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: A Fractured Iraq cannot take back Iraq
Vancouver, CA CIA Director John Brennan, in an interview to CBS’ Face the Nation, stated that the battle against ISIS will be a “long fight”. Brennan also commented that the…
Frontline News: Finnish Navy drops “depth charges” on phantom submarine
Espoo, Finland It is not big news to say that the situation in and around Baltic Sea has tensions. Last October, the Swedish Navy was on the hunt for a…
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…
