Rachel Potter is a Junior Research Fellow at the NATO Association of Canada within the NATO and Canada Program and an undergraduate student pursuing a trilingual European law degree in French, English, and German. Her research experience includes a legal internship in Turkey, where she examined the country’s engagement with the European Court of Human Rights and capital punishment. She also works with Amnesty International, assisting asylum seekers and refugees in preparation for interviews with the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons. Her interests center on diplomacy, human rights, and international law, with a particular focus on European legal frameworks.
Rachel Potter examines Canada’s bid to host the proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank and its implications for allied defence investment. She explores how the institution would mobilise capital markets to finance defence procurement and industrial expansion for NATO members and partner states, and how hosting the bank could position Canada at the centre of an emerging system of allied defence finance while strengthening its strategic role within the NATO security ecosystem.
Rachel Potter analyzes the geopolitical fallout of U.S. pressure on Greenland, arguing that it reveals a deeper fragility within NATO and raises a critical question for Canada: can alliance guarantees still be trusted when power begins to override restraint?
