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OXFORD – Because peacekeeping initiatives in post-conflict countries are expensive and complex, and because the war in Iraq has undermined rich nations’ belief in their likely success, a dispassionate look at the use of military intervention is timely. A new study for the Copenhagen Consensus...
Supreme Commmander Håkan Syrén The planned cuts in Sweden’s defense budget as proposed by Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Håkan Syrén on Thursday have caused an outrage among politicians. Minister of Defense Sten Tolgfors called the Supreme Commander’s plans “striking”. According to...
The United States and Colombia have long been wary of Venezuela's peacetime military buildup, suspecting the weapons could end up in the hands of drug-trafficking Colombian rebels. Chavez says his only purpose is to ward off a U.S. invasion — not to supply the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...
COLORADO SPRINGS - The three White House contenders didn't attend this week's conference on the U.S. military after Iraq, but their presence was felt. That's because the next president won't just be deciding the fate of the Iraq war, but charting the U.S. military's course on personnel, weapons...
ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, and Defence Minister Peter MacKay head from a military spending announcement in Halifax on May 12, where Harper announced what he called a $30-billion Canada First Defence Strategy. Promise details on price of new ships,...
