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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Between Hope and Fear: A New Iran?

Between Hope and Fear A New Iran? Highlights from the workshop On 1 June 2016, the Academic Outreach branch of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) held an unclassified workshop during which a multi-disciplinary group of experts from Canada, the United States, Europe and the Middle East discussed political and security developments... More

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Questioning the Relevance of Operation Nanook

John Higginbotham, former ADM for several federal departments and CIGI and Carleton fellow, comments on the relevance of Operation Nanook - one of the military's annual Arctic exercises. Every year in the summer, hundreds of soldiers descend upon Canada’s northern towns and participate in Operation Nanook. For those unfamiliar with Nanook, it... More

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Government Launches its new Security Green Paper

Our Security, Our Rights:National Security Green Paper, 2016 When former Bill C-51, the Anti-terrorism, Act. 2015 (ATA, 2015) was table in the House of Commons, many Canadians voiced concern with the Government’s approach to these responsibilities and whether the proposed legislation appropriately safeguards both security and rights. Those... More

Monday, September 5, 2016

PanCanadian Defence Review Advice

Pan-Canadian Focus Group Workshop: Realistic and Credible Policy Advice for Canada’s Defence Review Overview On 8 August 2016, 34 academics, 14 students and 10 government participants were invited to Carleton University to engage in a defence review workshop funded by a grant from the DND’s Defence Engagement Program (DEP) and coordinated by... More

Thursday, September 1, 2016

2016 Geneva Centre for Security Policy’s (GCSP) Prize for Innovation in Global Security

STUDENTS!!!! The 2016 Geneva Centre for Security Policy’s (GCSP) Prize for Innovation in Global Security is endowed with CHF 10,000, a ceremonial awards dinner in Geneva, and all travel expenses. Established last year, the Prize for Innovation in Global Security recognises deserving individuals or organisations that propose an innovative... More

Monday, August 15, 2016

Europe is more vulnerable to terrorism

NPSIA's Stephanie Carvin looks at the threat of terrorism in Europe vs Canada with reference to the latest foiled terrorist attempt  by Aaron Driver.  And in a second article, Dr. Carvin looks at the tools Canada has to fight terrorism and what we may need in the... More

Thursday, August 4, 2016

How Vulnerable is the Canadian Arctic To Malicious Threats? Common Misperceptions About Canadian Arctic Security

NPSIA student, Stefanie Fisher examines how vulnerable Canada's Arctic is to "malicious threats". In recent years it has become a common assumption that the Arctic region is vulnerable to threats from terrorists, piracy, human trafficking, and foreign states (among other modern external threats). The rhetoric produced by the Canadian government in... More

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Canada and Saudi Arabia: A deeply flawed but necessary partnership

CGAI's Thomas Juneau looks at Canada's flawed relationship with Saudi... More

Monday, July 18, 2016

What Went Wrong with Turkey’s Military Putsch?

CDA Institute's  Oksana Drozdova considers what went wrong with the putsch.  On 15 July 2016, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) attempted to overthrow the current government by capturing Istanbul and Ankara. On one hand, the news took the world community by surprise. Turkey, after all, is a NATO member state, a poster country... More

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Are there risk factors for terrorism?

Phil Gurski looks at some of the risk factors for... More

Friday, July 8, 2016

The Foundation for Defence Procurement Reform in Ukraine

Col. Ross Fetterly has 33 years of service with the Canadian Armed Forces and is currently the Royal Canadian Air Force Comptroller and Business Planner.  Given the current security environment in Ukraine, the need to undertake fundamental reform in management of defence resources in that sector is essential. The focus of this paper is... More

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Stephanie Carvin discusses the Chilcot Report

Dr. Carvin comments on some of the surprising findings of the Chilcot Report on CBC TV''s The National.  To view click... More

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