Defence and Human Security

Fighter aircraft and Arctic sovereignty

Posted on: May 18th, 2013 by Ernie Regehr

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Canada-US Military Cooperation in the Arctic: Bilateralism or Multilateralism?

Posted on: April 25th, 2013 by Ernie Regehr

As Senior Fellow in Arctic Security at The Simons Foundation, the following introduces a posting on my Disarming Arctic Security blog on the Foundation website. Click on the link below for the complete article.

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Circumpolar Military Facilities of the Arctic Five

Posted on: April 15th, 2013 by Ernie Regehr

As Senior Fellow in Arctic Security at The Simons Foundation, the following introduces a compilation of military facilities found on the Foundation website. Click on the link below for the complete document.

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New Fighter Aircraft: 36-year Life-Cycle Cost Estimate Comparisons

Posted on: April 10th, 2012 by Ernie Regehr

Buying and operating contemporary fighter aircraft is hugely expensive, and the table (below) of cost comparisons suggests it doesn’t much matter whether they are fourth or fifth generation editions, whether stealth or not, still in development or off-the-shelf. The only real way to save money on fighter aircraft is to buy and operate fewer of them.

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Preventing War: an audacious fantasy or a practical objective?

Posted on: November 28th, 2011 by Ernie Regehr

The approaching season of peace and goodwill invariably rekindles
our longing for a world in which swords are beaten into ploughshares and nation refuses to take up sword against nation. The hope may be genuine, but few of us can imagine, much less believe, that this audacious vision might actually find reality in our lifetime.

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New proposals for a durable Afghan peace

Posted on: October 4th, 2011 by Ernie Regehr

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reviewing his strategy[i] for engaging the Taliban following their assassination of his chief peace envoy, High Peace Council (HPC) Chairman Burhanuddin Rabbani, in an attack that also severely injured the Director of the HPC Secretariat, Masoom Stanekzai.[ii] A review is in order – not to question the continued pursuit of a political settlement with the Taliban[iii], but to consider what a comprehensive peace process might actually look like. Three recent reports offer some compelling guides.

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Did 9/11 “change everything”?

Posted on: September 11th, 2011 by Ernie Regehr

Current 9/11 commentaries frequently recall that “everything changed” on
that day, but ten years ago the everything-has-changed mantra didn’t so  much describe a new reality as it fed the view that extraordinary times justified extraordinary measures – established values and the rule of law, was the implication, had become inadequate guidelines for action against terrorism.
[i] Published as a letter in Sept 12/11 Globe and Mail.

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Libya, the regime change dilemma, and the Parliamentary Debate

Posted on: June 13th, 2011 by Ernie Regehr

There was all-party agreement in March on the House of Commons motion[i] in support of Canadian participation, for three months, in the UN-mandated protection mission in Libya, and while there are not sufficient grounds for withdrawing that support now, there is an urgent need to shift from bombing to talking.

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R2P: cover for unilateralism or entrenchment of multilateralism?

Posted on: June 8th, 2011 by Ernie Regehr

Does the responsibility to protect doctrine (R2P) provide cover for unilateralist and imperialist adventures by major powers in pursuit of their
own interests?  A new conference report[i] argues the opposite – that R2P’s strict requirement for UN-authorized collective intervention actually represents the reinforcement of multilateralism over unilateralism.

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On CIGI’s “Inside the Issues”

Posted on: May 23rd, 2011 by Ernie Regehr

A conversation with David A. Welch, CIGI Chair of Global Security and Interim Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs, on civil society and peace advocacy.

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