join our growing TRU Wildfire team. We are looking for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Fire Behaviour and Management (CRC-Tier II). Details - see link to TRU careers page below. tru.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posti...

Catch Battle Rhythm co-host Dr. Wendy Wong @profwhw.bsky.social on The Agenda with Steve Paikin @tvotoday.bsky.social May 20th!

Chatham House is hiring a Programme Director (U.S. & Canada) 🌍 Lead a top-tier team shaping global policy. 📍 London | 🗓️ Apply by 14 May 🔗 Apply: careers.chathamhouse.org/jobs/5795937... 🔗 LinkedIn: lnkd.in/gYwQe-9a 📩 Contact: [email protected]

Andrea Charron said kicking Canada out of the Five Eyes would be a self-inflicted wound on the United States’ part. She cited Canada’s strength in signals intelligence collection and space-based surveillance.

📣📣 We are looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the Department of Global and Public Health @mcgillspgh.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...

job Manager, Governance and Policy Wilfrid Laurier University Application Deadline: 05/07/2025 csn-rec.ca/job-postings... @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social

New from me in The Atlantic @theatlantic.com How Trump is forcing a rethink of Canadian defence policy: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The CDSN provides $2,500 to two students each year to help support their third or fourth year at a Canadian university. Deadline is EOD May 30th 2025 www.cdsn-rcds.com/ues

Join us on April 2nd as Kevin McMillan tries to sketch in broad outline elements of the political imaginary of the Big Tech Right. He is a professor of international relations at the School of Political Studies & co-coordinator of the ITN. Chaired by @srdj.bsky.social. >>> bit.ly/4bKRRJk

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

Happening this Thursday!

We looking forward to connecting with many of you at ISA in Chicago in a few days! Please join us at the BTG reception Monday 8:00-9:00pm in the Hilton's Waldorf Room. Safe travels to those attending!

The brilliant @smsaideman.bsky.social from @cdsn.bsky.social visited us at UBC to give a talk about how different states exercise democratic control over the #military. Great Qs from the audience. It was a FULL house!... we really should have planned for overflow seating 😅 #UBC #politics

En ce jour d'élections en Allemagne, n'hésitez pas à écouter cet entretien avec l'Ambassadrice allemande au Canada @germanambcanada.bsky.social, réalisé par @smmartinbrule.bsky.social et moi sur la politique allemande. @cdsn.bsky.social / #RAS/NSA. ras-nsa.ca/fr/episode-4...

And highly recommend Battle Rhythm, a CDSM podcast co-hosted by @smsaideman.bsky.social. This from last week, particularly good.

Thomas Hughes and I discuss the fallout from the Munich Security Conference and the rupture of US-European relations along with the Conservative plan for an arctic base. Our interview is with @adamchapnick.bsky.social about his new History of Canadian Foreign Policy soundcloud.com/cdsnpodcasts...

Amy Topshee does a great job of building videos to promote our podcast, here's the latest: www.facebook.com/reel/5723361... @cdsn.bsky.social #BattleRhythm

Excited to have co-written this piece with my friends Andy Knight and Robert Hanlon A call to action on #humansecurity @cdsn.bsky.social @theconversationca.bsky.social theconversation.com/how-canada-c...

Here's the @cdsn.bsky.social starter pack, including all kinds of folks who have or will be part of our activities and adventures go.bsky.app/EU2kVgC

A Bridging the Gap starter pack featuring international affairs scholars, policy practitioners, and partners who engage across the academic, policy, and public spheres on contemporary global challenges. Please let us know if you'd like to be added to the list! go.bsky.app/8vgHi9L

New Zealand ends social sciences and humanities research grants. Canadians take note. I suspect SSHRC will meet the same fate soon. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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

@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.

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

ICYMI I wrote a piece over the weekend about Trump's schemes involving the US military and we keep getting more stories that we can only expect the worst www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Ok, time for some good news. The CDSN [@cdsn.bsky.social] is pleased to announce our next Post-Doctoral Fellow is Manaswini Ramkumar. She works on civ-mil relations so she will be working w JC Boucher & myself. Ryan Atkinson has 2 months left w us! For more, see www.cdsn-rcds.com/postdoctoral...

@cdsn.bsky.social Summer Institute reception with Women in International Security Canada was a great chance to hang with sharp, interesting folks

We had a great week of @cdsn.bsky.social Summer Instituting! Very proud of the team doing all the hard work to make it come off well. And I enjoyed hanging out with a new cohort of sharp defence/security folks saideman.blogspot.com/2024/08/summ...

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Canadian Defence and Security Network's Summer Institute. Such a great week with an amazing group of early career academics and practitioners! Many thanks to @cdsn.bsky.social, @smsaideman.bsky.social, and all panelists.

We now have a catalogue of all of the @cdsn.bsky.social 's publications. Many are online in our repository, but if you can't find the publication, let us know and we can help you get it for you. www.cdsn-rcds.com/s/Compilatio...

Jeez, the blue skies are a-hopping. Bad mixed metaphor, sorry. I'm a political scientist who used to study the Intl Relations of Ethnic Conflict. Now I study how civilians in democracies around the world manage their militaries or not. Dual citizen, bake, blog, podcast, @cdsn.bsky.social

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...

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

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...