Our CDSN poll has US way ahead of China as threat to Canada
Driving a wedge between the U.S. and Europe has long been a strategic goal of China. Trump & Vance are doing it on their own.
Politico polling of six EU countries shows 36.5% on average now see the US as a threat vs 31% for China
Most wary of China: France, Belgium and Poland.
Most wary of the US: Spain, Italy, Belgium
Most wary of China: France, Belgium and Poland.
Most wary of the US: Spain, Italy, Belgium
April 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Our CDSN poll has US way ahead of China as threat to Canada
Super pleased to announce that we have a new podcast joining the CDSN Podcast Network: Women in International Security-Canada's Bylines and Frontlines Podcast!!! soundcloud.com/cdsnpodcasts... #CDSN
September 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Super pleased to announce that we have a new podcast joining the CDSN Podcast Network: Women in International Security-Canada's Bylines and Frontlines Podcast!!! soundcloud.com/cdsnpodcasts... #CDSN
same in Canada according to repeated CDSN surveys
Still has the *highest* confidence/credibility of any profession in the US.
www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
April 22, 2026 at 2:59 PM
same in Canada according to repeated CDSN surveys
Here I am, alone at last...
Passion Surfing from @sohybrids.bsky.social
Full music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdSn...
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Passion Surfing from @sohybrids.bsky.social
Full music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdSn...
#spectrumofhybrids #sohybrids #furrymusic
February 20, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Here I am, alone at last...
Passion Surfing from @sohybrids.bsky.social
Full music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdSn...
#spectrumofhybrids #sohybrids #furrymusic
Passion Surfing from @sohybrids.bsky.social
Full music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdSn...
#spectrumofhybrids #sohybrids #furrymusic
I am presenting my research on white supremacy & xenoracism in the Canadian Armed Forces tomorrow at the CDSN Summer Institute (NPSIA, Ottawa). www.cdsn-rcds.com/summerinstit...
Annual Summer Institute — CDSN-RCDS
CDSN Summer Institute
www.cdsn-rcds.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I am presenting my research on white supremacy & xenoracism in the Canadian Armed Forces tomorrow at the CDSN Summer Institute (NPSIA, Ottawa). www.cdsn-rcds.com/summerinstit...
In a survey the CDSN did with the Nanos firm, results coming out formally soon, we found that Canadians do see the US as a great threat.
I still don't think invasion is in the cards, but coercion? Hell yeah.
I still don't think invasion is in the cards, but coercion? Hell yeah.
January 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM
In a survey the CDSN did with the Nanos firm, results coming out formally soon, we found that Canadians do see the US as a great threat.
I still don't think invasion is in the cards, but coercion? Hell yeah.
I still don't think invasion is in the cards, but coercion? Hell yeah.
Great news that we can finally announce. The Canadian Defence and Security Network [#CDSN] has received another MINDS Collaborative Network grant. This time the aim is to understand what Canadians know about defence/security, where they get their info, and to inform the public. Woot!
August 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Great news that we can finally announce. The Canadian Defence and Security Network [#CDSN] has received another MINDS Collaborative Network grant. This time the aim is to understand what Canadians know about defence/security, where they get their info, and to inform the public. Woot!
For our other competitions--Post-Doc, Undergrad Excellence Scholarship, Book workshop, check these out or go to our website at cdsn-rcds.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For our other competitions--Post-Doc, Undergrad Excellence Scholarship, Book workshop, check these out or go to our website at cdsn-rcds.com
Hey, civ-mil scholars, how do you feel about this one?
Sad to think that advocating more interaction between academia and military (very much a focus of the CDSN and CMRN) might be inappropriate for a serving officer as it is hardly subtle subskeet of SecDef.
Count me as queasy.
Sad to think that advocating more interaction between academia and military (very much a focus of the CDSN and CMRN) might be inappropriate for a serving officer as it is hardly subtle subskeet of SecDef.
Count me as queasy.
Looks like Brig. Gen. Montague here (who the Army’s general officer management office lists as at the end of an assignment in France and in “transition,” suggesting he’s retiring) wanted to go out with a bang www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | I’m an Army general. My education shouldn’t be unexpected.
Elite universities and the military should be friends, not foes.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Hey, civ-mil scholars, how do you feel about this one?
Sad to think that advocating more interaction between academia and military (very much a focus of the CDSN and CMRN) might be inappropriate for a serving officer as it is hardly subtle subskeet of SecDef.
Count me as queasy.
Sad to think that advocating more interaction between academia and military (very much a focus of the CDSN and CMRN) might be inappropriate for a serving officer as it is hardly subtle subskeet of SecDef.
Count me as queasy.
Yeah, I just saw. Woot! First CDSN co-director to win a seat!
Seriously though, just a very decent human being in addition to being smart and caring. A great outcome not just for Victoria and the Liberals but for Canada.
Seriously though, just a very decent human being in addition to being smart and caring. A great outcome not just for Victoria and the Liberals but for Canada.
April 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Yeah, I just saw. Woot! First CDSN co-director to win a seat!
Seriously though, just a very decent human being in addition to being smart and caring. A great outcome not just for Victoria and the Liberals but for Canada.
Seriously though, just a very decent human being in addition to being smart and caring. A great outcome not just for Victoria and the Liberals but for Canada.
October 18, 2024 at 8:48 AM
A great day at DND HQ talking defence and security with top folks saideman.blogspot.com/2026/08/cdsn... #CDSNSI FTW!
August 20, 2026 at 11:11 AM
A great day at DND HQ talking defence and security with top folks saideman.blogspot.com/2026/08/cdsn... #CDSNSI FTW!
This might seem like a lot of cookies but I have already distributed 3 of the big boxes [Thanksgiving and two classes] and about 12 small ones [CDSN and NPSiA staff]
Yes, I have a problem
#poliscibakes
Yes, I have a problem
#poliscibakes
December 19, 2024 at 10:41 PM
This might seem like a lot of cookies but I have already distributed 3 of the big boxes [Thanksgiving and two classes] and about 12 small ones [CDSN and NPSiA staff]
Yes, I have a problem
#poliscibakes
Yes, I have a problem
#poliscibakes
New Battle Rhythm! Artur and I talk about spies, security clearances and more and then I interview Caseway's Alistair Vigier about AI and drones open.substack.com/pub/cdsn/p/e...
August 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
New Battle Rhythm! Artur and I talk about spies, security clearances and more and then I interview Caseway's Alistair Vigier about AI and drones open.substack.com/pub/cdsn/p/e...
Wes till have some space for the much lauded CDSN Summer Institute. Great for academics, military folks, policy officers to learn how each other thinks and to learn about the threats facing Canada and how Canada makes defence policy. Info here: www.cdsn-rcds.com/summerinstit...
May 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Wes till have some space for the much lauded CDSN Summer Institute. Great for academics, military folks, policy officers to learn how each other thinks and to learn about the threats facing Canada and how Canada makes defence policy. Info here: www.cdsn-rcds.com/summerinstit...
August 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Once again, the CDSN Summer Institute had a very informative day at the National Defence HQ. We spoke with the Deputy Minister and a series of senior officers from across the CAF. Much thanks to the Public Affairs folks for making it happen
August 20, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Once again, the CDSN Summer Institute had a very informative day at the National Defence HQ. We spoke with the Deputy Minister and a series of senior officers from across the CAF. Much thanks to the Public Affairs folks for making it happen
And highly recommend Battle Rhythm, a CDSM podcast co-hosted by @smsaideman.bsky.social. This from last week, particularly good.
February 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
And highly recommend Battle Rhythm, a CDSM podcast co-hosted by @smsaideman.bsky.social. This from last week, particularly good.
Thanks to the wildly dis/unqualified Pete, the next iteration of the CDSN, the Civil-Military Relations Network, will not have the war colleges as partners. The irony, of course, is that if there is any time for US military officers to think more seriously about civ-mil, it is exactly now.
Pete Hegseth "seems determined to bar academics or anyone who faintly resembles one from contact with the armed forces," Eliot A. Cohen writes:
Hegseth’s Headlong Pursuit of Academic Mediocrity
His military-education reforms seem designed to ensure fighting men can’t think and thinking men can’t fight.
bit.ly
August 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Thanks to the wildly dis/unqualified Pete, the next iteration of the CDSN, the Civil-Military Relations Network, will not have the war colleges as partners. The irony, of course, is that if there is any time for US military officers to think more seriously about civ-mil, it is exactly now.
Good thing folks like you and @risabrooks12.bsky.social and David Kuehn are studying the role of military in democratic backsliding and glad it is one of the five research programs of CDSN 2.0 (aka Civil-Military Relations Network)
Korean President ordered military to drag lawmakers out of Parliament so they could not block his martial law order. They say they ignored the order. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/w...
December 13, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Good thing folks like you and @risabrooks12.bsky.social and David Kuehn are studying the role of military in democratic backsliding and glad it is one of the five research programs of CDSN 2.0 (aka Civil-Military Relations Network)
Hanging out at thr IUS-canada conference this weekend at Carleton. Lots of sharp research. The first panel i am attending is mostly DGMPRA (dnd personnel researchers) presenting work on inclusion. #CDSN
October 25, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Hanging out at thr IUS-canada conference this weekend at Carleton. Lots of sharp research. The first panel i am attending is mostly DGMPRA (dnd personnel researchers) presenting work on inclusion. #CDSN
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Republicans freaking out on live TV over deadline! 👇👇👇
Republicans freaking out on live TV over deadline! 👇👇👇
Republicans FREAK OUT on LIVE TV over DEADLINE
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April 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Republicans freaking out on live TV over deadline! 👇👇👇
Republicans freaking out on live TV over deadline! 👇👇👇
A lire l’étude bien informée de @joeguiffard.bsky.social: le système français permet des décision (CDSN) mais peine dans la conduite interministérielle des affaires de sécurité nationale. Les réformes proposées sont repoussées depuis trop longtemps
[Publication📣] Très heureux de vous partager ma note pour l' @institutmontaigne.bsky.social sur le pilotage de la politique étrangère et de sécurité nationale.
J'y mène une analyse critique du cadre institutionnel et propose 3 options de réforme. Un fil👇
www.institutmontaigne.org/publications...
J'y mène une analyse critique du cadre institutionnel et propose 3 options de réforme. Un fil👇
www.institutmontaigne.org/publications...
Pour une administration stratégique de notre sécurité nationale
Face à un ordre international bouleversé, la France peine à s’imposer. Cette note propose 3 scénarios pour renforcer le pilotage stratégique de sa politique étrangère et de défense nationale.
www.institutmontaigne.org
February 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A lire l’étude bien informée de @joeguiffard.bsky.social: le système français permet des décision (CDSN) mais peine dans la conduite interministérielle des affaires de sécurité nationale. Les réformes proposées sont repoussées depuis trop longtemps
The CDSN Podcast Network hangs its head in shame for being part of the proliferation of podcasts.
April 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The CDSN Podcast Network hangs its head in shame for being part of the proliferation of podcasts.