|
Showing 1 - 14 of
14 matches in All Departments
Canada is a key member of the world's most important international
intelligence-sharing partnership, the Five Eyes, along with the US,
the UK, New Zealand, and Australia. Until now, few scholars have
looked beyond the US to study how effectively intelligence analysts
support policy makers, who rely on timely, forward-thinking
insights to shape high-level foreign, national security, and
defense policy. Intelligence Analysis and Policy Making provides
the first in-depth look at the relationship between intelligence
and policy in Canada. Thomas Juneau and Stephanie Carvin, both
former analysts in the Canadian national security sector, conducted
seventy in-depth interviews with serving and retired policy and
intelligence practitioners, at a time when Canada's intelligence
community underwent sweeping institutional changes. Juneau and
Carvin provide critical recommendations for improving intelligence
performance in supporting policy—with implications for other
countries that, like Canada, are not superpowers but small or
mid-sized countries in need of intelligence that supports their
unique interests.
Examining Iranian foreign policy, with a focus on the years since
2001, this book analyses the defining feature of Iran's
international and regional posture, its strategic loneliness, and
the implications of this for the Islamic Republic's foreign policy.
Iranian Foreign Policy since 2001 offers an in-depth analysis of
the key drivers behind Iran's foreign policy; power, strategic
culture, and ideology. In addition, the authors examine Iran's
relations with key countries and regions, including its often
tenuous relations with China, Russia and America, as well as its
bilateral relations with non-state actors such as Hezbollah. The
common thread running throughout the volume is that Iran is alone
in the world: regardless of its political manoeuvrings, the Islamic
Republic's regional and international posture is largely one of
strategic loneliness. Assimilating contributions from the US,
Canada, Europe and Iran, this book provides an international
perspective, both at the theoretical and practical levels and is
essential reading for those with an interest in Middle Eastern
Politics, International Relations and Political Science more
broadly.
Canada is a key member of the world's most important international
intelligence-sharing partnership, the Five Eyes, along with the US,
the UK, New Zealand, and Australia. Until now, few scholars have
looked beyond the US to study how effectively intelligence analysts
support policy makers, who rely on timely, forward-thinking
insights to shape high-level foreign, national security, and
defense policy. Intelligence Analysis and Policy Making provides
the first in-depth look at the relationship between intelligence
and policy in Canada. Thomas Juneau and Stephanie Carvin, both
former analysts in the Canadian national security sector, conducted
seventy in-depth interviews with serving and retired policy and
intelligence practitioners, at a time when Canada's intelligence
community underwent sweeping institutional changes. Juneau and
Carvin provide critical recommendations for improving intelligence
performance in supporting policy-with implications for other
countries that, like Canada, are not superpowers but small or
mid-sized countries in need of intelligence that supports their
unique interests.
Examining Iranian foreign policy, with a focus on the years since
2001, this book analyses the defining feature of Iran's
international and regional posture, its strategic loneliness, and
the implications of this for the Islamic Republic's foreign policy.
Iranian Foreign Policy since 2001 offers an in-depth analysis of
the key drivers behind Iran's foreign policy; power, strategic
culture, and ideology. In addition, the authors examine Iran's
relations with key countries and regions, including its often
tenuous relations with China, Russia and America, as well as its
bilateral relations with non-state actors such as Hezbollah. The
common thread running throughout the volume is that Iran is alone
in the world: regardless of its political manoeuvrings, the Islamic
Republic's regional and international posture is largely one of
strategic loneliness. Assimilating contributions from the US,
Canada, Europe and Iran, this book provides an international
perspective, both at the theoretical and practical levels and is
essential reading for those with an interest in Middle Eastern
Politics, International Relations and Political Science more
broadly.
This edited volume, the second volume in this collection, provides
a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates and issues in
Canadian defence policy studies. The contributors examine topics
including sexual misconduct and the crisis of defence
culture, personnel retention in the CAF, the impacts of climate
change, NORAD modernization, policy trade-offs in the wake of the
war in Ukraine, defence spending, procurement, as well as the
defence policy making process.Â
This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of
contemporary debates and issues in Canadian defence policy studies.
The contributors examine topics including the development of
Canadian defence policy and strategic culture, North American
defence cooperation, gender and diversity in the Canadian military,
and defence procurement and the defence industrial base.
Emphasizing the process of defence policy-making, rather than just
the outcomes of that process, the book focuses on how political and
organizational interests impact planning, as well as the standard
operating procedures that shape Canadian defence policy and
practices.
The Islamic Republic of Iran faced a favorable strategic
environment following the US invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and
Iraq in 2003. Its leadership attempted to exploit this window of
opportunity by assertively seeking to expand Iran's interests
throughout the Middle East. It fell far short, however, of
fulfilling its long-standing ambition of becoming the dominant
power in the Persian Gulf and a leading regional power in the
broader Middle East. In Squandered Opportunity, Thomas Juneau
develops a variant of neoclassical realism, a theory of foreign
policy mistakes, to explore the causes and consequences of Iran's
sub-optimal performance. He argues that while rising power drove
Iranian assertiveness-as most variants of realism would predict-the
peculiar nature of Iran's power and the intervention of specific
domestic factors caused Iran's foreign policy to deviate, sometimes
significantly, from what would be considered the potential optimal
outcomes. Juneau explains that this sub-optimal foreign policy led
to important and negative consequences for the country. Despite
some gains, Iran failed to maximize its power, its security and its
influence in three crucial areas: the Arab-Israeli conflict; Iraq;
and the nuclear program. Juneau also predicts that, as the window
of opportunity steadily closes for Iran, its power, security, and
influence will likely continue to decline in coming years.
The emergence of COVID-19 has raised urgent and important questions
about the role of Canadian intelligence and national security
within a global health crisis. Some argue that the effects of
COVID-19 on Canada represent an intelligence failure, or a failure
of early warning. Others argue that the role of intelligence and
national security in matters of health is-and should-remain
limited. At the same time, traditional security threats have
rapidly evolved, themselves impacted and influenced by the global
pandemic.Stress Tested brings together leading experts to examine
the role of Canada's national security and intelligence community
in anticipating, responding to, and managing a global public
welfare emergency. This interdisciplinary collection offers a
clear-eyed view of successes, failures, and lessons learned in
Canada's pandemic response. Addressing topics including supply
chain disruptions, infrastructure security, the ethics of
surveillance within the context of pandemic response, the threats
and potential threats of digital misinformation and fringe beliefs,
and the challenges of maintaining security and intelligence
operations during an ongoing pandemic, Stress Tested is essential
reading for anyone interested in the lasting impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
While counterterrorism has been the primary focus of the defense
and national security policies of major Western states in the last
two decades, recent years have seen the re-emergence of states as
the major threat. Intelligence Cooperation under Multi-Polarity
offers a timely analysis of the challenges and opportunities for
intelligence cooperation, characterized by the re-emergence of
great power competition, particularly between the United States,
China, and Russia. This collection explores foreign policy and
national security tools and partnerships that have emerged as the
United States, typically an international leader, experiences
internal and external shocks that have rendered its role on the
international stage more uncertain. The book specifically focuses
on non-American perspectives in order to understand how America’s
allies and partners have adjusted to global power transitions.
Drawing on contributions from leading intelligence and strategic
studies scholars and professionals, Intelligence Cooperation under
Multi-Polarity aims to broaden and deepen our understanding of the
consequences of the power transition on national security policies.
While counterterrorism has been the primary focus of the defense
and national security policies of major Western states in the last
two decades, recent years have seen the re-emergence of states as
the major threat. Intelligence Cooperation under Multi-Polarity
offers a timely analysis of the challenges and opportunities for
intelligence cooperation, characterized by the re-emergence of
great power competition, particularly between the United States,
China, and Russia. This collection explores foreign policy and
national security tools and partnerships that have emerged as the
United States, typically an international leader, experiences
internal and external shocks that have rendered its role on the
international stage more uncertain. The book specifically focuses
on non-American perspectives in order to understand how America’s
allies and partners have adjusted to global power transitions.
Drawing on contributions from leading intelligence and strategic
studies scholars and professionals, Intelligence Cooperation under
Multi-Polarity aims to broaden and deepen our understanding of the
consequences of the power transition on national security policies.
The Middle East has not, historically, been a first-order priority
for Canadian foreign and defence policy. Most major Canadian
decisions on the Middle East have come about through ad hoc
decision-making rather than strategic necessity. Balancing
international obligations with domestic goals, Canadian relations
with this region try to find a balance between meeting alliance
obligations and keeping domestic constituents content. Middle Power
in the Middle East delves into some of Canada's key bilateral
relations with the Middle East and explores the main themes in
Canada's regional presence: arms sales, human rights, defence
capacity-building, and mediation. Contributors analyse the key
drivers of Canada's foreign and defence policies in the Middle
East, including diplomatic relations with the United States,
ideology, and domestic politics. Bringing together many of Canada's
foremost experts on Canada-Middle East relations, this collection
provides a fresh perspective that is particularly timely and
important following the Arab uprisings.
National security in the interest of preserving the well-being of a
country is arguably the first and most important responsibility of
any democratic government. Motivated by some of the pressing
questions and concerns of citizens, Top Secret Canada is the first
book to offer a comprehensive study of the Canadian intelligence
community, its different parts, and how it functions as a whole. In
taking up this important task, contributors aim to identify the key
players, explain their mandates and functions, and assess their
interactions. Top Secret Canada features essays by the country's
foremost experts on law, foreign policy, intelligence, and national
security, and will become the go-to resource for those seeking to
understand Canada's intelligence community and the challenges it
faces now and in the future.
The book aims to improve our understanding of what it means to
create high-quality analytical products by focusing on the concept
of relevance for policy-makers. Despite variations in context,
strategic analysts in different sectors (in both intelligence and
non-intelligence government organizations, private consultancies,
think tanks, and academia) face similar problems in identifying the
needs of their clients and setting up organizations with the
mandates, structures, and personnel necessary to address those
needs. The objective is therefore to identify these common
challenges, compare solutions, and share lessons learned. To do so,
broader thematic reflections on strategic analysis are combined
with innovative case studies of how organizations have worked to
successfully produce relevant analysis. The first section explores
challenges to achieving relevance at the level of the analyst,
while the remainder of the book analyses cases at the level of
organizations.
The book aims to improve our understanding of what it means to
create high-quality analytical products by focusing on the concept
of relevance for policy-makers. Despite variations in context,
strategic analysts in different sectors (in both intelligence and
non-intelligence government organizations, private consultancies,
think tanks, and academia) face similar problems in identifying the
needs of their clients and setting up organizations with the
mandates, structures, and personnel necessary to address those
needs. The objective is therefore to identify these common
challenges, compare solutions, and share lessons learned. To do so,
broader thematic reflections on strategic analysis are combined
with innovative case studies of how organizations have worked to
successfully produce relevant analysis. The first section explores
challenges to achieving relevance at the level of the analyst,
while the remainder of the book analyses cases at the level of
organizations.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
Celebrations
Jan Kohler
Hardcover
R450
R351
Discovery Miles 3 510
|