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Canada's Submarine Bet Goes to Berlin, Not Seoul
Ottawa has picked Germany's TKMS to build 12 submarines, turning down South Korea's Hanwha Ocean on the eve of the NATO summit.
Thursday, July 9, 2026
Canada in the world, explained.
Independent briefings and analysis on Canada’s global security, trade, migration, development, and Arctic policy.
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Canada’s NATO Spending Debate, Explained
Ottawa has finally hit NATO’s 2% defense target. The alliance has already moved the goalposts to 5%.
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Canada Is Building a Rocket Pad in a Town of a Few Hundred People
A $200-million lease near Canso, Nova Scotia, marks Canada's shift from satellite user to sovereign launch state. The company that has to deliver it has never launched anything.
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The Tim Hortons Booth Is Canada's Town Square
Open early, open late, open to everyone. In a big, cold, spread-out country, the local Tims has quietly become the public living room where Canadians actually gather — retirees at dawn, hockey teams at dusk, and most of the nation in between.
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- Trade Ottawa Has Signed the Deals. The Mines Are Another Matter. Canada has spent eighteen months turning its mineral wealth into diplomacy. Whether any of it becomes a working mine is the harder question.
- Development Canada Exports Superstars and Almost No Culture The country produces musicians, writers and actors at a rate rivalling Britain's — and has almost no strategy for turning any of it into influence. The recurring Eurovision debate is a way into why.
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- Trade This Canada Day, Canada Faces Bigger Question Than CUSMA's Survival Jul 1
- Security Canada Isn't Trying to Build GPT-6. It's Trying to Write the Rules for It. Jun 30
- Trade The Country That Runs the World's Mines Is Losing Control of Them Jun 28
- Trade The Superpower Canadians Don't Know They Have Jun 26
- Trade Saskatchewan's Boring Rock Became a Strategic Asset Overnight Jun 21
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Security
Defense, alliances, and Canada’s strategic posture.
Trade
Supply chains, agreements, and export policy.
Migration
Immigration, students, labor, and diaspora.
International Development
Aid, humanitarian work, and multilateral engagement.
Environment & Arctic
Climate diplomacy, clean tech, and the North.
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