The National Post reported last week that the Department of National Defence has paid the notorious Blackwater security company, now called Xe Services, more than …
Defence policy
Staples on Canada and NATO
Rideau Institute president Steven Staples discusses the future of NATO, interview published in the Globe and Mail, Monday, March 22, 2010, p. A4 (no online …
Byers: Time to resolve Arctic disputes
Earlier this week, Russia and Norway resolved a 40-year dispute over their boundary in the Barents Sea. Canada should follow this positive Russian-Norwegian precedent, says …
Experts agree: Peacekeeping is alive!
Four years ago, David Bercuson, Director of the DND-funded Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, declared that UN peacekeeping was dead: As far as UN-led …
Fowler scorches Canadian foreign policy
Former Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler launched a blistering attack on the foreign policy of recent Canadian governments during a speech to the Liberal Party’s “thinkers’ …
Canadian military quietly stops reporting wounded
The Canadian military has quietly stopped reporting when soldiers are wounded on the battlefield (Murray Brewster, “Canada forbids reporting of battlefield wounded,” Globe and Mail, …