Contents

Issue 3, May / June 2009

Patrolling the North by R. (Bob) Beaudoin Inside Op Nunalivut

Melting Arctic ice by Emil Torosyan Are we prepared for the consequences?

Watchers of the North by R. (Bob) Beaudoin Ski-dooing with the Canadian Rangers

Strategic advice an interview with Marie-Lucie Morin The mandate of the national security advisor

Hemispheric rift an interview with Dr. Max Manwaring Security challenges and Latin America

Knowledge management by J. LeRoy Pearce Deploying new knowledge media

Soft power by Jean-François Simard and Pierre C. Pahlavi Measuring its influence

Comprehensive approach by Michael Rostek and Peter Gizewski Integrating private military firms

Virtual flight by Chris Thatcher Networking Canada's air operators

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS: Misinterpreting Russia from Kirill Kalinin Cold war rhetoric confuses Russian Arctic intent

TECHNOLOGY: Arctic autonomy? by Chris Thatcher Could unmanned autonomous aerial systems oversee Arctic surveillance?

BOOKSHELF: Taliban tactics by Roy Thomas A review of Dancing with the Dushman by Colonel Ian Hope

THE LAST WORD: Cyber command? by Ian Wilms Do the Canadian Forces need a forth pillar - cyber?