A German Boxer armoured personnel carrier on display at the IDEX 2013 defence expo in Dubai, UAE. As the banners to the top left and right demonstrate, a German national pavilion was established to sell weapons to Middle Eastern countries at one of the world’s largest defence exhibitions.
Shahryar Pasandideh discusses the remarkable scale and pace of China’s naval modernization.
As a member of NATO, Canada is highly involved in the Middle East – yet Ottawa’s current conception of a Middle Eastern policy is dominated by Israel, Iran, and bolstering trade.
Shahryar Pasandideh looks at United States’ experience with the Total Force concept of reserve organization.
Shahryar Pasandideh analyzes an oft-overlooked aspect of Canada’s reserve forces: Disaster relief.
Is Canada’s heavy transport fleet sufficient? Shahryar Pasandideh discusses the logic behind acquiring yet another Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.
Shahryar Pasandideh examines the effectiveness of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission in Eastern Europe.
Shahryar Pasandideh discusses the role of Canada’s tank fleet in light of the country’s fiscal situation while offering possible solutions.
There are many problems and risks associated with ‘bean counting’ – comparing the balance of power by comparing numbers. It ignores many measurable and immeasurable asymmetries which Shahryar Pasandideh discusses.
Intellectual energy and capital must be invested in thinking about a replacement for the Harpoon missile currently used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).