October 12th, 2010
Canada’s participation in the US-led Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program began in 1997[1] as an aerospace industry initiative and emerged in 2010 as a fully formed air defence policy. Setting aside for now the yet-to-be-debated question of Canada’s future air surveillance and interception needs and the merits of the F-35 aircraft for meeting those needs, […]
Read MoreSeptember 8th, 2010
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Read MoreJuly 19th, 2010
After four years of weekly posts CIGI online, the Disarming Conflict blog is taking a break and will resume on this site in mid-October. Stay connected. Postings will resume in October, in essence continuing to monitor the international community’s progress in making good on one of the boldest and far-reaching goals set out in the […]
Read MoreJuly 8th, 2010
The coming months will no doubt bring some extravagant pleas from certain Afghan and NATO politicians that Canada not follow through on the commitment to withdraw its combat forces from Afghanistan in 2011, but an effective antidote to such pressures is available in beefed-up diplomacy.
Read MoreJune 29th, 2010
The wisdom and benefits of strongly improved Canadian trade and political relations with India are obvious. But if civilian nuclear cooperation[i] is to be a primary fixture and symbol of the cordialization of Indo-Canadian relations, it should be built on the most robust of nonproliferation conditions. Basic nonproliferation standards will be met by the Nuclear […]
Read MoreJune 22nd, 2010
A basic disarmament agenda has been in place for the past decade. The priorities set in the 1990s and even earlier were essentially confirmed at the 2010 NPT Review Conference. The final document[i] of the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) reaffirmed the key decisions and agreements reached at the critically important […]
Read MoreJune 19th, 2010
The centrality of transparency in nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament was acknowledged and even advanced at the 2010 Review Conerence. When the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was indefinitely extended in 1995, the agreement included a collective commitment by States Parties to strengthen the Treaty’s review process. States called in particular for a heightened acknowledgement of mutual accountability […]
Read MoreJune 16th, 2010
The story line adopted by many NGOs in the immediate wake of the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was one of “empty promises.”[i] But now, with broad expressions of disappointment out of the way, observers increasingly point to the achievements. A primary accomplishment was avoiding the disaster […]
Read MoreJune 16th, 2010
Canada has for some time led efforts to expand and reshape the institutional infrastructure of the NPT, and thus to also improve its review and decision-making processes. The proposals this time were modest, though eminently worthwhile, and the results even more modest. A working paper,[i] initiated by Canada but with a broad group of co-sponsors,[ii] […]
Read MoreJune 10th, 2010
A combination of the national interest, prosperity and stability at home, and decades of peacekeeping experience means that Canada will continue to offer and be called upon to support multilateral missions to advance international peace and security after 2011 and the withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan. It is likely that most future Canadian participation […]
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