Thursday, June 16, 2016

What can be done to stop domestic terrorism?

Jez Littlewood and Stephanie Carvin comment on the challenges faced by the U.S. and Canada in combating domestic terrorism. Read... More

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

“Interim” Superhornets?

CDA and CDA Institute CEO Tony Battista and Research Manager and Senior Editor David McDonough comment on the government’s apparent interest in procuring Super Hornets as an interim measure against a perceived capability gap. Read more at... More

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Canada Should Make Climate Change a Focus of its UN Security Council Bid

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Canada’s Use of Sanctions and Protection of Human Rights

By Andrea Charron, PhD According to Global Affairs Canada sanctions are: "Measures, including limitations on official and diplomatic contacts or travel, the imposition of legal measures to restrict or prohibit trade or other economic activity between Canada and the target state, or the seizure or freezing of property situated in Canada. In order... More

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

A crumbling ‘caliphate’ is still a threat to Canada

The attacks in Brussels on Tuesday are a very tragic reminder of the risk that Islamic State and its supporters pose to the West. For Canada, there is a very dim silver lining in that the government did not raise the national threat level following the attacks, which suggests our security services are unaware... More

Monday, March 14, 2016

Dron’t Panic! What to know about Canada’s use of drones

Last week there was a lot of attention in the media that Canada is considering purchasing drones that would have the capability to be armed. This should not be a surprise – Canada has used drones in Afghanistan for surveillance and has considered procuring them under the Joint Unmanned Surveillance and Target Acquisition System... More

Monday, March 14, 2016

Why Islamic State must be fought on four fronts

The Canadian debate about the fight against the Islamic State frequently involves the need to take a holistic approach – essentially a broad strategy that includes everything from training missions overseas to countering violent extremism programs at home. But is this the right way to look at the IS problem? It might be tempting... More

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Trudeau may come to bitterly regret the Saudi arms deal

Critics of the $15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia have taken the federal government to task for failing to fully disclose the information it relies on to evaluate country risk. It’s part of the due diligence framework government officers must undergo when conducting arms sales to countries with dubious human rights records, ones... More

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Breaking down Canada’s military training mission in Iraq

The past week has been pretty interesting in Canadian defence and foreign policy as the Prime Minister announced Monday that Canada would focus on training in Iraq while taking out some (not all)* of the planes dedicated to the bombing effort. There have been many questions raised about the training effort and many opinions... More

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Promises and pitfalls of our Islamic State mission

On Monday Canada tabled its new ISIL mission. There’s much to applaud. But questions remain. Canada’s pledge of over a billion dollars in humanitarian assistance is the plan’s specialty. This is a generous and necessary offer. The money will go towards sheltering and assisting refugees fleeing the combined barbarity of ISIL and the Syrian... More

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Three ways Canada can influence the Asia-Pacific region

It is easy to understand why Canadian political leaders tend to focus on Europe rather than Asia/Pacific. Because of the various institutions in Europe, especially the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, we know how Canada fits in. We know what Canada’s role is in Europe, but we have a hard time imagining how Canada can... More

Friday, February 5, 2016

Libya must be part of the plan to beat Islamic State

Canada’s new government will soon unveil its Islamic State strategy. But there’s one issue we haven’t yet heard much about: Libya. As Canadians continue to explore the scope and nature of our conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, our allies are already moving on to a new front. Canada needs to... More

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Should Canada’s exclusion from anti-ISIS meeting be worrisome?

Monday, we learned of a meeting in Paris this week about the future of the anti-ISIS effort by the significant contributors to the current effort, and that Canada is apparently not invited. The natural questions to ask are: why and so what? It is easier to answer the second than the first, but I... More

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Why invite Montenegro into NATO? It’s all about Russia

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced this week that it is inviting Montenegro to join the alliance. The essential meaning of this is that once it is a member, Montenegro will be committed to participate in the defense of NATO members if anyone is attacked AND the alliance will be committed to defend... More

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Elusive Pursuits: Lessons from Canada’s interventions abroad

Every year, in partnership with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs assesses Canada's place in the world via a Canada Among Nations volume. The theme of this year’s issue — which launches in Ottawa and in Toronto over the next week — is on learning... More

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

5 Things Americans Need To Know About The New Canadian Prime Minister’s Foreign Policy

Don’t expect as much change as one might expect from a candidate with a slogan of “real change.” Canada is not going change its stances on most major issues. The reason for this is simple: On many of the major foreign policy issues that have arisen over the past several years, the differences between... More

Thursday, July 30, 2015

A Counter-Terrorism Strategy for Canada?

The headline of a recent survey conducted by the Globe and Mail and the Nanos pollsters stated that, “the best plan for the Canadian economy trumps fighting terrorists by more than 20 to 1 as an important election issue, say Canadians”. Given the attention the Government has devoted to highlighting the risk of terrorism, and the steps needed... More

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Contrasting Military Chiefs: US and Canada

The US and Canada are replacing their military chiefs at about the same time. As each starts their term in office, observers can easily confuse what each can and cannot do. The striking difference is that the US Chairman can speak but not act and the Canadian Chief can act but cannot speak quite as... More

Friday, July 17, 2015

Political Leaders and the “Promise” of Strategic Intelligence

It is not without a degree of irony that interspersed with yet another allegation about the activities of the NSA, there are the occasional media reports about the unhappiness of political leaders with the intelligence they receive. During the past few months, the latest complaint of this kind was the apparent “failure” of the intelligence... More

Friday, July 17, 2015

Pet Peeve: Existential Threat

One of my biggest pet peeves when I hear politician and pundits talk about threats to US or Canadian or whatever security, the phrase existential threat is often stretched to the point of meaninglessness. There are many threats to security, and they range from minor/modest to severe to, ultimately,... More

Friday, July 10, 2015

Countering the terrorist threat in Canada is no easy task

Terrorism is something any democracy has to live with. Terrorism cannot be eradicated. Since 1960, acts of terrorism have resulted in 450 Canadians losing their lives in 1,170 incidents. Prior to Sept. 11, 2001, the bombing of Air India flight 182 was the most deadly international terrorist attack in history: 279 Canadian citizens were... More

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