Mission preparedness: Are we making the necessary investments?
Within National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, the concepts of capability and operational readiness are well understood and part...
The implications of a new intelligence environment
The focus of the 2014-15 CASIS conference was a comparison of the geopolitical ambitions, and intelligence systems, of Russia and...
Cyber security predictions for 2015
2015 promises to be an interesting year in cyber security. I’d like to offer some predictions. Global Surveillance and Privacy...
After the October attacks: What has changed?
Al Qaida threatened attacks against Canada in 2006 as Canadian troops fought in Afghanistan. There were terrorists, terrorist facilitators, and...
After the October attacks: What has changed?
Al Qaida threatened attacks against Canada in 2006 as Canadian troops fought in Afghanistan. There were terrorists, terrorist facilitators, and...
An academic voice in third-party reviews
Third-party reviews are about to become standard practice in Canadian defence procurement. As part of the government’s Defence Procurement Strategy,...
Explaining Ukraine’s defeat
On 24 August 2014, troops of the rebel Donetsk People’s Republic launched an offensive south of the city of Donetsk...
Studying intelligence adversaries
This year’s CASIS Symposium, to be held January 23, 2015 in Ottawa, will compare western intelligence systems with those of...
Clarifying confusion in shipbuilding procurement
As the federal government moves forward with the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy, there is still considerable confusion in government circles...
NATO: Fighting together, with caveats
Earlier this year, David Auerswald and Stephen Saideman published NATO in Afghanistan: Fighting Together, Fighting Alone, an exploration of how...