COVID-19

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Pandemics at Sea – Two Years Later

By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 20 February 2022 The Naval Association of Canada has published a second Briefing Note on the effects of the current pandemic on three maritime sectors. This […]

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Funding for the Military after COVID

The government has two major projects for the Canadian Forces coming up in the near future – the Canadian Surface Combatants (CSC) and the replacement fighter jets. Both are big […]

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The NSS and Covid-19

Procrustes, 16 May 2020 As Canada contemplates some gradual easing of the many regulations imposed on virtually every sector of the national economy, economists and other public policy experts are […]

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Pandemics and the Maritime Arena

Dr. Ann Griffiths, 23 April 2020. There is a burgeoning discussion about unwinding the measures that have shut down the economies of countries around the world in the fight against […]

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A Case for Canadian Hospital Ships

David Dunlop, 22 April 2020 Hospital ships are excellent vehicles of international policy, diplomacy and humanitarian efforts. They can provide humanitarian assistance during disasters, advanced medical treatment, services and on-board […]

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Navies and Biological Agents

Joe Varner, 03 April 2020. Chinese strategists have dreamed of an asymmetric method to disable the US aircraft carrier for decades.[1] Now they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams but […]

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National Security and Pandemics

Moderator, 02 April 2020. What is the connection, if any, between national security and pandemics? If asked even a few months ago, we probably wouldn’t have put pandemics at the […]

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Pandemics and Navies

Dr. Ann Griffiths, 31 March 2020. You would have to be living in a cave not to have noticed that we’re currently facing a situation that hasn’t been seen since […]

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