April 5, 2012 - Since the release of the Auditor General’s report earlier this week, there has been a lot of debate surrounding the F-35 fighter jet. One prominent voice in this discussion has been MLI’s Senior Fellow Alex Wilner. In an article for the latest issue issue of the Canadian Military Journal, Wilner and his colleague, Marco Wyss, write that although “the (F-35) ...
February 10, 2012 – In today’s Embassy Magazine, MLI Senior Fellow Alex Wilner discusses the recently unveiled counter-terrorism strategy. Wilner says, ”The benefits of publishing the strategy far outweigh the costs. It is not only a question of government accountability or of pushing counter-terrorism up the priority list. It is not even chiefly about promoting an ...
January 24, 2012 – In the latest issue of Vanguard Magazine, MLI Senior Fellow Alex Wilner and Marco Wyss discuss the case for F-35 jet fighters. They focus on the importance of investing in fifth-generation aircrafts rather than the “fourth-generation” alternatives. They also stress that where we buy our weapons is just as important as to what we buy. ...
July 29, 2011 - Recently, media coverage has been focusing on the recruitment of Somali-Canadians by the terror group al-Shabab, but MLI has been at the forefront of this issue. Alex Wilner, MLI fellow and senior researcher at the Centre for Securities Studies in Zurich, has addressed the issues raised by al-Shabab and he has posed a number of positive and thoughtful recommendations on the subject. Last ...
July 2011 – Jack Granatstein, a member of MLI’s Research Advisory Board, writes a monthly column for the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute. This month, he comments on a recent Globe and Mail article on how the Harper government is giving the military a role in citizenship ceremonies. Granatstein takes issue with a comment in the article ...
July 26, 2011 – In today’s National Post, Alex Wilner discusses how ”it would be a mistake to reprioritize counterterrorism efforts, despite last week’s outrage in Oslo”. An excerpt below: The coming weeks will bring us fresh analysis of Europe’s nationalist movements. And following Osama bin Laden’s elimination and in light of the transformation sweeping the Arab ...
July 16, 2011 – In his regular column for The Ottawa Citizen, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley discusses the ”two great weaknesses in the peacekeeping ideology as the sole role for Canada’s military”. According to Crowley, one of those weaknesses is moral, the other practical. An excerpt below: For there to be a peace to keep, you have to ...
On June 20, 2011, The Windsor Star published the MLI’s Commentary, Keeping Canada Strong and Free, written by Brian Lee Crowley, MLI’s Managing Director, and Alex Wilner, MLI Fellow and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Securities Studies in Zurich. The Commentary outlines four ideas that should be front and centre as Canadians debate the ...
June 2011 – Jack Granatstein, a member of MLI’s Research Advisory Board, writes a monthly column for the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute. This month, he writes about how the presence of present-day German soldiers at the Menin Gate Memorial ceremony in Ypres, Belgium is a lesson that nations can change. An excerpt below: But now ...
Since the release of MLI’s Commentary, Keeping Canada Strong and Free, it has appeared in several print and online publications: Trail Daily Times, June 3, 2011, “Four ideas for keeping Canada strong and free” Calgary Beacon, June 2, 2011, “Keeping Canada Strong and Free” Surrey Beacon, June 2, 2011, “Keeping Canada Strong and Free” The Commentary, ...
