Arctic Security

Circumpolar Military Facilities of the Arctic Five - updated: September 2019

This compilation of current military facilities in the circumpolar region continues to be offered as an aid to addressing a key question posed by the Canadian Senate several years ago: “Is the [Arctic] region again becoming militarized?”
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Arctic Security

Circumpolar Military Facilities of the Arctic Five - updated: September 2019

September 26, 2019

Prepared by Ernie Regehr, O.C.
Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence
The Simons Foundation Canada
and Amy Zavitz, M.A.

Updated: September 2019

Circumpolar Military Facilities of the Arctic Five - Updated to September 2019.pdf

Gandhi 150 Jayanti free public events, October 2-7

These free events celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi are presented by the Thakore Charitable Foundation, SFU Institute for the Humanities and the J.S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities at Simon Fraser University, and the SFU Library. All are welcome to attend. Click here for more information.
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Nuclear Disarmament

"India, Pakistan, Kashmir: Taking the war option off the table”

Visit Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the link below for this article by Zia Mian, Abdul H. Nayyar, Sandeep Pandey, and M.V. Ramana, the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia.
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Nuclear Disarmament

“India, Pakistan, Kashmir: Taking the war option off the table”

September 23, 2019

By M. V. Ramana, Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
and Zia Mian, Abdul H. Nayyar, and Sandeep Pandey
Published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
September 23, 2019

“India, Pakistan, Kashmir: Taking the war option off the table”
Nuclear Disarmament

“Can Canada play a part in averting the collapse of arms control?”

August 20, 2019

By M. V. Ramana, Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security
and Emily Enright, Master's Candidate in Public Policy and Global Affairs
School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
Published by OpenCanada.org
August 20, 2019

“Can Canada play a part in averting the collapse of arms control?”
Nuclear Disarmament

“Can Canada play a part in averting the collapse of arms control?”

As the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) falls apart due to a lack of US and Russian participation, Emily Enright and the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at UBC, M. V. Ramana, argue that Canada should help do its bit to avert the unravelling of global arms control.  Visit OpenCanada.org at the following link for the complete article.
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Space and Cyber Security

“Supporting Diplomacy: Clearing the Path for Dialogue” - 2019 UNIDIR Space Security Conference Report

August 12, 2019

“Supporting Diplomacy: Clearing the Path for Dialogue”
2019 UNIDIR Space Security Conference Report
Palais des Nations
Geneva, Switzerland
28–29 May 2019

UNIDIR space security report 2019.pdf
Space and Cyber Security

2019 UNIDIR Space Security Conference Report - “Supporting Diplomacy: Clearing the Path for Dialogue”

The 2019 UNIDIR Space Security Conference, "Supporting Diplomacy: Clearing the Path for Dialogue", was held on 28–29 May 2019 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, and brought together experts and diplomats from around the world to examine some of the technical and policy questions impacting multilateral dialogues on space security and to seek possible paths forward towards stability in space. See the following link for the complete Conference Report.
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Nuclear Disarmament

"Critical Mass" - News from GLOBAL ZERO

We are pleased to share this first edition of "Critical Mass," an exclusive new communiqué to keep Global Zero's supporters up to speed on the movement’s many initiatives and progress being made.
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