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A Talk with Professor Bill Smullen on NATO, Canada, and more

Ben Abonyi sits down with Professor Bill Smullen, Director of the National Security Studies Program of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, to discuss NATO, Canada, IS and Russia.

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Retaining our Seat at the International Roundtable

Alessandro Gagliardi analyses the position of the three main parties on Canada’s deployment of air assistance to Iraq in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek fashion.

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US Requests Greater Canadian Contribution in Iraq as Some Suggest Increasing Investment in the CAF

As Canada deliberates how to contribute to the fight against IS, Ben Abonyi examines Canada’s defence spending and its impact on the Canadian Armed Forces ability to operate.