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“... surprise therefore becomes the means of acquiring superiority... When it succeeds, it sows confusion and breaks the enemy's courage” - Carl von Clausewitz October 7, 2023 is a day…
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“What happens in the North impacts the world, and when you look at security issues and climate change, the world is paying attention more than ever,” recently noted Canadian Governor-General Mary…
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[This piece was originally published by War on the Rocks and is accessible in full here.] Canada’s military is in a “death spiral.” This is how Minister of National Defense…
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Following the recent clashes between Iran and Israel, and with the situation tending towards a return to calm, it is time for an initial assessment. A six-month period of unprecedented…
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Cyprus, a divided island "Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a will to benevolence, to trust, to justice." This quotation from…
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In many respects, Donald Trump’s 100-minute rally held in Conway, South Carolina, on February 10, 2024, was just like his previous rallies. It began with Trump giving shout-outs to local…
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One year ago, Le Rubicon honoured me by publishing an article entitled “Ukraine-Russie : une guerre de 20 ans” (Ukraine-Russia: a 20-year war), developing the idea that we were then halfway…
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In early February 2024, Sudan's acting Foreign Minister, Ali Al Sadiq, traveled to Tehran to meet his counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Iranian President Ebrahim Raissi. Intervening in the midst of…
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In the wake of the 2021 sexual harassment and assault crisis involving allegations against high-ranking officers, including two Chiefs of the Defence Staff, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have promised…
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After thirty years of quite peaceful coexistence between the economic and geopolitical spheres (1990-2020), the former is being overtaken by the latter as competition between Great powers returns. This is…