Weapon for the warfighter: Knowledge is power
Information is a weapon. With timely, accurate and comprehensive information, the operational commander can anticipate and counter the actions of...
Today’s lessons for tomorrow’s wars
What can the conflicts of today tell us about the wars of the near future? At a recent conference hosted...
Interpreting al-Qaeda
Al Qaeda in its Own Words Gilles Keppel and Jean-Pierre Milelli, editors; translated by Pascale Ghazaleh Harvard University Press, 2008...
Development possible if in Afghan hands
I returned to Afghanistan last December, travelling to Kabul, the Panjshir Valley, and Kandahar. It had been several years since...
Social enterprise: Working within local culture
Sipping tea, we sat with a half-dozen village elders in the mosque courtyard, soaking in the thick calm of the...
Effective aid: Why does Canada struggle?
In an age of increasing global prosperity, over one billion people still live on less than $1 per day, 100...
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District program means more effective policing When Arif Lalani stepped into his role as Canada’s Ambassador to Afghanistan one year...
Filling Hillier’s boots
Filling Rick Hillier’s combat boots will be a daunting and difficult task, given the many significant accomplishments during his three-year...
A forgotten armoured arsenal: The Montreal Locomotive Works
Canadians serving in besieged Sarajevo in the 1990s could well have come under fire from an M-36 tank destroyer built...
Training the army in a virtual world
Five soldiers step into a 40-foot shipping container and gear up – vests, headgear and weapons. Soon they are immersed...