Ploughshares Monitor articles from September 2008

Ploughshares Monitor archives from September 2008

Threats to Canada and the "Canada First Defence Strategy".
September 22, 2008... The quiet release on 19 June 2008 of the 21-page "Canada First Defence Strategy" by the Department of National Defence says much about what the current government believes to be the state of the world and how to respond to threats. In keeping...

Canadian peace and security spending: an update on the 5 Ds.(Report)
September 22, 2008... The 2004 Ploughshares working paper on security spending, Reshaping the Security Envelope,1 tried to identify the full extent of Canadian military and non-military spending in support of international peace and security. Ploughshares intern...

Selected Canadian military export contracts or deliveries reported during 2007.
September 22, 2008... Overseas contracts during 2007 (non-US) Supplier Location Allen- Ottawa, ON Vanguard Corp. Bell Helicopter Mirabel, QC Textron CAE Inc. Montreal, QC CIVIC Montreal, QC...

UN meeting advances small arms controls.
September 22, 2008... The Third Biennial Meeting of States (BMS) on the 2001 United Nations small arms Programme of Action (PoA) proved to be focused, productive, and even dramatic--words not often associated with global meetings under the PoA process. The drama...

Preparing for the 2008 Biennial Meeting of States.
September 22, 2008... In April 2008 three policy papers were presented to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada by the Small Arms Working Group (SAWG) of Peacebuild. They explored key policy areas deserving of Canadian government attention as it prepared...

India and the nuclear suppliers group: time for plan B .
September 22, 2008... While ultimately unsuccessful, recent action at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) saw at least some brave attempts to preserve a core nuclear nonproliferation principle - namely, that civilian nuclear cooperation is to be reserved for states...

Talking to Iran about nuclear nonproliferation.
September 22, 2008... Last March Project Ploughshares hosted a roundtable on Nuclear Issues in Relation to Iran. It was organized in cooperation with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and the Ottawa Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The 24 participants...

In memoriam.(Obituary)
September 22, 2008... On August 11 the global nuclear disarmament movement, including Project Ploughshares, lost a valued friend and committed advocate with the death of Alan E Phillips, MD. Alan was born in China, educated in the UK, and practised medicine in...

Intercepting satellites: a comparison of the Chinese and US actions.
September 22, 2008... The Chinese intercept and destruction of one of its defunct satellites with a missile on January 11, 2007 and the US intercept and destruction of a failed, de-orbiting satellite with an antimissile missile on February 21, 2008 have focused...

Space Security 2008--preview.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Space Security 2008 is the fifth annual report on trends and developments in space, covering the period from January to December 2007. It is part of a wider Space Security Index (SSI) project that facilitates dialogue among space experts on...