Drone Technology Is Transforming Warfare in Real Time

Wesley Wark writes that “when new weapons of war come along, they are usually attended with confident predictions about their impact on the future.”

In this opinion, Wark discusses the rapid incorporation of ever more sophisticated artificial intelligence and electronic warfare technologies in drones, making predictions about their future capabilities very difficult. “Combatants in Ukraine and Gaza and modern militaries around the world, including in Canada, are having to race to acquire the urgent gift of prophecy before the drone undoes them.”

The surge in players and plans to extract and utilize lunar resources is a significant development in today’s space race. The international framework governing lunar activities has tangible gaps, with no consensus on rules for resource utilization, distribution of benefits and, notably, no measures for conflict prevention and coordination.

In this policy brief, Nivedita Raju describes factors that risk heightening tensions and creating friction among those planning missions to the Moon and outlines essential steps to ensuring collective security and stability in lunar activities.

“Amid the continuing debate about Canada’s lacklustre record on productivity and innovation, one issue that stands out is the lack of vision on infrastructure. Aging industrial infrastructure and the absence of needed investment in new technologies such as telecommunications, high-speed rail, clean technologies and industrial automation have significantly undermined the country’s competitiveness.”

In this opinion, Daniel Araya and Shirley Anne Scharf argue that turning things around demands long-term planning and investment: “The present geopolitical moment cries out for a national strategy that brings together policy makers, industry leaders and citizens.”

“In August 2024, US Judge Amit Mehta rendered an unsurprising decision: Google, with its long-standing grip on approximately 90 percent of the online search market, is a monopolist.”

Keldon Bester writes in this opinion that the decision reflects “the broader turn toward stricter treatment of digital giants by antitrust authorities around the world.”

“Very little is simple when power is being challenged. The Department of Justice’s victory in the Google search case should be recognized as a historic point in the global effort to rebalance public and private power.”