Book Review: Small Wars, Big Data
Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict Eli Berman, Joseph H. Felter and Jacob N. Shapiro, Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict. (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2018) Reviewed by Charles Davies ...
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Vimy Paper 39: To Trip a Bear
In the latest CDA Institute Vimy Paper, Andris Banka of Çağ University explores Canada's role as lead nation in NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battle-group in Latvia and the part deterrence plays in shoring up the security of the Baltic republics. ...
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International History and Canada Declassified
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Matthew Wiseman discusses the world of Canadian international history and exciting new developments for those scholars and members of the public looking to access declassified...
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Another broken promise?
With the recent release of the Auditor General's report on Canada's Fighter Force, it is once again a timely moment to reflect on Canadian defence procurement. Retired senior RCAF officer and former NORAD deputy commander, Lieutenant General (Ret'd) Louis...
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A wake-up reminder for Canada’s security from NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly
Research analyst Roger Hilton provides his insights into the recent NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session in Halifax. Given the low level of satisfaction of parliamentarians throughout the Euro-Atlantic area, one could be forgiven for assuming...
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Directeur Exécutif – Appel aux Candidats | Executive Director – Call for Candidates
Conference of Defence Associations Conférence des Associations de Défense and/et CDA Institute | L'Institut de la CAD (English text follows) DIRECTEUR EXÉCUTIF La Conférence des Associations de Défense (CAD) et l’Institut de la CAD lancent un appel à candidatures pour...
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Search and Rescue: A Moral or a Legal Duty?
*Photo credit: COMBAT CAMERA This is the third in a new series of blog entries exploring the work of emerging voices examining Canada’s armed forces and defence and security issues. In “Search and Rescue: A Moral or Legal Duty?” Major Jean Leroux of the...
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Book Review No 25-Corporate Security Crossroads: Responding to Terrorism, Cyberthreats, and Other Hazards in the Global Business Environment
Richard J. Chasdi, Corporate Security Crossroads: Responding to Terrorism, Cyberthreats, and Other Hazards in the Global Business Environment. (Praeger, Santa Barbara, CA, 2018), Reviewed Dr. Robert Martyn. Richard Chasdi has produced a well-informed work, which...
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A Message from the CDA Institute Board of Directors
Retirement of the Executive Director CDA Institute and Conference of Defence Associations VAdm (Ret’d) Denis Rouleau, Chair of the Conference of Defence Associations Executive Council, and MGen (Ret’d) Daniel Gosselin, Chair of the Board of Directors of the CDA...
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A Path for Canada’s Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Effort
Photo credit: Express This is the second in a new series of blog entries exploring the work of emerging graduate students examining Canada’s armed forces and defence and security issues. In “A Path for Canada’s P/CVE Efforts,” University of Alberta...
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