National Defence
- Should the priority of military spending be to create jobs and skills in Canada? MLI's Brian Lee Crowley weighs in on CBC's Cross Country Checkup February 25, 2013
February 25, 2013 - In case you missed it, MLI's Brian Lee Crowley was on CBC's Cross Country Checkup yesterday to discuss if the Armed Forces should take a Canada-first approach to buying military equipment. The interview follows Crowley's latest colu...
- MLI's Crowley in The Globe and Mail: Military procurement is about protection not politics February 21, 2013
February 21, 2013 - In a new regular column for The Globe and Mail, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley writes about the newly-released Jenkins Report, an Ottawa-commissioned inquiry on how to get more value for the Canadian economy out of defence ...
- MLI Senior Fellow Alex Wilner and Marco Wyss in Embassy: France’s Africa links may have spared allies February 20, 2013
February 20, 2013 - Alex Wilner and Marco Wyss discuss the upside of Franco-African relations in Embassy. The op-ed is published below. Wyss and Wilner are Senior Researchers at the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich. Wilner is also a Senior Fe...
- MLI Senior Fellow Alex Wilner in The Globe and Mail: Bulgarian bomb report in hand, EU must now cripple Hezbollah February 6, 2013
February 6, 2013 - In an op-ed for The Globe and Mail, MLI Senior Fellow Alex Wilner says, "With Hezbollah on the ropes, Europe is in a position to land another blow. Blacklisting and sanctioning the organization will freeze Hezbollah’s European asse...
- Iran’s nuclear bark bigger than its bite, but West must still act, experts say February 6, 2013
Highlights: Despite bombast, regime has been risk averse. Iran acts through proxies such as Hezbollah. Arab Spring setback for Iran. Regime change likely to happen from within eventually. MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, February 6, 2013 – Should Iran ...
- MLI's Senior Fellow Alex Wilner weighs in on the F-35 debate April 5, 2012
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...
- MLI's Alex Wilner in Embassy Magazine on Canada's Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Deterrence Through Disclosure February 10, 2012
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 gover...
- Vanguard Magazine: A case for the Joint Strike Fighter January 24, 2012
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-generati...
