2017-02-17 By Danny Lam North Korea’s rapid progress in fielding a credible land and undersea nuclear arsenal capable of reaching CONUS calls for a prompt, clear and unambiguous response. Multilateral diplomacy and sanctions to date have not slowed or hindered the progress of under a youthful Kim Jong Un looking…
2017-02-15 By Kenneth Maxwell To read today’s press you would think that the coming of Donald Trump is a shock beyond recognition. Yet conflict and shocks in Washington are clearly nothing new. We certainly lived through larger social upheavals before, notably the one’s of the 1960s. It is clear that…
2017-02-16 By Danny Lam Canadians have long enjoyed the security and comfort of belonging to NATO: a robust military alliance that won the cold war. Today, Canada, a founding member of NATO, is in default of our treaty obligations under Article 3 of the NATO treaty. Article 3 of the…
2017-02-14 According to a recent story published by the UK Ministry of Defence, the UK Minister has visited Italy for discussions with his counterpart. In meetings with his counterpart Roberta Pinotti, Sir Michael Fallon said Britain was a key ally of Italy and would not be stepping back from European…
2017-02-02 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird President Trump has made it clear that a key priority in national defense is the defeat of ISIS. We have argued in an earlier piece that victory over ISIS can be conceived as follows: “Cutting the Gordian knot of endless engagement is crucial;…
2017-02-12 By Richard Weitz The target of North Korea’s ballistic missile test this weekend, though aimed at the Sea of Japan, was President Donald Trump and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who called the launch “absolutely intolerable" and demanded that Pyongyang respect all UN Security Council Resolutions prohibiting such…
2017-02-11 With a successful tour of the Pacific in the books for Secretary of Defense Mattis, and a clear deepening of the relationship of Japan with the United States under the strong leadership of Prime Minister Abe working with President Trump, what can be expected from Prime Mnister Trudeau's meeting…
2017-01-25 By Robbin Laird Europe ever since the end of World War II has seen significant change. And clearly, after an upsurge of growth in the 1950s and 1960s, growth and development have been tougher to come by. European collaboration on the Continent began with the European Coal and Steel…