November 12th, 2018
The ongoing forward deployment of non-strategic US nuclear weapons in Western Europe raises fundamental issues of strategic stability (including pre-emption, nuclear first-use, and war-fighting doctrines), public safety, and meeting Treaty obligations. American B61 nuclear gravity bombs are currently based in five European NATO member countries under NATO’s nuclear sharing policy, an arrangement that will come […]
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Defence and Human Security, Nuclear Disarmament
November 9th, 2018
Two Canadian groups with a long history of engaging the Government of Canada on nuclear disarmament policy priorities – The Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention (a project of the Canadian Pugwash Group) – have written to the Prime Minister, drawing attention to the escalating nuclear threat and […]
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Nuclear Disarmament
November 8th, 2018
Last June there was all-party support for an extraordinary recommendation by the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence. It called on the Canadian Government to “take a leadership role within NATO in beginning the work necessary for achieving the NATO goal of creating the conditions for a world free Men involved in bicycling, […]
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Defence and Human Security, Nuclear Disarmament
October 26th, 2018
Questions about sovereignty are a constant in Canadian discourse on the Arctic – a current iteration being a study of “Canada’s Sovereignty in the Arctic” by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE). As of Oct 22, the Committee had held four sessions, heard 15 witnesses, and received four written […]
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Arctic Security, Defence and Human Security, Uncategorized
October 25th, 2018
A letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland on President Donald Trump’s declared intention to pull the United States out of the US-Russian Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. October 25, 2018 The Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs Global Affairs Canada 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0G2 Dear Minister Freeland, We write to […]
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Nuclear Disarmament, Uncategorized
July 18th, 2018
The run-up to this month’s NATO summit featured an array of pundits, experts and, notably, Canadian Parliamentarians, encouraging the Alliance to step up its presence and collective operations in the Arctic. As it turned out, NATO leaders wisely resisted the entreaties. The Brussels Summit Sex pills for men lowest price for cialis is one of […]
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Arctic Security, Defence and Human Security
July 16th, 2018
This compilation of current military facilities in the circumpolar region continues to be offered as an aid to addressing a key question posed by the Canadian Senate more than five years ago: “Is the [Arctic] region again becoming militarized?” If anything, that question has become more interesting and relevant in the intervening years, with commentators […]
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Arctic Security, Defence and Human Security, Uncategorized
May 16th, 2018
Ten years ago this month, the five Arctic Ocean states issued the Ilulissat Declaration. In it they pledged to rely on existing international law, notably the Law of the Sea, as the framework through which they would seek the “orderly settlement” of disputes in this rapidly changing region. In a welcome counterpoint to the persistent […]
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Arctic Security, Armed Conflict, Defence and Human Security
May 16th, 2018
Stephen J. Thorne says Yes. Ernie Regehr says No. Read the debate at Legion Magazine. Here is the “No” argument, written before the Mali announcement: After Canada’s prolonged absence from peacekeeping, there has been more than a little audacity, basically in a good way, in the plan to re-engage. Because today’s conflicts are intractable, dangerous […]
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Armed Conflict, Defence and Human Security
April 21st, 2018
No single issue has yet emerged as a central focus for the coming NATO Summit. Priorities listed by the NATO Secretary-General, as well as by some member States, include the need to reinforce alliance deterrence and defence (in the face of Russia’s new assertiveness, is how it’s usually framed), burden sharing (code for increased military […]
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Defence and Human Security, Nuclear Disarmament
