By Dan Middlemiss, 19 June 2024 At the request of the Commander of Joint Operations Command and the head of the Canadian Navy, Minister of National Defence (MND) Bill Blair […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 10 February 2024 A recent article by Robert Fife and Steven Chase – “China gains major Arctic foothold as Russia turns to Beijing more, report finds” […]
By Dr. Andrea Charron, 21 October 2022 Headlines on 26 September 2022 repeated a US Coast Guard announcement (USCG). “The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball crew on a routine patrol in […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 30 September 2022 Sweden confirmed on 29 September that there are two more leaks in the gas pipelines from Russia to Europe – two off Sweden […]
By David Dunlop, 19 July 2022 Here is an interesting read from The New Statesman U.K edition written by Lawrence Freedman. In it he describes both sides of the conflict […]
By David Dunlop, 18 May 2022 (Note that I am expressing my opinion and this does not represent the opinion of CNR!) Canada’s recent unwavering support for Ukraine shows that […]
By Dr. Rob Huebert, 20 April 2022 The ramifications of the sinking of Moskva on April 13 will be felt for a long time. This is the first sinking of […]
By David Dunlop, 4 March 2022 The Arctic Council has been heralded as a body that emphasized cooperation in the Arctic. However, Canada, along with six other Arctic member countries […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 25 February 2022 The Chief of Defence Staff, General Wayne Eyre, sent a message to Canadian Armed Forces members on 24 February. The message states: For […]
David Dunlop, 7 April 2021 CNN has recently reported on Russia’s massive build-up of its military in the Arctic region. The Cold War bases are being retrofitted and new bases […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 30 September 2020. There’s an interesting article in Foreign Affairs (29 September 2020) by Robert David English and Morgan Grant Gardner called “Phantom Peril in the Arctic: […]
*Moderator’s Note: This article was original published in The Nova Scotian on 01 May 2011. On 16 April, I had the opportunity to speak with a number of veterans at […]
Following the warning published in MarineLink.com on Thursday 24 March that the trend in the use of violence by pirates would escalate into a small war, a major development occurred […]
I agree with much of Ken Hansen’s analysis. While we have indeed done badly at maintaining leading edge capabilities after purchase (note, however, exceptions of Halifax-class, CP-140, and CF-18 mid-life […]
* Moderator’s Note: This article was originally published by Strategic Forecasts on 24 November 2010. It is reprinted here with the permission of STRATFOR (http://www.stratfor.com/). A free video clip of […]
AFP News Services have reported Somali pirates were able to capture the Bulgarian chemical tanker MV Panega (IMO number 8511586, 5,846 DWT, built in 1986) on Tuesday, 11 May. The […]
There are many lessons to be learned from the sinking of MV Explorer. An article from the Maritime Journal contains a detailed report on the inquiry’s findings. Already, the U.S. […]
If we keep on dithering with Arctic Ocean policy, it will be the ‘Arctic Desert’ before the academics, politicians, military and bureaucrats get anything done – and by then it […]
For the interest of your readers, the CF and Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) have conducted joint training in the recent past. Specifically, 32 Canadian Brigade Group (32 CBG), the Militia […]
