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...
A call for information transformation
Canadian soldiers today are in combat and DND/CF personnel are working flat out to support them. At the same time,...
Preparing a PRT – A cerebral approach for collaborative training
Delve into the tool kit of any Canadian soldier and you’ll find a multidimensional skill set – part warrior, part...
Understanding military and humanitarian space
reviews by Roy Thomas, MSC, CD, MA (RMC) Helping Hands & Loaded Arms Edited by Sarah Jane Meharg Clementsport, NS,...
Retooling Canada’s Cuba policy for the post-Castro era
Fidel Castro, 81, officially stepped down as president of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers in February 2008. He remains...
Changing the game: The Chinese approach to African development
While Canada, the United States and China are taking sharply different approaches to Africa, they all share something in common:...
Tribal politics: Why we must understand the human terrain
The Afghan conflict that the United States, Canada and other NATO countries find themselves embroiled in will not be won...
Moving beyond technical solutions
Should Canada be in the business of promoting democracy in fragile states? The simple answer, of course, is yes. Who,...
In Brief
A new role in the intelligence game? Canada’s ad hoc approach to intelligence gathering, even post-9/11, has “created a skewed...