Contemporary Threats to Canada and the Canadian Forces

This paper draws attention to a number of pressing threats faced by Canada and the Canadian Forces, which range from the physical to the fiscal, and discusses existing and proposed attempts to address these threats. These threats include those posed by private security contractors in Afghanistan, pi...

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Main Author: Fitzsimmons, Scott
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies 2010
Subjects:
Arctic
Canada
Online Access:https://jmss.org/article/view/57888
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/57888 2023-05-15T14:58:25+02:00 Contemporary Threats to Canada and the Canadian Forces Fitzsimmons, Scott 2010-07-16 application/pdf https://jmss.org/article/view/57888 eng eng Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies https://jmss.org/article/view/57888/43556 https://jmss.org/article/view/57888 Journal of Military and Strategic Studies; Vol. 12 No. 3 (2010): Spring 2010 1488-559X info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2010 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:18:04Z This paper draws attention to a number of pressing threats faced by Canada and the Canadian Forces, which range from the physical to the fiscal, and discusses existing and proposed attempts to address these threats. These threats include those posed by private security contractors in Afghanistan, pirates off the Horn of Africa, foreign states in disputed areas of the Arctic, and the current economic downturn within Canada. The paper concludes that Canadian defence planners must expand the scope of their threat analysis to focus greater attention on non-traditional actors and factors. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Canada
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description This paper draws attention to a number of pressing threats faced by Canada and the Canadian Forces, which range from the physical to the fiscal, and discusses existing and proposed attempts to address these threats. These threats include those posed by private security contractors in Afghanistan, pirates off the Horn of Africa, foreign states in disputed areas of the Arctic, and the current economic downturn within Canada. The paper concludes that Canadian defence planners must expand the scope of their threat analysis to focus greater attention on non-traditional actors and factors.
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title_full_unstemmed Contemporary Threats to Canada and the Canadian Forces
title_sort contemporary threats to canada and the canadian forces
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