GUEST EDITORIAL: by Dr Bernard Rudolf Bot
The EU's Fight Against Terrorism
Dr Bernard Rudolf Bot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands, discusses the need to strengthen transAtlantic relationships to fight terrorism. "To safeguard international peace and security, the multilateral system will have to find an effective response. Whatever their differences, the United States and Europe should maintain a united front in the face of tomorrow’s challenges..."

NATIONAL SECURITY: by LCdr George Kearney
NSP – New Approach to Maritime Security
Entitled Securing an Open Society: Canada’s National Security Policy, the NSP sets core national security interests. It recognizes that one of the most effective means of ensuring Canadian security is to deal with potential threats overseas, before they reach Canadian territory. Emphasizing overseas intelligence gathering, cooperation with our allies, and the ability to contribute capable and credible forces to international operations will continue to be vital to our national security...

SECURITY & INTELLIGENCE: by BGen (ret) Cox
NSP – Time to Get Serious!
What happened to the National Security Policy (NSP)? After being announced amid considerable fanfare on April 27, 2004, it quickly disappeared from the radar screen during the federal election campaign. Now that the election is over, the NSP needs significant work. To be fair, there are some positive aspects in the document...

ACCOUNTABILITY: by Alan Breakspear
Intelligence Oversight
The war on terror has brought with it a new awareness of the business of intelligence – how intelligence is conducted, what it produces, how it is used and its strengths and weaknesses. Some observers have identified a new phenomenon of “public intelligence,” in which governments talk publicly about the intelligence they have used as the basis of major decisions, including that of going to war. The public, and the media, have more access to information about intelligence than ever before, but is the information well understood by its presenters and its audience?

OP-ED: TERRORISM: by Mjr Rob Day
Terrorism, Is Canada Ready?
There would be only one rule that the Fourth Generation War fighters would follow – that there would be no rules… While the United States has conducted a relatively robust review of their security weaknesses and made massive structural and administrative changes to address their shortfalls, what have Canadian officials accomplished?

NAVY: by Richard Gimblett
The Naval War Against Terrorism
The departure of HMCS Calgary from the Arabian Sea on 1 November 2003, marked the end of Operation Apollo, almost exactly two years after HMCS Halifax ‘chopped' to the operational control of CENTCOM on 24 October 2001. It has been the fullest two years of Canadian naval activity since the end of the Korean War, and the lessons are legion...

INITIATIVES: by Chris Wattie
CF on the PR Offensive – “warts and all” coverage?
In a far corner of sprawling Camp Julien, a group of eight reporters set up shop – the first journalists to be formally “embedded” with a Canadian Forces (CF) unit in the field. Members of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment battlegroup in Kabul were on the sharp end of a quiet public relations offensive by the Canadian Forces: an attempt to raise the profile of our perennially hard-pressed, perpetually cash-strapped and often derided military...

ANALYSIS: by Sunil Ram
The Big Snafu: The Media and the CF
In an environment of instant access to news, military leadership must understand the media and, by default, recognize that the media is the primary conduit that they have to the Canadian public. However, this relationship is a two-way street as the media can also represent or misrepresent the CF and its leadership to the public. Thus, this relationship has developed into a love-hate affair, which has led to a level of conflict between the military and media...

AIR FORCE Report Card: by Peter Pigott
"Baby Herc" the C-27J SPARTAN
During 1995 discussions on possible offsets for an Italian order of its C-130J, Lockheed Martin and Alenia conceived an updated variant of the G222. Company executives concluded that there was a need for this and a feasibility phase was launched the following year with the Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems (LMATTS) company formed in November, 1996 ...

SAR Report Card: by Jacques Simard
FWSAR Contenders
Using the C-130E Hercules for comparison Jacques Simard offers a different point of view of the SAR contenders vs the CP-140A Arcturus...

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: by Ingar Moen
S&T - Transforming Defence
One of the major Science & Technology (S&T) drivers for defence transformation over the next 5-10 years is the integration of rapidly advancing technologies: networks and communications; information systems; long-range precision capability; sensor technologies; and low observable technologies...

LEADERSHIP: by LCdr John Morrison
Measuring Leadership Potential
From performance comes new knowledge as lessons learned can then be applied to improve future performance. Knowledge becomes both a strategic and tactical asset that has the potential of being a “force multiplier” in the decision-maker’s tool kit. In some respects corporate knowledge could be viewed as a leader’s ultimate resource system in achieving his objectives ...

BOOK REVIEW: Lance Goddard, author
D-Day: Canada's 24 Hours of Destiny
Goddard has done an admirable job in giving the people who actually did the fighting an opportunity to speak for themselves. Canadians need to hear their stories. As well as being a must-buy for every Canadian home, D-Day: Canada’s 24 Hours of Destiny should be required reading in every Canadian high-school ...