Friday, July 7, 2017 should open up a new chapter in global nuclear affairs with the adoption at the UN of the world's first treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons. Visit OpenCanada.org at the link below for commentary by Paul Meyer, Senior Fellow, on what it might mean for Canada and the traditional nuclear order.

By Amb. (ret.) Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Published by OpenCanada.org
July 5, 2017

Commentary by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Published by The Hill Times
June 14, 2017

See The Simons Foundation's page on The Canadian Defence Policy Review for briefing papers by Ernie Regehr, O.C., Senior Fellow in Defence Policy and Arctic Security at The Simons Foundation.

To South Koreans well within the firing range of a regime and leader of dubious stability and demeanour, it might seem eminently sensible to pursue protection from Kim Jong-un’s brandished missiles and nuclear warheads, but those same South Koreans are far from united on hosting American missile defence batteries on their soil. Indeed, they’ve just elected the presidential candidate most critical of the rushed THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) deployment. Whether the new Government revives an all-out “Sunshine Policy” of re-engagement with the North, it should find missile defence a poor substitute for diplomacy.

Visit OpenCanada.org for this article by Ernie Regehr, Senior Fellow for Defence Policy and Arctic Security at The Simons Foundation.

By Ernie Regehr, O.C.
Senior Fellow in Defence Policy and Space Security, The Simons Foundation
Published by OpenCanada.org
May 11, 2017

Public event presented by the Space Security Index on the future of outer space governance as the Outer Space Treaty faces the next generation of challenges. 5:30 - 7:00pm on Wednesday, May 3rd in Montreal.
See the April 2017 issue of "Arms Control Today" published by the Arms Control Association at the link below for this article by Paul Meyer, Senior Fellow at The Simons Foundation.

By Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Published by Arms Control Today
April 2017

This article originally appeared in the April 2017 issue of “Arms Control Today”, and has been reprinted with the permission of the Arms Control Association.