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Rob Huebert

The greatest threat to the Canadian Arctic is security, not sovereignty

Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | November 30, 2024
The modernization of NORAD for the defence of Canada is critical for Canadian security, and is why Canadian F-35s that can operate with the F-35s of the U.S., UK, Norway, Denmark and Finland are needed to stop Russian delivery systems carrying hypersonic missiles, writes Rob Huebert, professor of political science at the University of Calgary. Photograph courtesy of Clemens Vasters, Flickr.com, shared under a CC BY 2.0 deed license
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | November 30, 2024
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | November 30, 2024
The modernization of NORAD for the defence of Canada is critical for Canadian security, and is why Canadian F-35s that can operate with the F-35s of the U.S., UK, Norway, Denmark and Finland are needed to stop Russian delivery systems carrying hypersonic missiles, writes Rob Huebert, professor of political science at the University of Calgary. Photograph courtesy of Clemens Vasters, Flickr.com, shared under a CC BY 2.0 deed license
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | December 7, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin is making threats to use nuclear weapons today and Canadian national security is dependent on ensuring that neither enemies nor allies can ever conclude that there is a weak link in the North, writes Rob Huebert. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | December 7, 2022
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | December 7, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin is making threats to use nuclear weapons today and Canadian national security is dependent on ensuring that neither enemies nor allies can ever conclude that there is a weak link in the North, writes Rob Huebert. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | December 8, 2021
A CC-177 Globemaster arrives in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, with members from 38 Canadian Brigade Group participating in Exercise Arctic Ram on Feb. 13, 2016. Canada must ensure it is ready and able to provide kinetic force to stop any form of Russian use of force, writes Rob Huebert. DND photograph by MCpl Louis Brunet
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | December 8, 2021
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | December 8, 2021
A CC-177 Globemaster arrives in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, with members from 38 Canadian Brigade Group participating in Exercise Arctic Ram on Feb. 13, 2016. Canada must ensure it is ready and able to provide kinetic force to stop any form of Russian use of force, writes Rob Huebert. DND photograph by MCpl Louis Brunet
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | April 7, 2018
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured, has taken a harder line on Russia than her predecessor, Stéphane Dion, argues Rob Huebert. She kicked out four Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in Britain last month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | April 7, 2018
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | April 7, 2018
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured, has taken a harder line on Russia than her predecessor, Stéphane Dion, argues Rob Huebert. She kicked out four Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in Britain last month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade