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...
Light at the end of the tunnel
May 2, 2006, brought the first evidence of what the actual Conservative defence policy looks like. Interestingly, it looks a...
Tragedy when priorities collide
On 13 June, 1942, my uncle, Sgt Roy Thomas, was killed while practising to drop bombs from the military version...
Gathering ‘green’ intelligence
Green means much more on the maps and screens of those who make decisions in combat zones. This colour has...
Through-life capability management: The UK—BAE Systems approach
The most expensive aspect of any military platform is rarely the acquisition cost – it is often the ongoing support...
Shortcomings of the Canadian crisis response
Those of us who are involved in emergency management often talk about ‘emergencies’ or ‘disasters’ as if the terms are...