The enduring value of North American Aerospace Command
The armed forces of Canada and the United States are completing an historic commemoration. Fifty years ago our two nations......
EDS White Paper: Transforming Information Management For Operational Benefit – A call to action
In the year since the first article in this series was published, the relevance of its subject, “Transforming Information Management......
The Quetta connection
Before retiring, NATO Supreme Commander General James Jones told a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Quetta, Pakistan, was the......
Swords into ploughshares: A new kind of peace process
“Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is......
Shadow Warriors: Shedding light on private security contractors in Afghanistan
The contemporary security environment is more crowded than it has been in centuries, particularly in Afghanistan where national and international......
Risk and reward: Balancing lifecycle costs
Canadian firms have a long history of servicing and supporting Canadian Forces fleets. But recent contracts for aircraft and pending...
Coalition building for comprehensive operations
Since the conclusion of the Cold War, multinational/coalition operations have shaped the military’s involvement in activities and engagements around the......
The necessity of NATO
NATO has, over its 60 years, not always been the most efficient of organizations. Accused by many of being a......
Mission tested: Preparing the Army for 2021
Engaged in one of the most complex asymmetrical conflicts it has ever encountered, its resources stretched and its people at......
A conservative strategy for NATO’s future
Since 2006, Canadian foreign policy has taken a decisive turn towards a more national-interest based orientation. The chief ingredients of......