Although many of the questions coming out of the COVID-19 crisis seem new, there is a long-standing literature on pandemics which have discussed issues such as lessons learned, readiness, the role of international institutions and the ethics of surveillance for decades. Some scholars, like Steve Saideman have raised concern that mainstream International Relations has ignored pandemics. This is not to make a comment on that, but to point out to some of what is out there on the margins of the IR/national security discipline.
Read MoreOver the last week Intrepid Podcast contributors have been involved in providing commentary about the aftermath of the killing of General Soleimani in Iraq by the Trump Administration. We’ve collected some of the segments for our readers who may be interested.
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Friday, the government tabled the CSIS Public Report in the House, on the last day of this Parliament. This is the formerly annual report the Service releases which provides a small window into how they see the threat environment. There is also often a small section on how a particular section of the Service operates – this year there is a very small section on the Intelligence Cycle and the “going dark” problem for example. However, for the purpose of this blog, I’m going to mainly stick to the threat environment discussion.
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For Canadian national security watchers there were a number of items in the 2019 Federal Budget that give a pretty good indication of the Liberal government’s priorities as they head into an election in just a few short months. This second of two posts on the Budget provides a description of plans relating to: RCMP management and CBSA review; Money-laundering, hate crimes and border security.
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For Canadian national security watchers there were a number of items in the 2019 Federal Budget that give a pretty good indication of the Liberal government’s priorities as they head into an election in just a few short months. This first of two posts on the Budget provides a description of plans relating to: cybersecurity, election security and economic national security.
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