The Martello Papers are a monograph series of security studies. Taking their name from the distinctive towers built during the nineteenth century to defend Kingston, the Martello Papers cover a wide range of topics and issues relevant to contemporary international strategic relations.

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Martello Papers

Recent Editions

Howard Coombs

Edited by: Howard G. Coombs, Magali Deleuze, Kevin Brushett and Marie-Michèle Doucet


Peacekeeping: Perspectives Old and New

Series 46 | Published Apr. 2023 | 211 pp

2017 represented the 60th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Lester B. Pearson, then Canada’s Secretary of External Affairs and later Prime Minister, for his crucial role in organizing the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) to help resolve the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956. Pearson’s role in deploying peacekeepers to resolve the conflict was not only a crucial turning point in the institutionalization of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping, but it also began the long and proud history of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) of providing support to peace operations ever since. Equally important was the electoral promises of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government to recommit Canada to a UN peacekeeping role after a decline in support during the governments of Stephen Harper and Paul Martin. For many Canadians, Trudeau’s aspirational catch phrase “We’re back!” led to a belief that their armed forces would reassume their traditional “Blue Helmet” roles in UN operations, including the deployment of Canadian soldiers to conflict regions. Indeed, Canada’s “return to peacekeeping” came at a time when many were beginning to reflect on peacekeeping’s future both in Canada and beyond, including the newly elected UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who worried that the UN was “underperforming in conflict prevention, in peace operations, and in efforts to sustain peace.”

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Sean Maloney

by: Sean M. Maloney


Strategic Nuclear Force Signalling During the Russia-Ukraine Crisis: A Preliminary Analysis

Series 45 | Published Feb. 2023 | 94 pp

Signalling using strategic nuclear forces was thought to be an artifact of the Cold War. This Martello paper demonstrates that this is not so. Indeed, new forms of of information, especially social media, has altered and now merged with nuclear force signalling.

Weeks before the latest iteration of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, American, British, and French strategic nuclear forces were employed to backstop and underpin diplomatic and other efforts in an attempt to forestall escalation. Russian attempts to use strategic nuclear forces to generate docile compliance by the West failed in the face of these efforts. This preliminary analysis looks at this activity in the first half of 2022 during the initial stages of this phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war.

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Linna Tam-Seto

by: Linna Tam-Seto, Ph.D., O.T.Reg.(Ont.)


Framework for Women Mentorship in the Canadian Armed Forces (FWM-CAF)

Series 44 | Published Jan. 2023 | 123 pp

This study explores the possibility of a mentorship program for women in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Through a six-phase study including a scoping review, interviews, resource mining and review, framework development, resource development, and validation, the Framework for Women Mentorship in the CAF (FWM-CAF) was created. This Martello paper lays out the creation of the framework using the interview data from 28 initial interviewees (mostly women) and eight additional validation interviewees (an equal number of men and women). After an extensive scoping review of the literature on mentorship in military, military adjacent and policing organizations, interviews were held with subject matter experts in mentorship as well as Canadian service-women and Veterans who had served or are serving as mentors and mentees. The interview data revealed overall support for the idea of program specifically for women in the CAF, as interviewees expressed their positive experiences with the network and community-building that mentorship can provide, especially in male-dominated organizations such as the military.

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Previous Editions

Series Title Author/Editor Year Download

43

Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy And Women, Peace and Security Norms

Charlotte F. Blatt

2020

PDF [1.4 mb]

42

Understanding the Impact of Surveillance and Security Measures on Muslim Men in Canada
 

Comprende l'impact des mesures de surveillance et de sécurité sur les hommes musulmans au Canada

Taasum Akseer

2019

English
PDF [1.1 mb]

French
PDF [1.2 mb]

41

Bilateral Agendas: Canadian Foreign Policy on the Ground

Louis A. Delvoie

2018

PDF [760 kb]

40

Perspectives on the Politics of Borders and Belonging 
A collection of contributed papers from the Political Studies Graduate Student Association’s inaugural annual conference

Marin Beck, Bailey Gerrits, Alexandra Leibich, Rebecca Wallace

2017 PDF [695 kb]

39

"Til Death Do Us Part"? Sanctuary of Ideas, Committed Actors, and Lifetime Rulership in Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon and Togo 

W.R. Nadège Compaoré

2015 PDF [500kb]

38

Canada and the Netherlands in Afghanistan​​​​

Joseph T. Jockel 2014 PDF [711 kb]

37

Evolving Transnational Threats and Border Security: A New Research Agenda
 

Évolution des menaces transnationales et sécurité frontalière : un nouveau programme de recherche

eds. Christian Leuprecht, Todd Hataley, Kim Richard Nossal 2012 English
PDF [1.3 mb]

French
PDF [1.5 mb]

36

Canada and the Kosovo Crisis: An Agenda for Intervention 

Michael W. Manulak

2011 PDF [598 kb]

Series Title Author/Editor Year Download

35

DARFUR: Reflections on the Crisis and the Responses  

J. Andrew Grant

2009 PDF [1.2 mb]

34

Reviving Realism in the Canadian Defence Debate

Philippe Lagassé and Paul Robinson

2008 PDF [643 kb]

33

EUFOR RD Congo: A Misunderstood Operation?

Lieutenant-Colonel Helmut Fritsch 2008 PDF [373 kb]

32

Untangling NATO Transformation 

Stephen J. Mariano

2007 PDF [255 kb]

31

NATO Enlargement and the Politics of Identity 

Daniel Braun

2007 PDF [352 kb]

30

ESDP and German Contributions: Back on Earth? 

Lieutenant-Colonel Helmut Fritsch 2006 PDF [301 kb]

29

Unfair Play: Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, the UK and the EU 

Costas Melakopides

2006 PDF [386 kb]

28

North American Security: America's Response, Canada's Role

LCol Jeffrey Turner, LCol Bruce Johnson, LCol David Miller

2005 PDF [802 kb]

27

The Roots of Soft Power: The Trudeau Government, De-NATOization and Denuclearization 

Sean M. Maloney

2005 PDF [635 kb]

26

Toward a Regional Approach to Human Security in Southern Africa 

Alhaji M.S. Bah

2004 PDF [247 kb]

25

The Transatlantic Link in Evolution: What has Changed Since 11 September 2001?

Charles C. Pentland 

2003 PDF [222 kb]

24

War with Iraq: Canada's Strategy in the Persian Gulf ​

Sean M. Maloney  2002 PDF [318 kb]

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23

What NATO for Canada? 

David G. Haglund  2000 PDF [317 kb]

22

Is France Still a Great Power? 

Pascal Boniface  2000 PDF [222 kb]

21

Canada, the US and Cuba: Helms-Burton and Its Aftermath

Heather N. Nicol 1999 PDF [373 kb]

20

The United Nations and Mandate Enforcement: Congo Somalia and Bosnia 

Jane Boulden  1999 PDF [336 kb]

19

Canada and the Future of Collective Defence ​ 

David L. Bashow  1998 PDF [213 kb]

18

From Ottawa to Sarajevo: Canadian Peacekeepers in the Balkans

Dawn M. Hewitt 1998 PDF [434 kb]

17

The Americanization of Peacekeeping: Implications for Canada 

Joel J. Sokolsky  1997 PDF [176 kb]

16

Informing the Blue Helmets: The United States, UN Peace Operations, and the Role of Intelligence ​

Robert E. Rehbein 1996 PDF [338 kb]