Canada Among Nations 2023: Twenty-First Century National Security

Norman Hillmer is Chancellor’s Professor of History and International Affairs at Carleton University. He has written, co-authored, and edited thirty-one books, five of them in the Canada Among Nations series. Dr. Hillmer is a member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Philippe Lagassé is Associate Professor and Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. His research focuses on defence policy and procurement, executive-legislative relations, and the Westminster system. He served as an independent reviewer of major defence procurements for the Canadian government between 2012-2022.   Vincent Rigby is the Slater Family Professor of Practice at McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy. He recently retired from Canada’s Public Service after 30 years in a variety of departments and agencies across government, including the Privy Council Office, Global Affairs Canada, Public Safety, the Department of National Defence and the former Canadian International Development Agency. His last position was as National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister from 2020 to 2021.

• Canadian National Security in a Dark Time.- The Diverse and Dangerous World of Insecurity: Some Personal Reflections.- Tough Choices for Canada in a New Geopolitical Environment.- China and the Indo-Pacific: The End of Delusions.- The Friendly and the Fraught: Canada and the United States in National Security Affairs.- “What’s an Ally?” Canada in NATO.- AWOL: Canada’s National Security Policy, Governance, and Culture.- Canada’s Un-Strategic Defence Policy.- Opening Hearts and Minds: Canada and the Challenge of Using Open-Source Information in National Security Operations and Analysis.- Trudeau 3.0 Endgame: Immigrants, Refugees, Venue Shifting, and the Deepening of Securitization.- Canada and Northern Security: Climate Change, Sovereignty, and Keeping up with the Neighbours.- Navigating a New Era of Hostile State Activities: The Canadian Experience.- Canada’s Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Health Equity or Health Security?.- Addressing Chronic Precarity in the Wake of Disaster: A Canadian Red Cross Perspective.- The Pursuit of Canadian National Cyber Resilience Against Evolving Threats.- Threat Convergence: Transnational Organized Crime and Canadian State Adaptation in the New International Security Context.- Trends in Far-Right Extremism and Populist Politics in Canada.