What you should know about digital foreign interference: Alex Wilner and Sydney Reis in Maclean's

When it comes to the future of digital foreign interference (DFI), technology will increasingly make us question the veracity of all our information...

September 12, 2019 at 5:27 pm read more

AI, bots and deep fakes: MLI study shows how technology shapes the fight against foreign political interference

OTTAWA, ON (August 29, 2019): Hostile foreign actors are increasingly employing digital foreign interference (DFI) as part of their toolkit to undermine democratic...

August 29, 2019 at 4:56 pm read more

Understanding the Backgrounds of Canada's Jihadists: Alex Wilner for Inside Policy

Similarly to contemporary European or US jihadists, Canadian participants in Islamist militancy are remarkably diverse in their ethnic origins, social and economic status,...

May 17, 2019 at 2:26 pm read more

Assessing Islamist Radicalization in Canada: New MLI Report

OTTAWA, ON (April 9, 2019): With ISIS facing complete collapse, Canada is now forced to deal with an uncomfortable reality; there are Canadians...

April 10, 2019 at 1:37 pm read more

Why Canada’s counter-proliferation framework needs an update: Alex Wilner in the Hill Times

New strategies for communicating threats, responses, and obligations with a range of Canadian stakeholders are needed, writes Alex Wilner. By Alex Wilner, March...

March 18, 2019 at 8:12 pm read more

Manchester terrorist attack shocking but not surprising, Alex Wilner tells CBC

The recent Manchester terrorist attack at a pop music concert was a “brutal act of violence against children”, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Alex...

May 24, 2017 at 11:22 am read more

MLI tackles the complexity of world affairs with the Global Security Look Ahead project

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute has collected all six essays from its recently-concluded project on global security in once place OTTAWA, April 6, 2017 –...

April 6, 2017 at 9:10 am read more