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Law: On the North Korean Threat: Part II
The Almost Perfect Ploy: How to Understand the Accelerated Enhancement of the North Korean Threat Part II: Seeing through the China-Russia Korean Agenda David Law Western observers almost invariably claim that China is opposed to Kim the Third’s nuclear...
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Bruce Heyman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada, on Diplomatic Trust
The CDA Institute was delighted to host former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman at a Special Event on 12 July 2017. Ambassador Heyman was nominated by then-President Barack Obama in September 2013, confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March 2014, and served until...
read moreMessages from the outgoing CEO and incoming Executive Director
Dear Friends of the Conference of Defence Associations, the CDA Institute and the broader Security and Defence Community, Today is my last day as Chief Executive Officer of the Conference of Defence Associations and the CDA Institute. Allow me to reflect briefly on...
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Law: On the North Korean Threat
The Almost Perfect Ploy: How to Understand the Accelerated Enhancement of the North Korean Threat Part I: Rethinking the Threat David Law Since 2012, North Korea has succeeded in significantly enhancing its capacity to carry out nuclear...
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Mitchell on Building the Bridge to Tomorrow: Canadian Forces College
Twenty years ago, the Canadian government issued the “Report to the Prime Minister on the Leadership and Management of the Canadian Forces”. More commonly known as the “Young Report”, it called for sweeping changes to the professional education of Canadian military...
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Law: “Descent into Dictatorship?”
David Law discusses the impact and possible intent behind the style of governance being practiced by the United States Administration. America’s descent into chaos moved into a higher gear this past week. It will take a lot of civil courage on the part of a lot of...
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What’s New from the CDA Institute – 24 August 2017
From the CEO / Du PDG As we draw closer to our next event, Cyber Assurance and Governance on 31 Aug (find details here), I wish to draw the reader’s attention to an excellent article released with this week’s What’s New, titled: Cloud Storage a Perfect Target for...
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Belyea on “Cloud Storage: A Perfect Target for Malware Attacks”
New CDA Institute blogger Mike Belyea discusses malware vulnerability. Just before the 2016 New Year, the office of the American enterprise, Children in Film, was buzzing. Employees were putting the final touches on the...
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Dur-e-Aden: How Bin Laden can strengthen a losing ISIS
Aden Dur-e-Aden, CDA Institute Student Researcher discusses the potential for Al Qaeda/ISIS cooperation In June this year, Canada extended its “advise and assist” mission in Iraq till March 2019. As a result, the number of Canadian soldiers forming part of the...
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Qaiser on “Pakistan’s Jihadist Cauldron: Between National Interest and Liability”
CDA Institute Research Associate Adnan Qaiser examines Pakistan’s outlook towards religious militant extremists. National interests of states are often blind-and brutal; yet they call for some rationality considering interlinked global destinies in the 21st century....
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