Part 2 of Conor Smith’s analysis of the emergence and evolution of the Military Industrial Complex.
Procurement
The NATO Association of Canada’s Procurement Program provides Canadians with analyses of trends relating to Canadian and international defense procurement and illustrates how these trends affect NATO’s collective mission capabilities. The program also provides in-depth discussion regarding the bureaucratic management, specific trade controls and various other institutional processes governing the defense industry and defense acquisitions, while integrating elements of international trade and economics.
Private Military Companies will fill NATO’s Shoes
Alessandro Gagliardi analyses why PMCs may continue to operate in Afghanistan, should NATO withdraw in 2014.
Eisenhower’s Warning: Part 1
Conor Smith analyses the Military Industrial Complex as a function of convergent political and economic factors.
Is the Airline Industry About To Go Supersonic?
Anderson Christie explores the increasing demand for a faster, more efficient air travel.
Building a Navy Fit for War: A Survey of Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles
Intellectual energy and capital must be invested in thinking about a replacement for the Harpoon missile currently used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).
Network-Enabled Operations and the Path Towards Total Interoperability
Conor Smith analyses the significance of network enabled operations in states’ military and defense apparatus.
The Royal Canadian Navy’s Crash Course
Reviewing the imminent requirement to expedite the National Ship Procurement Strategy.
Procurement for Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty Mission: Slush-Making, or Path-Breaking? Pt. 2
Conor Smith explores how Canada’s recent procurement efforts directed toward its arctic sovereignty can be considered path-breaking.
Afghanistan Ops Winding Down: Hold on We’re Going Home
Alessandro Gagliardi explains how economic determinants affect military logistics in the context of the US military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Defense Trade Controls: Try to Keep Pace, Canada
Alessandro Gagliardi examines how Canada’s slow-to-evolve defense trade controls impact Canadian industries.