After decades of uncontested dominance, the era of American hegemony is ending and a new multipolar world order is emerging in its place. This transformation is also occurring alongside uncontrolled climate change and the development of volatile new technologies. Together, these factors dramatically complicate the global threat landscape.
Securing Canada's Future offers a comprehensive analysis of the most serious challenges that Canada will face in the near future. Written by leading Canadian women scholars and security experts, this collection covers the most critical risks and threats on the horizon, including rising Chinese power, resurgent Russian aggression, escalating competition in the Arctic, the near irreversibility of climate change, disaster management and mitigation, evolving cybersecurity threats, and gendered violence.
Securing Canada's Future explores what this future threat landscape will look like for Canadians and shows how Canada can prepare for and mitigate upcoming risks. This practical, forward-thinking volume maps out the most urgent national and international security issues that Canada is destined to face in the foreseeable future.
Table of Contents:
Introduction – Canada and the Next World Order
Aisha Ahmad
Part 1: Changing Systems
1 The Enemy Within: Polarization Risks for US Hegemony and the Liberal International Order
Carla Norrlöf
2 Canada and NATO
Stéfanie von Hlatky and Hannah Hollander
3 Balancing Priorities along the Defence, Security, and Safety Continuum in the Canadian Arctic
Danielle Cherpako and Andrea Charron
4 Canada-China Trade: Economic Interdependence and Coercion
Lynette H. Ong
5 The Middle East and North Africa and the Future of Canadian Security
Bessma Momani
Part 2: Evolving Threats
6 UN Peacekeeping at a Crossroads
Katharina Coleman and Lou Pingeot
7 Cyberspace: A Dangerous Game with Uncertain Rules
Leah West
8 Is the Canadian Emergency Management System Prepared for Evolving Threats?
Nirupama Agrawal
9 Climate Change and Canada's Economic Security
Kathryn Harrison
10 Knitting a Sweater with a Hammer: Tensions and Opportunities That Emerge from Securitizing Climate Change
Sarah Burch and Janetta McKenzie
Part 3: Inclusive Security
11 Leveraging Diversity to Mitigate Groupthink
Aisha Ahmad
12 Gender and Security: Tackling Insecurity Inside the Canadian Military
Megan Mackenzie and Nicole Wegner
13 Indigenous Security
Chelsea Parker and Sheryl Lightfoot
14 Islamophobia in Canada: The Security-Industrial Complex
Jasmin Zine
15 Refugees and Security in Canada: Invisibility, Crisis, and Discretion
Lama Mourad
Conclusion – Security amid Transition: Canada in the Next Decade
Aisha Ahmad
About the Author :
Aisha Ahmad is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, a senior fellow at Massey College, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists.
