Report: Lessons from US Joint Operations (1989-1999)
11 November 2016 by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk and Tobias Burgers Full Report Here The challenge of integrating interagency and multinational partners was a stumbling block for the Afghan Theatre of…
Book Watch: How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon
Review by Chris Murray 10 October 2016 – London, UK How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon By Rosa Brooks; Simon & Schuster, 2016.…
First In! A Case for The Formation of a Canadian ‘Rapid Reaction Force’
19 July 2016 – Ottawa, CA by Rob O’Gorman As events in eastern Europe continue to devolve, coupled with possible UN commitments to Central Africa, not to mention the possibility…
Canada’s hidden plan for predicted failure: Planning for the introduction of the Canadian Surface Combatant
20 January 2016 – Vancouver & Kingston, CA by Stewart Webb and Chris Murray The full report, released today by the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, can be found here. As…
Policy Analysis: US Military Doctrine Strategy, Tactics, and the Operational Art
21 July 2015 – Trento, Italy By Scott Nicholas Romaniuk The Full Report can be found here. Executive Summary Within the prism of contemporary military doctrine, studies have assumed a…
DefRep Analysis: Is the Cold War policy of Containment returning?
13 July 2015 – Trento, Italy by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk “Containment” has once again become part of the geopolitical parlance of today. The striking use of this term is increasingly…
Weekly Recap: Canada’s Conservatives use ISIS propaganda for political attack ad
28 June 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Well, it is election season in Canada. The television is full of political ads espousing that each political party will fulfill…
The Weekly Recap: Could the Greens save the Canadian Forces
With an election looming, federal party websites are woefully short on their visions for the Canadian Armed Forces… with one exception: The Green Party. 1 June 2015 – Ottawa, CA…
DefRep Analysis: NATO’s continuing war on austerity
22 January 2015 by Chris Murray Recently NATO nations have faced a host of concerns internationally and domestically that have been not only varied but also at times conflicted. So…
The Weekly Recap: Channeling the Chief
Ottawa, CA With his political career in question, the only thing that may save Minister of Veterans Affairs Julian Fantino is himself. It would be hard to imagine that things…