Defence threats call for unorthodox ideas from younger Canadians, argues international politics prof
Major threats to Canada’s security include melting ice in the Arctic, aggression from Russia and China, and a personnel shortage in the Canadian Armed Forces, according to experts.
South Korea visit a chance to dive into Canada’s submarine quagmire
Korean military analysts were quick to note that Korea’s KSS-III submarines would be a perfect fit for the Royal Canadian Navy’s future requirements.
Despite passport polemic, Canada wasn’t ‘born’ at Vimy Ridge
Canada first cut the umbilical cord to Mother Britain during the Chanak crisis of September 1922, but there are no monuments to the wars we didn’t fight.
Finding the silver lining in a cloudy Sudan evacuation operation
MV Asterix proved to be a very valuable asset to all those allied nations toiling to evacuate their nationals via the port of Sudan.
Canada’s military needs a serious medical upgrade
I am shocked that any government’s military is using nonhuman animals as proxies for soldiers.
Canada playing catch up with its Sudan response
The efforts of the Canadian military would have been enhanced if we had kept some sort of diplomatic foothold on the ground.
Canada’s military is past the point of a quick fix
Far beyond the size of Canada’s defence budget, the real crisis facing the Canadian military right now is its chronic shortfall in personnel.
Conservatives, NDP call for feds to fulfill UN quick reaction force pledge
There is growing skepticism that the Liberal government’s promise to supply UN peace operations with a 200-member quick reaction force will ever materialize.
The challenge with using old ideas to solve the CAF staffing crisis
The Naval Experience Program mirrors that of standard recruitment into the Canadian Armed Forces.
The last thing we need is more of the Iraq conflict
On March 27, National Defence Minister Anita Anand announced a further extension of Operation Impact until at least March 31, 2025.
