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.

Complements to existing 2020 volume discussing latest developments in Canadian Defence Brings together the latest contributions by the top researchers and practitioners in the field Identifies new trends and best practices across contemporary Canadian defence priorities

Autorentext

Thomas Juneau is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Philippe Lagassé is Associate Professor and Barton Chair in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Canada.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Sexual misconduct and the crisis of defence culture.- Chapter 3.Canadian Armed Forces Reconstitution: The Critical Role of Personnel Retention.- Chapter 4. Climate insecurity and Canadian defence.- Chapter 5. NORAD modernization: Past, present, and future.- Chapter 6.Canada's defence policy trade-offs.- Chapter 7. The defence budget.- Chapter 8. Defence Policy and Procurement Costs: The Case for Pessimism Bias.- Chapter 9. The making of defence policy in Canada.