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Towards a North American Arctic Region
by Joël Plouffe
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Indian Aerospace: Poised for
Takeoff?
by
Rodnie Allison
Unwilling to be Willing: The
Primacy and Capability
Principles in Canadian-American
Relations
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Russia and the 2010 NATO
Strategic Concept: New Era of
Partnership or Wishful Thinking?
by
Mikayel Bagratuni
Marshall Plan Needed for Middle
East
by
Michael Bell
Canada's International Role
(Video)
by David Bercuson, by Jack
Granatstein
and Denis Stairs
An Opaque Window: An Overview of
Some Commitments Made by the
Government of Canada Regarding
the Department of National
Defence and the Canadian Forces;
1 January 2000 - 31 December
2004.
by David J. Bercuson, Aaron P.
Plamondon, and Ray Szeto
National Defence, National
Interest: Sovereignty, Security
and Canadian Military Capability
in the Post 9/11 World
by David J.
Bercuson, John Ferris, J.L.
Granatstein, by Rob Huebert, and
Jim Keeley
Lessons Learned? What Canada
Should Learn from Afghanistan
CTV Interview with David
Bercuson
by David Bercuson and J.L.
Granatstein
Our Leopard tanks make the leap
to Afghanistan
by Bob Bergen
Getting Past the
Bilateral-Trilateral Debate: A
Pragmatic Functionalist Approach
to North America
by Brian Bow
Forget Al-Qaeda: Think Mexico - Next
Great Threat to Canadian Security
by Major
Bernard Brister
A Raucous Political Year for
America
by Derek Burney
Afghanistan: Out of Sight…?
by Derek Burney
Canada-US Relations: Are We
Getting it Right?
Canada-US Relations at 150
by Derek Burney
Canada-US Relations: No Time for
Complacency
China Ascending
Engaging the Obama
Administration
Foreign Policy in the Election
Getting it Done in Foreign
Policy
In The Canadian Interest?
Assessing Canada's International
Policy Statement (English
version)
In The Canadian Interest?
Assessing Canada's International
Policy Statement (French
version)
by Derek H. Burney, by Rob
Huebert,
by James Fergusson, Eric Lerhe,
Michel Fortmann, Frédéric
Mérand, George Macdonald,
J.L. Granatstein, by Reid Morden,
George Haynal, by Kim Richard
Nossal, by Sharon Hobson,
by Jean-Sébastien Rioux, and Gordon
S. Smith
Leadership in a New Government
Environment
Libya: A Time for Others in the
Region
by Derek Burney
Libya: Why Are We Involved
by Derek
Burney
Linkage: Foreign Policy,
National Interests and
Prosperity
by D.H. Burney, W.A.
Dymond, and J.L. Granatstein
The Audacity of Common Sense
The Hollowing out of Corporate
Canada?
TOP OF
PAGE
From the Operational to the
Strategic: A Post-2011
Opportunity
by Lieutenant General
William B. Caldwell
Reinventing CIDA
Listen: by Gordon Smith on
CBC's Power and Politics
Reinventing CIDA – One Year
Later
A Marshall Plan for Haiti? Think
Again
Broken Promises: The Fragility
Gap and the Millennium
Development Goals
Cold Turkey or Slow Withdrawal?
A Recipe for Haitian Success
by David Carment and Yiagadeesen
Samy
Effective Defence Policy
for Responding to Failed and
Failing States
The New Terrorism: Understanding
Yemen
The Social Underpinnings of the
Current Unrest in North Africa
and the Middle East
by David Carment
Conference Publication: Canadian
Defence and the Canada-US
Strategic Partnership
Turkey: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends
by Aliye Pekin Çelik and Laura
Elizabeth Çelik
Turkey: Current and Future
Political, Economic, and
Security Trends
Canadian Foreign Policy,
Terrorism, and Non-Traditional
Security Threats: Temporary
Aberration or Permanent
Condition?
The “Dirty Oil” Card and
Canadian Foreign Policy
Comprehensive Action Plan for
Afghanistan
Security in an Uncertain World:
A Canadian Perspective on NATO’s
New Strategic Concept
CFIS: A Foreign Intelligence
Service for Canada
by Barry Cooper
Whatever Happened to
Peacekeeping? The Future of a
Tradition (English)
Whatever Happened to
Peacekeeping? The Future of a
Tradition (French)
Why don’t diplomats get the
respect they’ve earned?
by Daryl Copeland
by James Cox
TOP OF
PAGE
Should Brazil be "Special" for Canada?
by Jean Daudelin
The Trilateral Mirage: A Tale of
Two North-Americas
Distributed Security as Cyber
Strategy: Outlining a
Comprehensive Approach for
Canada in Cyberspace
by Ron Deibert
A President Soon? Where is Egypt
Heading To?
by Ferry de Kerckhove
Canada and Iran: Looking Beyond
the Present
by Ferry de Kerckhove
by Ferry de Kerckhove
The Syrian Crisis: What it Means
for the World; Is There a Role
for Canada?
by Ferry de Kerckhove
The Role of the Militia in
Today’s Canadian Forces
by Jack
English
Canadian Peacekeeping Is Not
What It Used To Be
Security and Prosperity in the
Canada-United States
Relationship Two Sides of the
Same Coin
TOP OF
PAGE
Beneath the Radar: Change and
Transformation in the
Canada-U.S. North American
Defence Relationship
by James Fergusson
Canada and Ballistic Missile
Defence: Defying Logic and
Politics
Report on Canada, National
Security and Outer Space
Can R2P Survive Libya and Syria?
by Martha Hall Findlay
Comprehensive Security Requires
Comprehensive Structures- How
Comprehensive Can We Get?
by Anne Fitz-Gerald and Don
Macnamara
Resource Industries and Security
Issues in Northern Alberta
A Summary of Operation Nunalivut
2009
Canada-U.S. Relations in the
Arctic: A Neighbourly Proposal
Dispatches from the War on
Terror
The Canadian Navy and the
Canadian Coast Guard:
Cooperating Sea Services or
Co-existing Federal Fleets
TOP OF
PAGE
by Roger Girouard
Dancing on Snake Heads in Yemen
Canada’s International Policy
Statement Five Years Later
by Andrew Godefroy
Effective Aid and Beyond: How
Canada Can Help Poor Countries
Can Canada Have a Grand
Strategy?
by Jack Granatstein
Canada is Back: The Speech from
the Throne
Is NATO Still Necessary for Canada?
The Harper Government and
Defence After Four Years ck
Granatstein
A Threatened Future: Canada's
Future Strategic Environment and
its Security Implications
The Special Commission on the
Restructuring of the Reserves,
1995: Ten Years Later
(English)
The Special Commission on the
Restructuring of the Reserves,
1995: Ten Years Later
(French)
G8 Security Sector Capacity
Building in Fragile States:
Examining Effectiveness and
Coherence
by Hrach Gregorian
Serbia Between East and West
by Hrach Gregorian
TOP OF
PAGE
Canada and the United States
“What Does it Mean to be Good
Neighbours?”
by Peter Harder
President Al Gore and the 2003
Iraq War: A Counterfactual
Critique of Conventional
"W"isdom by Frank Harvey
The Homeland Security Dilemma:
The Imagination of Failure and
the Escalating Costs of
Perfecting Security
Breaking Global Deadlocks: A
Canadian Track 1.5 Success
Canada as the “Emerging Energy
Superpower”: Testing the Case
Is Canada Now Irrelevant?
The Strategic Quagmire: Why
Nation Building in Afghanistan
is Failing
The Information Gap: Why the
Canadian Public Doesn't Know
More About Its Military
Operations Security and the
Public’s Need to Know
Northern Interests and Canadian
Foreign Policy
The Newly Emerging Arctic
Security Environment
Welcome to a new era of Arctic
Security
TOP OF
PAGE
Redeployment as a Rite of
Passage
TOP OF
PAGE
Conflict in Lebanon: On the
Perpetual Threshold
The Future of Foreign Military Training
by Mike Jeffery
TOP OF
PAGE
Multilateralism and Canadian
Foreign Policy: A Reassessment
Mexico: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends
Mexico: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends (2010)
TOP OF
PAGE
by Philippe Lagassé
Contemporary Piracy off the Horn
of Africa
Pirates Have Rights, Bring in
the Police
“Connecting the Dots” and the
Canadian Counter-terrorism
Effort – Steady Progress or
Technical, Bureaucratic, Legal
and Political Failure?
The National Shipbuilding Procurement
Strategy: An Update
TOP OF
PAGE
The Canada First Defence
Strategy - One Year Later
Great Expectations
Implementing a Canadian Defence
Strategy
Presentation to the Standing
Committee on National Defence by LGen (Ret’d) George
Macdonald
Canadian Foreign Policy
Post-9/11: Institutional and
Other Challenges
Georgia: Risk and Opportunity
Measuring Effectiveness in
Complex Operations: What is Good
Enough?
A Military In Support of
Canadian Foreign Policy:
Recommendations
A Military In Support of
Canadian Foreign Policy: Some
Fundamental Considerations
Don’t Overburden or Undervalue
NATO
A Canadian Foreign Intelligence
Service: A new necessity or an
expensive frill?
Blunt Instruments
TOP OF
PAGE
Nigeria: Mapping Political,
Economic and Business Scenarios
in the Post-Obasanjo Era
October 2004 Security and
Defence Forum Newsletter
Turkey Doesn't Need Article V NATO
Support to Defend Itself Against Syria
by John Noble
TOP OF
PAGE
Towards a North American Arctic Region
by Joël Plouffe
Canada’s Citizen Soldiers: A
Discussion Paper
Canada’s Citizen Soldiers: A
Discussion Paper
(Abridged)
by David Pratt
The 2007 Ross Ellis Memorial
Lectures in Military and
Strategic Studies: Is there a
Grand Strategy in Canadian
Foreign Policy?
Defence After the Recession
Door Half Open: Opportunities
and Challenges for Potential
Investors in Romania
by Dragos C. Popa
TOP OF
PAGE
Colombia: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends
Policing the Police: Formal and
Informal Police Oversight
Mechanisms in the Americas
Policing the Police: Formal and
Informal Police Oversight
Mechanisms in the Americas
(French)
Policing the Police: Formal and
Informal Police Oversight
Mechanisms in the Americas
(Spanish)
The World We Want -The
Purposeful Confusion of Values,
Goals, and Interests in Canadian
Foreign Policy
Domestic Demographics and
Canadian Foreign Policy
Two Solitudes: Quebecers'
Attitudes Regarding Canadian
Security and Defence Policy
West African Canaries in the Gold Mine:
by Chris W.J. Roberts
A Canadian Primer to
APEC
A Canadian Primer to the 2012 US
Primaries and Caucuses
A Primer to the G8/G20 Toronto
and Huntsville Summits
A Canadian Primer to the G20
Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico
by Colin Robertson
A Short Primer to Canada and the
UN
After Obama’s First Hundred
Days: The Pursuit of the Ottawa
Agenda and the Need for a
Permanent Campaign
Canada, the USA, and the
Financial Crisis: Risks and
Opportunities
Jaw-jaw is still better than
war-war, just very expensive
Mr. Harper Goes to Washington
by Colin Robertson
‘Now for the Hard Part’: A
User’s Guide to Renewing the
Canadian-American Partnership
by Colin Robertson
by Colin Robertson
Setting the Stage for the Obama
Administration: The Players, the
Program, and the Opportunities
for Canada
The 2010 Midterms: A Primer for
Canadians
The Past as Prologue: Sustaining
Canadian Capacity for Defence,
Diplomacy and Development
by Colin Robertson
Worthwhile Canadian Initiatives:
On Banking and ‘Getting
Government Right’
Canada and United States:
Managing the Relations
TOP OF
PAGE
by Hugh Segal
Towards a Coherent Reserve
Strategy for the Canadian Forces
Legal and Regulatory Constructs of
Resource Management in Afghanistan and
Mongolia
by Adam Simpson
Canada First Defence Strategy
by Elinor Sloan
China’s Strategic Behaviour
Military Transformation: Key
Aspects and Canadian Approaches
Strategic Capability Investment
Plan: Origins, Evolution and
Future Prospects
Canada in Afghanistan: Is it
Working?
International Issues for the
Campaign
Managing Canada's Foreign
Affairs
F-35 and the Future of Canadian
Security
by Richard Shimooka
Being Rejected in the United
Nations: The Causes and
Implications of Canada’s Failure
to Win a Seat in the UN Security
Council
Confusing The Innocent With
Numbers And Categories: The
International Policy Statement
And The Concentration of
Development Assistance
In The National Interest-
Canadian Foreign Policy in an
Insecure World
Asia-Pacific: Let’s Get Back in
the Ring
Feeding the Hungry Dragon: Canada,
Mongolia and China’s Resource Strategy
by Hugh
Stephens and Charles Krusekopf
Why the ASEAN Summit Matters to Canada…
(and just where is Brunei anyway?)
by Hugh
Stephens
Securing the Continent: Where is
NORAD Today?
A Separate Defence Procurement Agency:
Will it Actually Make a Difference?
by Dr. Craig Stone
Philippines
by Peter Sutherland
TOP OF
PAGE
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The
Consequences of a Diminishing
Presence of the Canadian Militia
in Canadian Communities
TOP OF
PAGE
Emerging Canadian Priorities and
Capabilities for Arctic Search
and Rescue
Interview
by Ron Wallace
by Ron Wallace
Redefining Security in the
Post-Afghanistan Era: The Future
of Canadian Military Policy in
an Uncertain World
The Case for RAIPON: Implications for
Canada and the Arctic Council
by Ron Wallace
Unstoppable Momentum: The Real
Meaning and Value Behind
Operation Nunavilut 10
Why Canada Needs a Robust Arctic
Air Rescue Capability
NATO Summit: Making Peace with
Russia, Canada Notwithstanding
The Panda Bear Readies to Meet
the Polar Bear: China and
Canada's Arctic Sovereignty
Challenge
by David Wright
TOP OF
PAGE
Video: "In The National Interest
Forum "
TOP OF
PAGE
Articles by Title
A Canadian Foreign Intelligence
Service: A new necessity or an
expensive frill?
A Canadian Primer to
APEC
A Canadian Primer to the 2012 US
Primaries and Caucuses
A Canadian Primer to the G20
Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico
by Colin Robertson
A Marshall Plan for Haiti? Think
Again
A Military In Support of
Canadian Foreign Policy:
Recommendations
A Military In Support of
Canadian Foreign Policy: Some
Fundamental Considerations
A President Soon? Where is Egypt
Heading To?
by Ferry de Kerckhove
A Primer to the G8/G20 Toronto
and Huntsville Summits
A Raucous Political Year for
America
by
by Derek Burney
A Separate Defence Procurement Agency:
Will it Actually Make a Difference?
by Dr. Craig Stone
A Short Primer to Canada and the
UN
A Summary of Operation Nunalivut
2009
A Threatened Future: Canada's
Future Strategic Environment and
its Security Implications
Afghanistan: Out of Sight…?
by Derek Burney
After Obama’s First Hundred
Days: The Pursuit of the Ottawa
Agenda and the Need for a
Permanent Campaign
An Opaque Window: An Overview of
Some Commitments Made by the
Government of Canada Regarding
the Department of National
Defence and the Canadian Forces;
1 January 2000 - 31 December
2004.
Asia-Pacific: Let’s Get Back in
the Ring
TOP OF
PAGE
Being Rejected in the United
Nations: The Causes and
Implications of Canada’s Failure
to Win a Seat in the UN Security
Council
Beneath the Radar: Change and
Transformation in the
Canada-U.S. North American
Defence Relationship
by James Fergusson
Blunt Instruments
Breaking Global Deadlocks: A
Canadian Track 1.5 Success
Broken Promises: The Fragility
Gap and the Millennium
Development Goals
TOP OF
PAGE
by Peter Harder
Canada-U.S. Relations in the
Arctic: A Neighbourly Proposal
Canada and Ballistic Missile
Defence: Defying Logic and
Politics
Canada and Iran: Looking Beyond
the Present
by Ferry de Kerckhove
by Elinor Sloan
Canada and the United States
“What Does it Mean to be Good
Neighbours?”
Canada in Afghanistan: Is it
Working?
Canada and Ballistic Missile
Defence: Defying Logic and
Politics
by Hugh Segal
Canada and United States:
Managing the Relations
by James Cox
Canada as the “Emerging Energy
Superpower”: Testing the Case
Canada-US Relations: Are We
Getting it Right?
Canada First Defence Strategy
Canada is Back: The Speech from
the Throne
Canada’s International Policy
Statement Five Years Later
Canada's International Role
(Video)
Can Canada Have a Grand
Strategy?
by Jack Granatstein
Can R2P Survive Libya and Syria?
by
Martha Hall Findlay
Canadian Foreign Policy
Post-9/11: Institutional and
Other Challenges
Canadian Foreign Policy,
Terrorism, and Non-Traditional
Security Threats: Temporary
Aberration or Permanent
Condition?
Canadian Peacekeeping Is Not
What It Used To Be
Canada-US Relations at 150
by Derek Burney
Canada-US Relations: No Time for
Complacency
Canada, the USA, and the
Financial Crisis: Risks and
Opportunities
Canada’s Citizen Soldiers: A
Discussion Paper
Canada’s Citizen Soldiers: A
Discussion Paper (Abridged)
by David Pratt
CFIS: A Foreign Intelligence
Service for Canada
by Barry Cooper
China Ascending
by Derek Burney
by Roger Girouard
China’s Strategic Behaviour
by Elinor
Sloan
Cold Turkey or Slow Withdrawal?
A Recipe for Haitian Success
by David Carment and Yiagadeesen
Samy
Colombia: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends
by Steve Randall
Comprehensive Action Plan for
Afghanistan
by
Sarah Chayes
Comprehensive Security Requires
Comprehensive Structures- How
Comprehensive Can We Get?
by Anne Fitz-Gerald and Don
Macnamara
Conference Publication: Canadian
Defence and the Canada-US
Strategic Partnership
by CDFAI
Conflict in Lebanon: On
the Perpetual Threshold
Confusing The Innocent With
Numbers And Categories: The
International Policy Statement
And The Concentration of
Development Assistance
“Connecting the Dots” and the
Canadian Counter-terrorism
Effort – Steady Progress or
Technical, Bureaucratic, Legal
and Political Failure?
Contemporary Piracy off the Horn
of Africa
TOP OF
PAGE
Dancing on Snake Heads in Yemen
Defence After the Recession
Dispatches from the War on
Terror
Distributed Security as Cyber
Strategy: Outlining a
Comprehensive Approach for
Canada in Cyberspace
by Ron Deibert
Domestic Demographics and
Canadian Foreign Policy
Don’t Overburden or Undervalue
NATO
Door Half Open: Opportunities
and Challenges for Potential
Investors in Romania
by Dragos C. Popa
TOP OF
PAGE
Effective Aid and Beyond: How
Canada Can Help Poor Countries
Effective Defence Policy
for Responding to Failed and
Failing States
by Ferry de Kerckhove
Emerging Canadian Priorities and
Capabilities for Arctic Search
and Rescue
Interview
by Ron Wallace
Engaging the Obama
Administration
TOP OF
PAGE
F-35 and the Future of Canadian
Security
by Richard Shimooka
Feeding the Hungry Dragon: Canada,
Mongolia and China’s Resource Strategy
by Hugh
Stephens and Charles Krusekopf
Foreign Policy in the Election
Forget Al-Qaeda: Think Mexico - Next
Great Threat to Canadian Security
by Major
Bernard Brister
From the Operational to the
Strategic: A Post-2011
Opportunity
by Lieutenant General William
B. Caldwell
TOP OF
PAGE
G8 Security Sector Capacity
Building in Fragile States:
Examining Effectiveness and
Coherence
by Hrach Gregorian
Georgia: Risk and Opportunity
Getting it Done in Foreign
Policy
Getting Past the
Bilateral-Trilateral Debate: A
Pragmatic Functionalist Approach
to North America
Great Expectations
TOP OF
PAGE
by Barry Cooper
TOP OF
PAGE
Implementing a Canadian Defence
Strategy
In The Canadian Interest?
Assessing Canada's International
Policy Statement (English
version)
In The Canadian Interest?
Assessing Canada's International
Policy Statement (French
version)
by Derek H. Burney, by Rob
Huebert, by James Fergusson,
Eric Lerhe, Michel Fortmann,
Frédéric Mérand, George
Macdonald, J.L. Granatstein, by
Reid Morden, George Haynal, by
Kim Richard Nossal, by Sharon
Hobson, by Jean-Sébastien Rioux,
and Gordon S. Smith
In The National Interest-
Canadian Foreign Policy in an
Insecure World
Is Canada Now Irrelevant?
Is NATO Still Necessary for Canada?
Indian Aerospace: Poised for
Takeoff?
by
Rodnie Allison
International Issues for the
Campaign
TOP OF
PAGE
Leadership in a New Government
Environment
Legal and Regulatory Constructs of
Resource Management in Afghanistan and
Mongolia
by Adam Simpson
Lessons Learned? What Canada
Should Learn from Afghanistan
CTV Interview with David
Bercuson
Libya: A Time for Others in the
Region
by Derek Burney
Libya: Why Are We Involved
by Derek Burney
Linkage: Foreign Policy,
National Interests and
Prosperity
by D.H. Burney, W.A. Dymond,
and J.L. Granatstein
TOP OF
PAGE
Managing Canada's Foreign
Affairs
Marshall Plan Needed for Middle
East
Michael Bell
Measuring Effectiveness in
Complex Operations: What is Good
Enough?
by Sarah Meh arg
Mexico: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends
by Dr. Hal Klepak
Mexico: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends (2010)by Dr. Hal Klepak and Stephen J.
Randall
Military Transformation: Key
Aspects and Canadian Approaches
by Elinor Sloan
Mr. Harper Goes to Washington
by Colin Robertson
Multilateralism and Canadian
Foreign Policy: A Reassessment
by Tom Keating
TOP OF
PAGE
NATO Summit: Making Peace with
Russia, Canada Notwithstanding
National Defence, National
Interest: Sovereignty, Security
and Canadian Military Capability
in the Post 9/11 World
Nigeria: Mapping Political,
Economic and Business Scenarios
in the Post-Obasanjo Era
Northern Interests and Canadian
Foreign Policy
‘Now for the Hard Part’: A
User’s Guide to Renewing the
Canadian-American Partnership
by Colin Robertson
TOP OF
PAGE
by Colin Robertson
October 2004 Security and
Defence Forum Newsletter
Operations Security and the
Public’s Need to Know
Our Leopard tanks make the leap
to Afghanistan
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The
Consequences of a Diminishing
Presence of the Canadian Militia
in Canadian Communities
TOP OF
PAGE
Philippines
by Peter Sutherland
Pirates Have Rights, Bring in
the Police
Policing the Police: Formal and
Informal Police Oversight
Mechanisms in the Americas
Policing the Police: Formal and
Informal Police Oversight
Mechanisms in the Americas
(French)
Policing the Police: Formal and
Informal Police Oversight
Mechanisms in the Americas
(Spanish)
by Ron Wallace
Presentation to the Standing
Committee on National Defence by LGen (Ret’d) George
Macdonald
President Al Gore and the 2003
Iraq War: A Counterfactual
Critique of Conventional
"W"isdom by Frank Harvey
TOP OF
PAGE
by Philippe Lagassé
Redefining Security in the
Post-Afghanistan Era: The Future
of Canadian Military Policy in
an Uncertain World
Redeployment as a Rite of
Passage
Reinventing CIDA
Listen: by Gordon Smith on
CBC's Power and Politics
Reinventing CIDA – One Year
Later
Report on Canada, National
Security and Outer Space
Resource Industries and Security
Issues in Northern Alberta
Russia and the 2010 NATO
Strategic Concept: New Era of
Partnership or Wishful Thinking?
by
Mikayel Bagratuni
TOP OF
PAGE
Serbia Between East and West
by Hrach Gregorian
Securing the Continent: Where is
NORAD Today? by Alan
Stephenson
Security and Prosperity in the
Canada-United States
Relationship Two Sides of the
Same Coin by John English
Security in an Uncertain World:
A Canadian Perspective on NATO’s
New Strategic Concept by Conference of
Defence Associations Institute
and the Canadian Defence and
Foreign Affairs Institute
Setting the Stage for the Obama
Administration: The Players, the
Program, and the Opportunities
for Canada by Colin
Robertson
Should Brazil be "Special" for Canada?
by Jean Daudelin
Strategic Capability Investment
Plan: Origins, Evolution and
Future Prospects by Elinor Sloan
TOP OF
PAGE
The 2007 Ross Ellis Memorial
Lectures in Military and
Strategic Studies: Is there a
Grand Strategy in Canadian
Foreign Policy? by The Honorable
by David Pratt, PC
The 2010 Midterms: A Primer for
Canadians by Colin
Robertson
The Audacity of Common Sense
by Derek Burney
The Canada First Defence
Strategy - One Year Later
by LGen (Ret’d)
George Macdonald
The Canadian Navy and the
Canadian Coast Guard:
Cooperating Sea Services or
Co-existing Federal Fleets
by JY Forcier
The Case for RAIPON: Implications for
Canada and the Arctic Council
by Ron Wallace
The “Dirty Oil” Card and
Canadian Foreign Policy
by Dr. Paul
Chastko
The National Shipbuilding Procurement
Strategy: An Update
The Future of Foreign Military Training
by Mike Jeffery
by Andrew Godefroy
The Harper Government and
Defence After Four Years by Ja ck
Granatstein
The Hollowing out of Corporate
Canada? by Derek Burney
The Homeland Security Dilemma:
The Imagination of Failure and
the Escalating Costs of
Perfecting Security by Frank Harvey
The Information Gap: Why the
Canadian Public Doesn't Know
More About Its Military
by Sharon Hobson
The National Shipbuilding Procurement
Strategy: An Update
The New Terrorism: Understanding
Yemen by David
Carment
The Newly Emerging Arctic
Security Environment by Rob Huebert
The Panda Bear Readies to Meet
the Polar Bear: China and
Canada's Arctic Sovereignty
Challenge
by David Wright
The Past as Prologue: Sustaining
Canadian Capacity for Defence,
Diplomacy and Development
by Colin Robertson
The Role of the Militia in
Today’s Canadian Forces
by Jack
English
The Social Underpinnings of the
Current Unrest in North Africa
and the Middle East
by David Carment
The Special Commission on the
Restructuring of the Reserves,
1995: Ten Years Later
(English)
The Special Commission on the
Restructuring of the Reserves,
1995: Ten Years Later
(French)
The Strategic Quagmire: Why
Nation Building in Afghanistan
is Failing
The Syrian Crisis: What it Means
for the World; Is There a Role
for Canada?
by Ferry de Kerckhove
The Trilateral Mirage: A Tale of
Two North-Americas
Towards a Coherent Reserve
Strategy for the Canadian Forces
Towards a North American Arctic Region
by Joël Plouffe
Turkey: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends
by Aliye Pekin Çelik and Laura
Elizabeth Çelik
Turkey: Current and Future
Political, Economic, and
Security Trends
Turkey Doesn't Need Article V NATO
Support to Defend Itself Against Syria
by John Noble
The World We Want -The
Purposeful Confusion of Values,
Goals, and Interests in Canadian
Foreign Policy
Two Solitudes: Quebecers'
Attitudes Regarding Canadian
Security and Defence Policy
TOP OF
PAGE
Unstoppable Momentum: The Real
Meaning and Value Behind
Operation Nunavilut 10
by Ron Wallace and Whitney
Lackenbauer
Unwilling to be Willing: The
Primacy and Capability
Principles in Canadian-American
Relations
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Welcome to a new era of Arctic
Security
by Rob Huebert
West African Canaries in the Gold Mine:
by Chris W.J. Roberts
Whatever Happened to
Peacekeeping? The Future of a
Tradition (English version)
Whatever Happened to
Peacekeeping? The Future of a
Tradition (en Français)
Jocelyn Coulon and Michel
Liégeois, PhD
Why Canada Needs a Robust Arctic
Air Rescue Capability
by Ron Wallace
Why don’t diplomats get the
respect they’ve earned?
by Daryl Copeland
Why the ASEAN Summit Matters to Canada…
(and just where is Brunei anyway?)
by Hugh
Stephens
Worthwhile Canadian Initiatives:
On Banking and ‘Getting
Government Right’
by Colin Robertson
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Articles by Year
A Canadian Primer to
APEC
by Colin Robertson
A Canadian Primer to the 2012 US
Primaries and Caucuses
by Colin Robertson
A Canadian Primer to the G20
Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico
by Colin Robertson
A President Soon? Where is Egypt
Heading To?
by Ferry de Kerckhove
A Raucous Political Year for
America
by Derek Burney
A Short Primer to Canada and the
UN
Asia-Pacific: Let’s Get Back in
the Ring
by Hugh Segal
Canada and Iran: Looking Beyond
the Present
by Ferry de Kerckhove
by Elinor Sloan
by James Cox
by Roger Girouard
Cold Turkey or Slow Withdrawal?
A Recipe for Haitian Success
by David Carment and Yiagadeesen
Samy
Comprehensive Security Requires
Comprehensive Structures- How
Comprehensive Can We Get?
by Anne Fitz-Gerald and Don
Macnamara
Defence After the Recession
Distributed Security as Cyber
Strategy: Outlining a
Comprehensive Approach for
Canada in Cyberspace
by Ron Deibert
Door Half Open: Opportunities
and Challenges for Potential
Investors in Romania
by Dragos C. Popa
by Ferry de Kerckhove
Emerging Canadian Priorities and
Capabilities for Arctic Search
and Rescue
Interview
by Ron Wallace
F-35 and the Future of Canadian
Security
by Richard Shimooka
Feeding the Hungry Dragon: Canada,
Mongolia and China’s Resource Strategy
by Hugh
Stephens and Charles Krusekopf
Forget Al-Qaeda: Think Mexico - Next
Great Threat to Canadian Security
by Major
Bernard Brister
Indian Aerospace: Poised for
Takeoff?
by
Rodnie Allison
Legal and Regulatory Constructs of
Resource Management in Afghanistan and
Mongolia
by Adam Simpson
Philippines
by Peter Sutherland
by Ron Wallace
by Philippe Lagassé
Serbia Between East and West
by Hrach Gregorian
Should Brazil be "Special" for Canada?
by Jean Daudelin
by Andrew Godefroy
The Syrian Crisis: What it Means
for the World; Is There a Role
for Canada?
by Ferry de Kerckhove
Turkey: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends
by Aliye Pekin Çelik and Laura
Elizabeth Çelik
Turkey Doesn't Need Article V NATO
Support to Defend Itself Against Syria
by John Noble
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A Separate Defence Procurement Agency:
Will it Actually Make a Difference?
by Dr. Craig Stone
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
Canada's International Role
(Video) David Bercuson,
by Jack Granatstein
and Denis Stairs
Canada’s Citizen Soldiers: A
Discussion Paper
Canada’s Citizen Soldiers: A
Discussion Paper (Abridged)
by David Pratt
Can Canada Have a Grand
Strategy?
by Jack Granatstein
Can R2P Survive Libya and Syria?
Martha Hall Findlay
Foreign Policy in the Election
by Derek Burney
Getting Past the
Bilateral-Trilateral Debate: A
Pragmatic Functionalist Approach
to North America
by Brian Bow
Lessons Learned? What Canada
Should Learn from Afghanistan
CTV Interview with David
Bercuson by David Bercuson and J.L.
Granatstein
Libya: A Time for Others in the
Region
by Derek Burney
Libya: Why Are We Involved
by Derek Burney
Marshall Plan Needed for Middle
East
Michael Bell
‘Now for the Hard Part’: A
User’s Guide to Renewing the
Canadian-American Partnership
by Colin Robertson
by Colin Robertson
Operations Security and the
Public’s Need to Know
Policing the Police: Formal and
Informal Police Oversight
Mechanisms in the Americas
Policing the Police: Formal and
Informal Police Oversight
Mechanisms in the Americas
(French)
Policing the Police: Formal and
Informal Police Oversight
Mechanisms in the Americas
(Spanish) by Stephen Randall
and Juliana Ramirez
Reinventing CIDA – One Year
Later
Russia and the 2010 NATO
Strategic Concept: New Era of
Partnership or Wishful Thinking?
by
Mikayel Bagratuni
Securing the Continent: Where is
NORAD Today?
Security and Prosperity in the
Canada-United States
Relationship Two Sides of the
Same Coin
The Canadian Navy and the
Canadian Coast Guard:
Cooperating Sea Services or
Co-existing Federal Fleets
The New Terrorism: Understanding
Yemen
The Panda Bear Readies to Meet
the Polar Bear: China and
Canada's Arctic Sovereignty
Challenge
by David Wright
The Role of the Militia in
Today’s Canadian Forces
by Jack
English
The Social Underpinnings of the
Current Unrest in North Africa
and the Middle East
by David Carment
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A Primer to the G8/G20 Toronto
and Huntsville Summits
Afghanistan: Out of Sight…?
by Derek Burney
A Marshall Plan for Haiti? Think
Again
Broken Promises: The Fragility
Gap and the Millennium
Development Goals
Canada-US Relations at 150
by Derek Burney
Canada-US Relations: No Time for
Complacency
Canada’s International Policy
Statement Five Years Later
China’s Strategic Behaviour
From the Operational to the
Strategic: A Post-2011
Opportunity
by Lieutenant General William
B. Caldwell
G8 Security Sector Capacity
Building in Fragile States:
Examining Effectiveness and
Coherence
by Hrach Gregorian
Jaw-jaw is still better than
war-war, just very expensive
Mexico: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends
Mr. Harper Goes to Washington
by Colin Robertson
NATO Summit: Making Peace with
Russia, Canada Notwithstanding
Redefining Security in the
Post-Afghanistan Era: The Future
of Canadian Military Policy in
an Uncertain World
Reinventing CIDA
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CBC's Power and Politics
Security in an Uncertain World:
A Canadian Perspective on NATO’s
New Strategic Concept
The 2010 Midterms: A Primer for
Canadians
The “Dirty Oil” Card and
Canadian Foreign Policy
The Harper Government and
Defence After Four Years ck
Granatstein
The Newly Emerging Arctic
Security Environment
The Past as Prologue: Sustaining
Canadian Capacity for Defence,
Diplomacy and Development
by Colin Robertson
Towards a Coherent Reserve
Strategy for the Canadian Forces
Unstoppable Momentum: The Real
Meaning and Value Behind
Operation Nunavilut 10
Welcome to a new era of Arctic
Security
Whatever Happened to
Peacekeeping? The Future of a
Tradition (English)
Whatever Happened to
Peacekeeping? The Future of a
Tradition (French)
Jcelyn Coulon and Michel
Liégeois, PhD
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A Summary of Operation Nunalivut
2009
After Obama’s First Hundred
Days: The Pursuit of the Ottawa
Agenda and the Need for a
Permanent Campaign
Beneath the Radar: Change and
Transformation in the
Canada-U.S. North American
Defence Relationship
by James Fergusson
Breaking Global Deadlocks: A
Canadian Track 1.5 Success
Canada-U.S. Relations in the
Arctic: A Neighbourly Proposal
China Ascending
Comprehensive Action Plan for
Afghanistan
“Connecting the Dots” and the
Canadian Counter-terrorism
Effort – Steady Progress or
Technical, Bureaucratic, Legal
and Political Failure?
Dancing on Snake Heads in Yemen
Democracies and Small Wars
Don’t Overburden or Undervalue
NATO
Engaging the Obama
Administration
Getting it Done in Foreign
Policy
Measuring Effectiveness in
Complex Operations: What is Good
Enough?
Pirates Have Rights, Bring in
the Police
Resource Industries and Security
Issues in Northern Alberta
Setting the Stage for the Obama
Administration: The Players, the
Program, and the Opportunities
for Canada
The Canada First Defence
Strategy - One Year Later
The Strategic Quagmire: Why
Nation Building in Afghanistan
is Failing
Why Canada Needs a Robust Arctic
Air Rescue Capability
Worthwhile Canadian Initiatives:
On Banking and ‘Getting
Government Right’
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Canada and the United States
“What Does it Mean to be Good
Neighbours?”
Canada First Defence Strategy
Canada, the USA, and the
Financial Crisis: Risks and
Opportunities
Contemporary Piracy off the Horn
of Africa Georgia: Risk and Opportunity
International Issues for the
Campaign
Linkage: Foreign Policy,
National Interests and
Prosperity
by D.H. Burney, W.A. Dymond,
and J.L. Granatstein
Mexico: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends
President Al Gore and the 2003
Iraq War: A Counterfactual
Critique of Conventional
"W"isdom by Frank Harvey
Redeployment as a Rite of
Passage
The 2007 Ross Ellis Memorial
Lectures in Military and
Strategic Studies: Is there a
Grand Strategy in Canadian
Foreign Policy?
The Audacity of Common Sense
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A Threatened Future: Canada's
Future Strategic Environment and
its Security Implications
Canada as the “Emerging Energy
Superpower”: Testing the Case
Canada in Afghanistan: Is it
Working?
Canada is Back: The Speech from
the Throne
CFIS: A Foreign Intelligence
Service for Canada
Conflict in Lebanon: On the
Perpetual Threshold
Implementing a Canadian Defence
Strategy
Military Transformation: Key
Aspects and Canadian Approaches
Nigeria: Mapping Political,
Economic and Business Scenarios
in the Post-Obasanjo Era
Presentation to the Standing
Committee on National Defence by LGen (Ret’d) George
Macdonald
Report on Canada, National
Security and Outer Space
The Hollowing out of Corporate
Canada?
The Information Gap: Why the
Canadian Public Doesn't Know
More About Its Military
Turkey: Current and Future
Political, Economic, and
Security Trends
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An Opaque Window: An Overview of
Some Commitments Made by the
Government of Canada Regarding
the Department of National
Defence and the Canadian Forces;
1 January 2000 - 31 December
2004.
A Canadian Foreign Intelligence
Service: A new necessity or an
expensive frill?
Blunt Instruments
Colombia: Current and Future
Political, Economic and Security
Trends
Dispatches from the War on
Terror
Effective Aid and Beyond: How
Canada Can Help Poor Countries
Great Expectations
Leadership in a New Government
Environment
Our Leopard tanks make the leap
to Afghanistan
Strategic Capability Investment
Plan: Origins, Evolution and
Future Prospects
The Homeland Security Dilemma:
The Imagination of Failure and
the Escalating Costs of
Perfecting Security
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Canada-US Relations: Are We
Getting it Right?
Confusing The Innocent With
Numbers And Categories: The
International Policy Statement
And The Concentration of
Development Assistance
Effective Defence Policy
for Responding to Failed and
Failing States
In The Canadian Interest?
Assessing Canada's International
Policy Statement (English)
In The Canadian Interest?
Assessing Canada's International
Policy Statement (French)
by Derek H. Burney, by Rob
Huebert, by James Fergusson,
Eric Lerhe, Michel Fortmann,
Frédéric Mérand, George
Macdonald, J.L. Granatstein, by
Reid Morden, George Haynal, by
Kim Richard Nossal, by Sharon
Hobson, by Jean-Sébastien Rioux,
and Gordon S. Smith
The Special Commission on the
Restructuring of the Reserves,
1995: Ten Years Later
(English)
The Special Commission on the
Restructuring of the Reserves,
1995: Ten Years Later
(French)
Two Solitudes: Quebecers'
Attitudes Regarding Canadian
Security and Defence Policy
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A Military In Support of
Canadian Foreign Policy:
Recommendations
A Military In Support of
Canadian Foreign Policy: Some
Fundamental Considerations
Canada and Ballistic Missile
Defence: Defying Logic and
Politics
Canada and United States:
Managing the Relations
Canadian Foreign Policy
Post-9/11: Institutional and
Other Challenges
Canadian Foreign Policy,
Terrorism, and Non-Traditional
Security Threats: Temporary
Aberration or Permanent
Condition?
Canadian Peacekeeping Is Not
What It Used To Be
Domestic Demographics and
Canadian Foreign Policy
In The National Interest-
Canadian Foreign Policy in an
Insecure World
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Is Canada Now Irrelevant?
Managing Canada's Foreign
Affairs
Multilateralism and Canadian
Foreign Policy: A Reassessment
National Defence, National
Interest: Sovereignty, Security
and Canadian Military Capability
in the Post 9/11 World
Northern Interests and Canadian
Foreign Policy
October 2004 Security and
Defence Forum Newsletter
The Trilateral Mirage: A Tale of
Two North-Americas
The World We Want -The
Purposeful Confusion of Values,
Goals, and Interests in Canadian
Foreign Policy
Unwilling to be Willing: The
Primacy and Capability
Principles in Canadian-American
Relations
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Conference Publication: Canadian
Defence and the Canada-US
Strategic Partnership
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Series
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