NASCA and the BPG
As Fernando pointed out to me, the final report of the Bi-National Planning Group (PDF), with whom we met while on the NORAD trip, has specifically endorsed some recommendations from the report (PDF) that I wrote on behalf of our group.
[The fifth] BPG recommendation supports key recommendations identified by the North American Security Cooperation Assessment (NASCA): “The United States and Canada should increase the transparency of the process by which they engage in bi-lateral defence negotiations, policy development, and operations; This process should include a focus on public understanding and involvement; Projects undertaken by academic institutions, and other civilian research organizations should be supported, particularly as means of generating transparency in, and awareness about, the defence planning process.It's your classic self-interested academic appeal for more research to be done - especially by people like the person doing the suggesting - but it's still good to be mentioned. I shall have to read the entirety of their report once we finish cleaning up the flat from the party last night.
The NASCA report was prepared by members of the University of British Columbia (UBC) International Relations Students Association (IRSA) in 2005, and their observations were compiled by Milan Ilnyckyj-obtained from http://www.irsa.ca. (51)
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It may not be your most ground-breaking proposal, but the fact they mentioned it at all suggests they found your report valuable.
Milan, I remember how much work that report was and that you did most of it. It must fel that someone actually studied it and acknowledged your recommendation.
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