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093627
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Canada's 2005 International Policy Statement announced that the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces were committed to "whole of government" interventions in failed and fragile states. This led both the Canadian government and outside observers to declare that Canada was successfully harmonising the aims and practices of its internationally focused departments and crafting a synergised approach to interventions in failed and fragile states. Drawing on Halperin and Clapp's organisational theory of bureaucratic politics, this paper argues instead that the foreign affairs and defence departments embraced the idea of failed and fragile states to reinforce their organisational essences and recycle their existing missions, roles, and capabilities. In addition, the departments used a "whole of government" approach to secure their autonomy, fence their respective functions, and enlarge their unique capabilities, under the guise of greater efficiency.
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178329
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A “connected battlespace” (CB) aims to leverage emerging technologies, such as low Earth orbit satellites, internet of things devices, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, in order to collect, process, and disseminate large quantities of data in real time, thereby providing decision-makers with the ability to respond to threats faster and with more precision. Despite its promise, as a concept, a CB is still misunderstood, underdeveloped, and understudied. In an effort to fill this gap, this policy brief describes several key findings derived from an expert stakeholder workshop that the authors convened in July 2020. Workshop participants probed several questions about the development of Canada’s CB infrastructure, touching on a number of themes, including alliance partnerships, emerging technology, procurement, national security, and defence strategy. Our article synthesizes and analyzes key discussions held during this workshop.
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126405
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2013.
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For almost a decade, the Canadian military enjoyed substantial, sustained increases to its budget. This funding increase enabled the repeated deployment of the Canadian Forces abroad in the pursuit of international influence. This prominent role for the military in Canadian foreign policy is slated to change, however, as a shift to austerity is forcing significant cuts to Canadian defence spending. Despite official claims that these reductions will be made through back-office efficiency reforms, the magnitude of the budgetary losses and the manner in which they are structured mean that they will result in a significant reduction in military capacity. While front-line military capabilities will be retained, the operational readiness of these forces will be reduced significantly. As a result, the military will be unable to play the relatively active role in expeditionary operations it has in recent years, and Canada returns to a more realistic level of military activity for a secondary power.
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