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April 12, 2013
Written by Jason McNaught
Esprit de Corps magazine and Nexter Systems held a reception at the Rideau Club on Wednesday, to unveil the new name for Nexter’s armoured infantry combat vehicle (VBCI). On hand for the event was Mike Duckworth, Senior VP of Nexter, David Pratt, former Minister of National Defence and representatives from the French Embassy.
Esprit de Corps conducted a nationwide naming competition for the VBCI, running ads in their magazine and website, before turning the entries over to a panel that included Lieutenant-General (ret’d) Andrew Leslie, Queen’s University Professor Douglas Bland and Major-General (ret’d) Clive Addy. The VBCI is in the running for the Canadian Army’s Close Combat Vehicle (CCV) program.
The panel narrowed the names down to five contenders for the VBCI: Polar Bear, Wolverine, Scorpion, Grenadier and Muskox.
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April 7, 2013
Written by Scott Taylor
Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird visited Bahrain during his extended tour of the Middle East.
When the so-called Arab Spring wave of unrest first began in 2011, Bahrain was one of a number of states rocked by protests and violence, with the large Shiite majority staging massive protests and demanding the ouster of the ruling Sunni monarchy.
Similar public demonstrations led to rapid regime changes in Egypt and Tunisia, while in Libya and Syria they morphed into bloody armed rebellions.
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(United States Secretary of State John Kerry with Afghan President Hamid Karzai - Associated Press/Jason Reed)
March 31, 2013
Written by Scott Taylor
Last week proved to be a bittersweet watershed for the Syrian opposition forces.
First came word that the Arab League was recognizing the National Coalition as the legitimate government of Syria and no longer recognizing the envoys representing embattled President Bashar al-Assad.
The news was quickly tempered with the announcement that the recently appointed leader of the Syrian opposition was resigning from the post. Moaz al-Khatib was chosen last November to lead the coalition at a United States-brokered summit meeting of the various Syrian rebel factions.
Although seen as a relatively powerless umbrella group for those militias actually fighting in Syria, the National Coalition remains the U.S.’s last best hope to formalize a legitimate post-Assad governing body.
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March 24, 2013
Written by Scott Taylor
On March 19, coincidental with U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel, the conflict in neighbouring Syria took an ominous turn. According to initial reports, chemical weapons had been used in the village of Khan al-Assal in the northern province of Aleppo.
While both the Syrian rebels and supporters of embattled President Bashar al-Assad hastily denied responsibility for the atrocity, the fact that the attack took place in a government-held area would appear to indicate that it was perpetrated by the opposition forces. Given his near-complete isolation in the international community, it would be a stretch of logic to imagine Assad waiting — for two years — into this brutal civil war before turning his chemical arsenal on his own loyal supporters.
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