Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2012 Volume 33 Issue 2 The multibillion-dollar military procurement plans outlined in the 2008 Canada First Defence Strategy (CFDS)1 have run up squarely …
An analysis of Canadian defence capital spending
Author Bill Robinson The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2012 Volume 33 Issue 2 Bill Robinson writes on Canadian defence policy and arms control issues. He was on the staff of Project …
Sober recommendations for Canada’s aerospace industry
A common boast running through both government and industry statements supporting Canada’s purchase of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is that Canada’s aerospace industry will do well in the global …
Burney and Hampson on Canada and Afghanistan
No, the title isn’t wrong. Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Derek Burney and well regarded Carleton international affairs professor Fen Osler Hampson currently are in the news1 for their …
F-35 political decision-making remains unchanged
As the forensic investigations proceed in the wake of the Auditor-General’s devastating critique of the F-35 procurement process, those with the ability to get behind the public façade of federal …
F-35: We told you so
It doesn’t help a bit, but we all take satisfaction from time to time in saying, “We told you so.” The Canadian F-35 Joint Strike Fighter story has already provided …
Five Reasons to Reconsider the F-35
Briefing 12-1 Author Kenneth Epps In the face of a daily barrage of critical media reports on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, the Canadian government has adamantly stood …
Warrior, Neighbour, Partner: A look at Canada’s shift in foreign policy under Harper
Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Winter 2011 Volume 32 Issue 4 In October, Ploughshares Executive Director John Siebert gave a speech on Canadian defence and foreign policy as part …
Bob Fowler’s descent into al-Qaeda hell
A Season in Hell By Robert R. Fowler HarperCollins Canada 342 pp; $32.99 In a scrap book on a shelf in the basement I have a picture taken on March …
The F-35: What goes up must come down
One silver lining in the dark clouds of economic malaise accumulating in Western skies is that military spending must inevitably drop. The Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported that world …