April 25th, 2013
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. Canadian/American military cooperation in North America is hardly a new phenomenon, Other problems include illness, medications, or sometimes even cialis without prescription http://www.cloverleafbowl.com/jid1340.html […]
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Defence and Human Security
April 18th, 2013
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. The Barents Observer reported in January that “the number of strategic warheads deployed from the Kola Peninsula And that is followed […]
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Nuclear Disarmament
April 15th, 2013
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. In 2011 the Canadian Senate Committee on Security and Ideally generic cialis no prescription one should visit one’s doctor and discuss one’s ED with […]
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Defence and Human Security, Nuclear Disarmament
November 29th, 2012
As the US, Canada, and others focus on the 2014 deadline for extracting their military forces from Afghanistan, the neglect of a credible political exit strategy threatens to push that troubled country still further down the path of escalating civil war. A decade’s worth of UN-authorized military intervention has accompanied major change in Afghanistan, much […]
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Armed Conflict
April 18th, 2012
To no one’s surprise, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had only derision for the recently resumed nuclear talks with Iran, but for most the Iran debate has moved from the merits of a military attack to the key elements of a negotiated settlement.
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Nuclear Disarmament
April 10th, 2012
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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Defence and Human Security
April 3rd, 2012
Canada has undertaken some welcome diplomatic activism in support of reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka – a critically important follow-up to the long and deadly civil war that ended in May 2009.
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Armed Conflict
March 30th, 2012
Deterrence would become the default response if Iran were not ultimately prevented from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but neither the Cold War nor the South Asian experience offers much hope that stability would ensue.
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Nuclear Disarmament
March 28th, 2012
The RCMP has confirmed that it has been asked to investigate whether the transfer of Canadian built drones to Libya was in violation of Canadian regulations to implement a UN arms embargo on Libya.
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Arms Trade
February 17th, 2012
Exporting uranium to any state with nuclear weapons should obviously proceed only with the greatest of caution. Hence, this two-fold question: Is Canada taking sufficient care to ensure that Canadian uranium will never end up in a Chinese bomb; can Canada ensure that new supplies of uranium for China’s growing civilian needs will not free up […]
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Nuclear Disarmament