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Policy Updates

POLICY UPDATES

2012

A Canadian Primer to the 2012 US Primaries and Caucuses
Colin Robertson

 

Emerging Canadian Priorities and Capabilities for Arctic Search and Rescue

Interview

Ron Wallace


2011

 

Being Rejected in the United Nations: The Causes and Implications of Canada’s Failure to Win a Seat in the UN Security Council
Denis Stairs

 

Can Canada Have a Grand Strategy?

Jack Granatstein 

 

Fertilizing the Arab Spring

Nathaniel Lowbeer-Lewis

 

From the Operational to the Strategic: A Post-2011 Opportunity

Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell

 

Libya: Why Are We Involved
Derek Burney

Libya: A Time for Others in the Region

Derek Burney

 

Reinventing CIDA – One Year Later
by Barry Carin

 

Russia and the 2010 NATO Strategic Concept: New Era of Partnership or Wishful Thinking?

Mikayel Bagratuni

Security and Prosperity in the Canada-United States Relationship Two Sides of the Same Coin
Thomas d'Aquino

The Social Underpinnings of the Current Unrest in North Africa and the Middle East

David Carment

 

 

2010


A Marshall Plan for Haiti? Think Again

David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy

A Primer to the G8/G20 Toronto and Huntsville Summits
Colin Robertson


Afghanistan: Out of Sight…?

Derek Burney

Broken Promises: The Fragility Gap and the Millennium Development Goals
by David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy

Canada-US Relations at 150

Derek Burney

 

Canada-US Relations: No Time for Complacency
Derek Burney


NATO Summit: Making Peace with Russia, Canada Notwithstanding
Christopher Westdal

Redefining Security in the Post-Afghanistan Era: The Future of Canadian Military Policy in an Uncertain World
by Ron Wallace

The 2010 Midterms: A Primer for Canadians
Colin Robertson

 

The Harper Government and Defence After Four Years
Jack Granatstein
 

Towards a Coherent Reserve Strategy for the Canadian Forces
Hugh Segal
 

Unstoppable Momentum: The Real Meaning and Value Behind Operation Nunavilut 10
Ron Wallace and Whitney Lackenbauer

Welcome to a new era of Arctic Security
Rob Huebert

 

2009


After Obama’s First Hundred Days: The Pursuit of the Ottawa Agenda and the Need for a Permanent Campaign
Colin Robertson
 

A Summary of Operation Nunalivut 2009
Brian Flemming

Breaking Global Deadlocks: A Canadian Track 1.5 Success
Peter Heap

Canadian Interests Are No Longer Served by the G8
Gordon Smith and Barry Carin

China Ascending
Derek Burney

Comprehensive Action Plan for Afghanistan
by Sarah Chayes

Don’t Overburden or Undervalue NATO
Alexander Moens

Engaging the Obama Administration
by Derek Burney

Getting it Done in Foreign Policy
Derek Burney

Mr. Harper Goes to Washington
Colin Robertson

Pirates Have Rights, Bring in the Police
Patrick Lennox

Setting the Stage for the Obama Administration: The Players, the Program, and the Opportunities for Canada
Colin Robertson

The Strategic Quagmire: Why Nation Building in Afghanistan is Failing
Anil Hira
 

Why Canada Needs a Robust Arctic Air Rescue Capability
Ron Wallace

Worthwhile Canadian Initiatives: On Banking and ‘Getting Government Right’
by Colin Robertson

2008


No Canadian guns, no Afghan reconstruction
David Bercuson

The Audacity of Common Sense
Derek Burney


The End of the Hillier Era
Jack Granatstein

Who Will Succeed Hillier?
Gen (Ret'd) Paul Manson

2007

Guess what? We give more than .7% already
David Carment

Implementing a Canadian Defence Strategy
LGen (Ret’d) George Macdonald
 

Presentation to the Standing Committee on National Defence
LGen (Ret’d) George Macdonald


The Hollowing out of Corporate Canada?
Derek Burney

2006

Dispatches from the  War on Terror
Brian Flemming
 

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Consequences of a Diminishing Presence of the Canadian Militia in Canadian Communities
David Turnbull for CDFAI 

2005

Canada-US Relations: Are We Getting it Right?
Derek Burney
 

The IPS: Lowered Expectations
Mark Entwistle

2004

PowerPoint Presentation: Canada and Ballistic Missile Defence: Defying Logic and Politics
Jim Fergusson
 

October 2004 Security and Defence Forum Newsletter

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February 2012

We Don't Need the
UN's Permission

  by Jack Granatstein

Now Available:
Winter 2011 Edition of
"The Dispatch"

 

 

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