U.S. and Russian efforts to finalize a new strategic nuclear arms control agreement to replace the 1991 START treaty, which expired in December 2009, continue …
March 2010
Ban nuclear weapons from Arctic: Report
Arctic and nuclear weapon states need to work together to rid the Arctic region of nuclear weapons, finds a new report by security analysts Michael …
Canadians want military spending cut: poll
A poll conducted at the beginning of March by Leger Marketing shows that a majority of Canadians want military spending to be reduced following the …
The Year of the Drone
A recent report by Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann of the New America Foundation provides a detailed examination of the “secret” U.S. drone war in …
Amnesty: Canada must take lead on human rights
A report released last Monday by Amnesty International Canada (Canada and Human Rights in 2010: Time to Return to Leadership, February 2010) calls on the …
Military spending: Up is down?
The new federal budget commits the Harper government to going ahead with its planned increases in military spending in both the coming year (fiscal year …