Paper promises or real defence purchases?
Hallelujah and hosannas. That seems to be the response of supporters to the Canadian Forces extraordinary string of June announcements.......
The birth of CANAIRELIEF
The Darfor situation in the Sudan raises the question of what happens when governments fail to act as the public......
Long and meritorious service medals
The British first instituted a military long service medal in 1845 – the Army Meritorious Service Medal – followed by......
A logical solution for rapid analysis
Amongst the paraphernalia scattered throughout a house used by an enemy insurgent group, a computer is captured containing thousands of...
Expanded responsibility: Private security post 9/11
Since 9/11, keeping stride with the urgent needs and rising expectations of public and private sector clients has required the......
A private solution to a humanitarian catastrophe
The three-year old Darfur crisis in western Sudan shows few signs of abating. NGOs estimate that approximately 400,000 have died......
An Unwinnable War
While in Afghanistan shortly after the fall of the Taliban, I was taken aside by a local man during a......
Complex mandate: The multifaceted role of international policing
The first decades of international peace and security operations were very much the domain of militaries. But the end of......
The Evolution of 3D: The military’s new paradigm
For the Canadian Forces, the 3D concept has been evolutionary, not revolutionary. In Cyprus, little thought was given to Canadian......