Anglo-French Elections: The Take Away
8 July 2024 This week witnessed elections on both sides of the Channel. Many on the center-left are (I think mistakenly) celebrating this as an electoral rejection of what they…
Canada’s recruitment failures are a self-induced problem
26 June 2024 Canadians have heard a lot about the CAF’s dwindling recruitment numbers. However, this is actually a wider problem plaguing all of our defence, national security, and foreign…
Canada’s Electoral Foreign Interference Report in Summation
There has been a lot of talk about the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) report concerning foreign interference in Canada’s electoral and parliamentary process and rightly so.…
Ukrainian Special Forces Abroad in Syria…but what about their first deployment in Sudan?
Last week, Ukrainian Special Forces were attributed with an attack on Russian soldiers in Syria. The Kyiv Post published a video obtained by Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence. The video,…
Trudeau could learn from Harper’s position on Israel
29 May 2024 The Trudeau Government’s lack of ability concerning in all things foreign policy, defence, and national security, has been a major liability for Canada both internationally and at…
New Publication – A Gap in the Literature: The Evolution of Britain’s Second World War Yugoslav Policies
The Journal of Slavic Military Studies just published Chris Murray’s, our beloved Associate Editor’s, latest academic paper: “A Gap in the Literature: The Evolution of Britain’s Second World War Yugoslav…
Israel will strike back, but an emboldened Iran will retaliate against more than just Israel
Iran launched hundreds of drones and cruise missiles into Israel. Israeli and American air defence units in the area were able to prepare for this attack given the distance the…
Russia’s ISIS Problem and a Greater Regional Tajik Threat
ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) claimed responsibility for Russia’s Crocus City Hall massacre, where at least 130 people died and dozens were injured. Russia claims that the four gunmen are citizens of Tajikistan.…
Canada: Time To Dig Deep for Ukraine…and for yourself
The war in Ukraine has entered its third year or tenth year, depending on how one looks at it. It has been ten years since the Russian annexation of Crimea…
British Army Chief Takes Aim at Politicians and the State of Affairs
Outgoing British Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Patrick Sanders, took aim at the British political establishment over the UK’s readiness in the face of a potential large-scale future…
