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Criminalizing terror from the sea
A landmark multinational counterterrorism treaty you’ve likely never heard of is poised to emerge from relative obscurity later this year...
Integrated picture, integrated response
When the National Security Policy was released in 2004, it set in motion a series of initiatives to improve maritime...
Demand for ships requires new strategy
With the Joint Support Ship (JSS) and Coast Guard patrol vessels on hold, talk around Parliament Hill of building Canadian...
Piracy, terrorism and the subtleties of multilateralism
From earliest times to 1790 piracy was a constant and intense scourge, but by 1850 it was a minor sideshow,...
End of an era: Canada’s Command of CTF 150
In late October three Canadian warships and their crews returned to ports in Esquimalt and Halifax after six long months...
Learning from Nanook
Collaboration is the bedrock of any joint exercise; projecting Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic hinges on it. But as the...
Operation Active Endeavour: NATO’s impact on maritime domain awareness
The past five years have witnessed tremendous growth in global interest over maritime security, a dynamic in which NATO’s Operation...
A pan-government approach to marine security
“In today’s global environment, no one agency can effectively deal with the asymmetrical threats we face,” Ray Oliver acknowledges. “The...