March 30th, 2018
Cruise missiles recently made the front pages when President Vladimir Putin marshaled impressive audiovisuals to hype Russian strides in developing new and sinister military technologies. Cruise missiles were included but concerns regarding them didn’t just arrive with his speech. They have figured prominently, for just one example, in the current Canadian and American intention to replace […]
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Arctic Security, Defence and Human Security, Nuclear Disarmament
March 28th, 2018
Letter to the Globe and Mail Published 28 March 2018 I confess to being perplexed by arguments that Canada shouldn’t go to Mali because it’s dangerous, or hopeless, or not in Canada’s interests (Trudeau’s Mali Misadventure – editorial, March 22). Peace support operations are by definition dangerous, they take place where political accord and governance […]
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Armed Conflict, Defence and Human Security
February 28th, 2018
Canada and the United States have begun planning a replacement for the North Warning System, the network of air defence radars across the top of the continent. Jointly funded and operated through NORAD, though located primarily in Canada, the system’s renewal comes in the context of a persistent Cold War revivalism that presages a preoccupation […]
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Arctic Security, Defence and Human Security
January 20th, 2018
It’s hard to believe, but less than a decade ago, academics, policy analysts, and even officials were exploring US-NATO-Russia cooperation on ballistic missile defence – begging the question: why is that no longer considered an appropriate subject for polite company? Missile defence cooperation is still happening, of course, but it’s between Russia and China on […]
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Defence and Human Security, Nuclear Disarmament, Uncategorized
January 10th, 2018
David J. Bercuson (author of the “Eye on defence” column in Legion Magazine, director of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary) and When endometrium grows in pelvic cavity, it levitra pharmacy purchase brings tissue adhesion and lump which both make the modification of your surroundings. Its disease browse around […]
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Armed Conflict, Defence and Human Security, Uncategorized
December 21st, 2017
If the Cold War is truly back, the news has yet to reach the Arctic. In the high north, putative rivals are having a hard time getting over their habit of cooperating. They’ve been at it again, this time agreeing on a set of measures to prevent over-fishing in the soon to be accessible high […]
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Arctic Security, Defence and Human Security, Uncategorized
December 12th, 2017
NATO Defence Ministers have signalled their intention to create a new north Atlantic Command, one with Arctic operations also in mind. Along with current deployments in the Baltic states and Poland, intensified air patrols on its eastern and northern flanks, European ballistic missile defence, and a new logistics command for Europe, this new Caverject, Edex) […]
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Arctic Security, Defence and Human Security, Uncategorized
November 23rd, 2017
The first ever “live exercise” involving all eight countries of the Arctic Coast Guard Forum (ACGF) rightly has some observers hailing this new forum’s potential for reinvigorating pan-Arctic security cooperation. Significant challenges remain – not the least being ongoing wariness of Russian military developments and growing Chinese interest in the region, pushing some states towards […]
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Arctic Security, Defence and Human Security
November 15th, 2017
The following letter has been sent to the Prime Minister, urging support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and urging the Government of Canada to redouble its nuclear disarmament efforts. November 15, 2017 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada Ottawa, ON Dear Prime Minister, Canadians for a […]
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Nuclear Disarmament, Uncategorized
November 1st, 2017
Earlier this year, Canada’s chief of defence staff assured Canadians that the Armed Forces won’t be using the armed drones they are bent on acquiring on “Hollywood” style assassination missions. That is certainly good to know, but it will take more than personal pledges to mitigate concerns about the uses and abuses of armed, remotely […]
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Arms Trade, Defence and Human Security
