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2 days ago · "The next big war, it'll be a series. It will be a big regional war, or a series of regional wars, that Canada will be drawn into as a Western ally. So we better have our plans in place, including ...
2 days ago · "Given the state of the world, we have to have contingency plans in place," he said. "And we are living in a world where it may not be a nuclear conflagration. "The next big war, it'll be a series. It will be a big regional war, or a series of regional wars, that Canada will be drawn into as a Western ally. So we better have our plans in place ...
- National Styles of Warfare
- Canadian Isolation and Its ‘Way of War’
- Peacekeeping Distrust
- Dangerous Assumption
The idea that nations have particular approaches to war was introduced by British military historian Basil Liddell Hart in his 1932 book The British Way of Warin which he claimed that sea power was the United Kingdom’s natural strategy. Surrounded by oceans, Britain could take advantage of its navy to both ward off any potential attack as well as c...
Canada’s geographic isolation on the North American continent and friendly relations with the United States might seem to render a way of war entirely unnecessary. In fact, Canadian defence policy has been focused on just three generic priorities since a 1964 white paperon defence: defending Canada, co-operation on North American defence and contri...
Peacekeeping, after all, is reliant on great powers agreeing within the United Nations Security Council. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dramatically illustrated the weakness of this arrangement in his recent address to the council: Russia cynically uses “peacekeepers” in many locations to enforce its own strategic interests, and views the U...
In a great power world, this is a dangerous assumption that may later be paid for in Canadian blood and treasure. Rather than simply throwing money at our crumbling military, we need to carefully consider Canada’s strategy in this hostile new world, and build it to reflect that approach. In strategy, geography matters. Canada is isolated, which has...
Jan 30, 2024 · What about Canada? Across Europe, military leaders are warning that the security climate on the continent has changed radically — and a wider land war is now a possibility. Are European leaders...
Feb 22, 2024 · Canada’s military is short 16,000 troops, its branches are operating below readiness thresholds half the time and its budget is being cut as wars erupt worldwide. In this series, National Post...
Feb 28, 2024 · Canada is woefully unprepared. When the Cold War ended, we embraced the new reality and reduced defence spending.
6 days ago · last updated 23 September 2024. The US must increase defence spending to Cold War levels if it is to deal with the growing threat posed by China, Iran, Russia and North Korea, the latest...
