A failed Russian missile test lit up the sky over northern Norway early Wednesday morning. The third stage of a Bulava missile, Russia’s latest generation …
Afghanistan
Pentagon's strategy in Afghanistan explained
NBC News has the scoop on what the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan is intended to accomplish (see diagram above). Any resemblance to the work …
Natynczyk reversal adds to pressure for torture inquiry
Chief of Defence Staff General Walter Natynczyk dropped a bombshell in Ottawa on Wednesday, admitting that a prisoner taken by Canadian soldiers in 2006 had …
CIA to expand "secret" drone attacks in Pakistan
The New York Times reported last week that the CIA has been given the green light to expand its “secret” drone attacks against Al Qaeda …
Call for ICC investigation of Canadian military and diplomats
UBC Professor Michael Byers and human rights expert Professor William A. Schabas of the National University of Ireland have called on the International Criminal Court …
Give peacekeeping a chance?
Dr. Walter Dorn, Associate Professor of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada and the Canadian Forces College, suggests in a new op-ed …