Tackling the Technical – a high tech approach to widespread counterinsurgency
12 October 2015 – Espoo, Finland by Timo Mustonen Canada’s military seems to have awaken to the possibilities conducting cyber warfare through equipment hacking. They seek to hire a hacker…
The Russian Intervention in Syria: Where the Major Players now Stand
6 October 2015 – Toronto, CA Eric de Roos These past weeks, the world witnessed one of the most noteworthy events this year in international relations. President Vladimir Putin significantly…
Can Putin’s Russia Really Become a Global Security Actor?
2 October 2015 – Trento, IT by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk Russian President Vladimir Putin has been setting in motion a number of instruments in the past several years to realign…
Wires Brief: Taliban on offensive, Russian airstrikes in Syria, US-Canadian joint force being pondered
30 September 2015 – Vancouver, CA United Kingdom Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has refused to say if he supports military action in Syria, reports Bloomberg. in New York, Prime Minister…
Iraq’s Success lays with Civil-Military Relations Reforms
25 September 2015 – Toronto, CA by Eric de Roos Overview What initially surprised many analysts and commentators during the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham’s (ISIS) rapid incursion into…
Book Watch: PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future
Review by Chris Murray Kingston, CA PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future By Paul Mason; Allen Lane Publishers, 2015. GBP 16.99 ISBN-10: 1846147387 ISBN-13: 978-1846147388 What comes after Capitalism? This…
Book Watch: Mission Accomplished? The Crisis of International Intervention By Simon Jenkins
Review by Chris Murray Kingston, CA Mission Accomplished? The Crisis of International Intervention By Simon Jenkins; I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2015. GBP 9.99 ISBN-10: 1784531324 ISBN-13: 978-1784531324 The collapse of the…
Weekly Recap: Fumbling Towards War – The US that Never Left Syria
5 September 2015 – Trento, IT by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk The current war in Syria is not a war, yet. Danial Kofman, author of A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments…
Dear US: About Iraq, please take a lesson or two from Mali
1 September 2015 – Toronto, CA by Eric de Roos As the US-led coalition attempts to degrade the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) insurgent group, it would be…
Weekly Recap: F-35’s gaps can be filled by other aircraft
22 August 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb News about the F-35 seems to be a daily reminder of how it has gone vastly awry. We are reminded that…
