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The F-35 Lightning II, a Strategic Asset

Contributed Article, November 12, 2019 9 min read

In The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World, author Walter Kiechel III traces the……...

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Realistic peacekeeping options for Canada

Contributed Article, March 7, 2017 14 min read

UN peace operations permits Canada entry to the decision-making table regarding international governance and collective security

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Defence Policy Review Considerations: Canada’s Army

Stewart Downing, August 29, 2016 17 min read

The Canadian Army should continue to play a key role to connect, in real and meaningful ways, with fellow citizens.

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Fixing procurement

David Perry, August 26, 2016 7 min read

Canada’s largest postwar procurement project, the Canadian Surface Combatant, is losing a million dollars’ worth of buying power for each day the project is delayed.

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Droning on

Chris Black, March 28, 2016 8 min read

How unmanned combat aerial vehicles can augment the Canadian air force capability without breaking the bank

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Cyber

Where are the wearable?

Stewart Downing, March 18, 2016 5 min read

How can government defence departments capitalize on the IoT to improve both Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) to improve defence and security capabilities?

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Global defence perspectives – mapping prioritization and posture in a challenging world

Stewart Downing, February 3, 2016 8 min read

The security challenges confronting national defence organizations are both complex and dynamic. Nations around the globe now face a myriad……...

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Want a Good Defence White Paper? Look to the UK

Stewart Downing, February 2, 2016 7 min read

To say the Canada First Defence Strategy is outdated is an understatement. Published in 2008, the document still lists the……...

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Addressing Canada’s 21st Century Security Challenges: Is a coherent and affordable national defence strategy possible?

Stewart Downing, January 12, 2016 12 min read

For too long Canadian defence policy and operational priorities have lacked a degree of precision and purpose. Indeed, since 2006……...

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Underwater Wafare: Pay to stay current, or get out of the game

Federman Rodriguez, October 30, 2015 8 min read

In the days following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on March 8 2014, many were surprised at the……...

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Global defence perspectives – mapping prioritization and posture in a challenging world

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Addressing Canada’s 21st Century Security Challenges: Is a coherent and affordable national defence strategy possible?

Underwater Wafare: Pay to stay current, or get out of the game

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