Andrew Chisholm Canada Maritime Nation

Costs vs. Capabilities: Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy

The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy was designed to re-fit Canada’s Navy and Coast Guard while giving Canadian shipyards a significant boost. But concern over costs has begun to plague the program before it ever gets off the ground.

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Prosperity or Instability? The Natural Gas Game in the Eastern Mediterranean

The discovery of substantial natural gas deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea may bring prosperity but it also may destabilize the region’s politics and increase regional tensions.

Andrew Chisholm Canada

An End to the “Honeymoon?” The PM, the CF, and the Fiscal Situation

The PM’s comments stand in contrast to the words of new CDS General Thomas Lawson, at the same ceremony, that there is “very little fat” which can be cut. This has led some to ask whether Prime Minister Harper’s “Honeymoon” with the CF has reached its end.