Wires Brief: UK Navy members arrested in Canada, Germans restock Leopard 2s, Nigerian forces enter last Boko Haram stronghold
22 April 2015 – Vancouver, CA United Kingdom Four British Royal Navy members have been released on bail after charges of gang rape were laid on them in Nova Scotia,…
DefRep Analysis: Accidental death of ISIS leader may have sparked Jalalabad bombing
Vancouver, CA In the wake of the Jalalabad bombings, there has been much buzz about the ISIS chapter in South Asia. The bombings targeted government workers who were claiming their…
Wires Brief: Russia opens up AA missile sales, ISIS launches successful counter-offensive, F-35’s limited ground support abilities
United Kingdom RAF Typhoons were deployed as Russian aircraft approached British airspace. This occurred as Britain hosts a NATO exercise in northern Scotland that will involve approximately 50 warships. Europe…
Policy Analysis: US Doctrine and Joint Warfare – Planning and Implementation
Trento, Italy The Full Report can be found here. Executive Summary The US constantly looks to the future of its strategic environment to understand where its military, security, economic, technological,…
DefRep Analysis: Ukraine’s military crowd-sourcing has wider implications
6 March 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb By March 2014, the Ukrainian government was able to raise about USD 1 million (GBP 655,237) for defence spending through a…
DefRep Analysis: Aircraft R&D – A procurement history lesson
30 January 2015 – Kingston, CA By Chris Murray My first class at RMC we studied the aircraft development programs of various countries between the first and second world war.…
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…
DefRep Analysis: Russia looks to improve soft security underbelly that is Central Asia
19 January 2015 – Kingston, CA by Chris Murray On 24 November 2014 a new Abkhaz-Russian treaty was signed with little mainstream media attention in the West. The ‘Alliance and…
DefRep Analysis: NATO’s cyber shift may not link to Article 5
6 January 2015 – Savonlinna, Finland by Timo Mustonen In the midst of SONY hacks and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to the console gaming of Microsoft and Playstation it is…
Australia’s defence trade control act clamps down on researchers
London, UK Australia’s Defence Trade Control Act (DCTA) has been described as an overtly strict and complicated defence policy that sails far too close to turning Australia’s research and development…
