Since 2017, Turkey has been a major customer for WESCAM products, second only to the United States. During this time, the Turkish military has not only been active in trying to put down an insurgency in southeast Turkey, but has become increasingly involved in armed conflicts in Syria, Iraq, and Libya.
Canada’s half-decade mission in Iraq
In the fall of 2014, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Operation IMPACT, Canada’s military contribution to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. Approaching its sixth anniversary, Operation IMPACT is Canada’s most significant military operation since the war in Afghanistan.
How rising tensions between the United States and Iran threaten Iraq
By Murtadha Faraj Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 40 Issue 3 Autumn 2019 The decades-old hostility between the United States and Iran escalated when U.S. President Donald Trump decided to …
Nobel Peace Lectures 2018
Combating War Crimes Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 40 Issue 1 Spring 2019 “Both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, war crimes. Denis Mukwege is …
Canada’s policy on airstrikes: What does it mean?
By Philip MacFie The Canadian government has decided to remove its F-18 fighter jets from Iraq and make a different contribution to the coalition against ISIS. Policymakers have offered the …
Short-term gain for long-term pain
Author John Siebert Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 35 Issue 4 Winter 2014 Canada’s contribution to peace in Iraq and Syria and the challenge of Islamic State On October …
Short-term gain for long-term pain – Canada’s Challenge in responding to Islamic State
By John Siebert October 3 The expressed desire by Canada to act forthrightly and without ambiguity in the face of Islamic State (IS) atrocities is understandable. But 13 years after …
Update on Iraq: Small Arms Continue to Wreak Havoc
Author Lynne Griffiths-Fulton The Ploughshares Monitor Autumn 2004 Volume 25 Issue 3 In the Autumn 2003 issue of The Ploughshares Monitor, David Jackman wrote about the devastating effects that small arms …
Will Iraqi Hopes be Dashed? Reflections on a Visit
Author Bill Janzen The Ploughshares Monitor Winter 2003 Volume 24 Issue 4 Bill Janzen is the director of the Ottawa Office of Mennonite Central Committee Canada and a member of the …
Small Arms and Security in Iraq
Author David Jackman The Ploughshares Monitor Autumn 2003 Volume 24 Issue 3 David Jackman is a private consultant on peacebuilding, small arms control and conflict management. In 2002 he served as …