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Jan 9, 2025 | 
cigionline.org | Wesley Wark
Wars end in one of three fashions: through victory and the imposition of peace terms (think the First and Second World Wars); through exhaustion and stalemate, driving the belligerents to the peace table (think the Korean War); or by outside intervention from a power able to force an end to the fighting. The third scenario is atypical, not least given the long-term decline of the United Nations as an international body able to enforce its charter.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
cigionline.org | Wesley Wark |Aaron Shull
The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference (PIFI) is a critical initiative aimed at addressing foreign interference and strengthening national security in Canada. PIFI’s mandate includes evaluating current policies, practices and systems that address foreign interference; enhancing transparency; and recommending improvements for more effective governance.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
cigionline.org | Wesley Wark |Aaron Shull
The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions is on the last lap of what has always been a sprint. To conduct this work, the Foreign Interference Commission was constituted in September 2023, following the collapse of the Independent Special Rapporteur process, and ongoing pressure in Parliament and the media for a full public inquiry. The commission was given just 15 months to produce a final report. Due date: end of December 2024.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
open.substack.com | Wesley Wark
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
cigionline.org | Wesley Wark
The first drone wars in history. The current conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are vying for the title. Both wars have seen devastating initial use of drones, great proliferation and experimentation, and an extraordinary technological pace of change. When new weapons of war come along, they are usually attended with confident predictions about their impact on the future.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
nationalpost.com | Wesley Wark
Drones aren't just bomb carriers — they can be useful in commerce, public safety, the arts and even space exploration • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentDrones are everywhere. Their uses are almost beyond count, from the lethal, to the beneficial, to the bone-headed (think spying on a rival soccer team). They represent one of the great technological leaps forward of our time. Drones have even made dictionaries out of date.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
wesleywark.substack.com | Wesley Wark
“I am more alarmed today…”Thanks for reading Wesley Wark’s National Security and Intelligence Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The leader of the NDP has followed in Elizabeth May’s footsteps and read the classified version of the foreign interference report from NSICOP.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
cigionline.org | Wesley Wark
What is foreign interference to Canadians? What is it really, beyond the headlines? The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference (PIFI), launched last September, aims to find out. It has issued a call for public submissions, with a deadline set for July 31, 2024. This will be its long summer’s work, preparatory to hearings scheduled for the fall. There is a new urgency to this task, resulting from startling findings by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
wesleywark.substack.com | Wesley Wark
The recent report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) that surfaced intelligence reporting about the role that some Parliamentarians have played as ‘witting’ or ‘semi-witting’ accomplices in foreign interference activities has forced us to look in the mirror and wonder about our politics and our society.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
thespec.com | Wesley Wark
Treason in Canada? That allegation leapt off the pages of a recent report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP). The worst example cited, with names and details redacted in the published report, concerned a former MP who engaged in communications with a senior official of a foreign intelligence service and tried to arrange a meeting overseas with this official. According to CSIS, confidential information was passed. Already a Subscriber?
