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A CH-146 Griffon helicopter belonging to the Air Task Force (ATF) departs from the Chibougamau–Chapais airport (YMT), on its way to extract members of the Saguenay Task Force from a burned forest area during Operation LENTUS 23-03, at Chibougamau, Quebec, on 16 June 2023. Photo: Corporal Marc-André Leclerc, Valcartier Imaging Section, Canadian Armed Forces

Dear Friend of RAUSI,

Welcome to the August 2023 issue of our monthly e-newsletter - Dispatches.

In this Issue:

• Notes from the President's Desk
  
• RMCSD: Solving the Cold War's Most Mysterious Cold Case
  
• RTN: Preliminary Lessons in Conventional Warfighting from Russia's invation of Ukraine
  

• In the News: There Are Civilian Casualties on Both Sides of the Front Lines in the War in Ukraine
  

• In the News: NATO-Ukraine Council Addresses Serious Security Situation in the Black Sea
  
• Veteran's Writing Workdhop
  
• Renew or Become a Member
  
• Next Issue
  
• About RAUSI
  

Notes from the President's Desk

‍I want to thank members for expressing their confidence in my appointment as President on 30 May, 2023, and regret the delay in not writing earlier.

RAUSI is currently pursuing two thematic agendas – research and governance. RAUSI is researching how – if at all – 'traditional Artificial Intelligence' [vice 'generative AI'], including platforms such as predictive language modelling, might eventually become adapted to identify trends in geopolitics and possible ensuing crises, a task up to now performed by humans with inherent biases and limitations... Read full article

If you find RAUSI useful, please encourage friends and colleagues to join. If you do not, please let me know how I can improve it.

Thanks,

Maj LJ Howard, CD, PhD, LL.M (Ret'd)
RAUSI President
president@rausi.ca

Rocky Mountain Conference on Security and Defence (RMCSD)

The Story the Kremlin tried to cover up forever and the White House fears to reveal

Canadian television journalist and author Arthur Kent delves into the continuing investigation of the Murder In Room 117: Solving the Cold Case That Led to America's Longest War  — the 1979 assassination of U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Adolph Dubs, considered to be the ignition point in America's longest war. Get a sneak peek into the official reopening of the cold case, as even now, the case is before the federal court in Washington, D.C. to recover the original records in the case.

Solving the Cold War's
Most Mysterious Cold Case
Arthur Kent, Canadian television journalist/author

Tuesday, 19 September 2023
1900hrs (Mountain)
The Military Museums, Calgary, AB

All are welcome. Invite a guest. Registration required.

Be among the select few to experience our exclusive event. Given the confidential nature of its content this event will not be live-streamed, recorded, or available in any digital format.‍

RAUSI TAKES NOTE

Preliminary Lessons in Conventional Warfighting from Russia's invation of Ukraine

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has provided an invaluable opportunity to assess the capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (AFRF) and the implications of a range of capabilities for modern warfare. Many publicly made judgements on these issues have lacked supporting data or insight into Ukrainian operational planning and decision-making. To ensure that those drawing lessons from the conflict do so from a solid foundation, this report seeks to outline key lessons, based on the operational data accumulated by the Ukrainian General Staff, from the fighting between February and July 2022.

IN THE NEWS

There Are Civilian Casualities on Both Sides of the Front Lines in the War in Ukraine

Alexander Hill, Professor of Military History, University of Calgary

Western news sources regularly report on civilian deaths on the Ukrainian side of the front lines of the war in Ukraine. But what about civilian deaths on the Russian side?

IN THE NEWS

NATO-Ukraine Council Addresses Serious Security Situation in the Black Sea

The NATO-Ukraine Council met on Wednesday (26 July 2023) to address the serious security situation in the Black Sea region following Russia’s unilateral termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative brokered by the United Nations and Türkiye. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg convened the meeting following a request for crisis consultation from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană chaired the Council.

Veteran's Writing Workshop

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Next Issue

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Formed in 1920 as a think tank, RAUSI later evolved into a service organization for veterans in the decades following the World Wars. In this new era, RAUSI has evolved back into a think tank, publishing original content, curating extant articles, and sponsoring speaker’s symposia which amplify cross-disciplined models of 21st century security and defence.

 

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