RegistrationMember Registration $20.00 CADNon-Member Registration $25.00 CADStudent Registration $15.00 CAD Please join us from 6:45-8:30pm on the evening of February 11th at 165 University Avenue for a discussion on The Challenges of United Nations Policing. Retired RCMP officer Larry Busch will describe the strengths and weaknesses of United Nations Policing Operations. The event will begin Read More…
Cyber Security and Emerging Threats
The NAOC’s Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Program features an in-depth analysis of latest trends, developments, and threats in international security. New security concerns are always on the horizon and our program seeks to examine these domains including global warming, natural resources, drones, urban conflicts, and cyberspace.
The program’s mandate is to keep Canadians informed on these rapidly developing and increasingly pivotal realms that are integral to all aspects of security.
March-April, 2013 – Securing Canada’s Energy Future
FOR REGISTRATION: Submit Registration Form or Register with Paypal! Conference Registration Conference Registration: Member $65.00 CADConference Registration: Non-Member $75.00 CADStudent Conference Registration $20.00 CADStudent Group (10 or more) each = $15.00 CADVIP (includes cocktail reception) $100.00 CADConference and 3 Round Tables: Member $125.00 CADConference and 3 Round Tables: Non-Member $135.00 CAD When: March 21, 2013, Read More…
Global Financial Woes: A Boon for the Atlantic Triangle’s Defence Industries?
Milosz Zak attempts to determine what type of impact, if any, the global financial crisis has had on defence procurement.
1962 Redux: New missiles in Turkey, and how (this time around) Russia was consulted
2012 is an interesting year in more ways than one; it is above all a year of milestones. Fifty years ago, the USA and the USSR were engaged in a deadly game of great power politics, eventually fighting largely inconclusive wars by proxy.
The NATO Training Mission: A Perspective (Part 2)
In the final part of his two article series, Andrew Chisholm further dissects the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan.
Finding Pandora: Open Source Warfare
Enko Koceku on NATO’s Cyber Defense policy and it’s implications
From Cyber Security to Cyber Warfare
Public Safety Canada and the Department of Homeland Security in the United States recently announced the Cyber Security Action Plan of 2012, a bilateral initiative designed to improve both countries’ cyber security forces and protect mutually vulnerable digital infrastructure. This plan indicates that cyber security threats are not bound by national boundaries or confined to Read More…
The Evolution of Diplomacy
Canada’s cutting of diplomatic ties with Iran, together with the storming of embassies across the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia, sparked a discussion concerning the value of maintaining formal diplomatic relations
Turkish-Syrian Border Clashes: A Reagent For NATO Intervention?
With the persistence of tensions along the Turkish-Syrian border, many fear that a fullblown confrontation could erupt. With Turkey being a NATO member, this article questions whether intervention is in the cards for the alliance.
Finding Terror(ism)
Locating Terrorism and the War on Terror in the international legal and diplomatic discourse.