Listen as Amen Ben Ahmouda discusses her experience attending Canada’s Defence Perspectives 2020-2050: Recapitalization and the Canadian Forces Conference.
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The Pentagon will use new exotic weapons to deter Russia and China
Adlan Taramov analyzes NATO’s shift to the futuristic ‘third offset’ strategy designed to deter Russia and China.
Adaptation and Assurance: NATO’s Response to the 21st Century Security Environment
In a series on NATO’s response to the 21st Century security environment, Khalid Mahdi discusses the key components of the Alliance’s Readiness Action Plan (RAP): adaptation and assurance. This week’s post analyzes the role of the NATO Response Force in strengthening the Alliance’s rapid response capabilities.
Deterritorialization and Maritime Logic: Parallels between Transnational Terrorism and Piracy
There exist striking similarities between piracy and transnational terrorism. Particularly, both are bound by a ‘maritime logic of deterritorialisation.’ In order to face the present-day challenges of transnational terrorism, perhaps we can look to the history of piracy for lessons learned.
US Indicts Seven Iranian Hackers: Setting a Precedent Against Cyber Attackers
Eimi Harris discusses the US Justice Department’s indictment of seven Iranian hackers and the message these warrants are meant to send to hackers around the world.
Banks, Bombs, and Blood Money: Targeting the Islamic State’s Financial Assets
Is money a legitimate target under international law? Genevieve Zingg examines terrorist financing, and the legal and humanitarian implications of targeting the Islamic State’s financial assets.
Nadezhda Savchenko: Off the Frontline and into the Political Battle to Come
Eimi Harris describes the trial against Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian helicopter pilot fighting on the front lines. Sentenced to 22 years in jail by a Russian court, Savchenko’s fight for her freedom will have be played on the political battlefront.
Canada’s Defence Perspectives 2020-2050: Recapitalization and the Canadian Forces
The Mackenzie Institute organized Canada’s Defence Perspectives 2020-2050: Recapitalization and the Canadian Forces Conference in partnership with the NATO Association of Canada with support from the National Defence.
Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries Annual General Meeting
Watch Magdalena Surma’s video overview of the CADSI Annual General Meeting.
The Department of Defense’s Shift to a “Start-Up” Culture
Jeremy Paquin discusses the creation of the U.S. Defence Innovation Unit – Experimental and how it fits in to the United States’ Third-Offset Strategy.