NATO and Canadian Responses to Russia since its Annexation of Crimea in 2014

Abstract

On April 19, 2018, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies Vancouver, along with the Vancouver branch of the Canadian International Council hosted a joint event. This included a presentation from the Simon Fraser University School of International Studies Associate Professor Dr. Nicole Jackson on “NATO and Canadian Responses to Russia, Post-2014.” The subsequent question and discussion period focused on identifying the methodological, knowledge, and policy gaps contained in Canadian literature on Russia. Further discussed, was how this lack of Russian knowledge is leading to confusion over which military and diplomatic instruments NATO, and Canada specifically, should employ in response to recent Russian actions. The roundtable portion of the evening focused on the poisoning of the former Russian spy and double agent, Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom, and the subsequent expulsion of Russian diplomats from NATO and Canada.