Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, National Defence Minister Bill Blair and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland release Canada’s new defence policy during a news conference at CFB Trenton on April 8, 2024.
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The 20-year timeline of Canada’s new defence policy, and the fact that several proposed investments will “be explored,” raises serious questions about its commitment to pull its weight in NATO.
Pleading for help: Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, says his country is running out of the means with which to defend itself.
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Conscription is being talked about by Nato’s European members as they grow increasingly concerned about further Russian expansion. Ukraine has just expanded its version.
President Joe Biden greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York City in September 2023.
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Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service
Israel has historically made statements and taken actions to placate US anger without always following through. But will Biden’s threat to put conditions on aid force Israel to behave differently?
Russian propaganda and talking points on Ukraine continue to be repeated, without being challenged, two years after the war began.
A Ukrainian tank fires at Russian positions in Chasiv Yar, the site of fierce battles in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Feb. 29, 2024.
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Canada relies on established norms, rules and institutions to make the world stable. These concepts would be a great risk if Donald Trump made good on threats to disregard NATO.
Donald Trump is having influence on US foreign policy, despite not being yet elected.
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Ukraine has fought off relentless waves of Russian attacks over the past two years, but if its Western support dries up, its resistance will be very hard to sustain.
Klaus W. Larres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Donald Trump has threatened to not defend some NATO countries if Russia attacks them. But the US also benefits from the power that NATO gives it, as well as the stability it helped create in Europe.
A U.S. Air Force fighter jet takes off from RAF Lakenheath in the U.K. in 2018. American nuclear weapons may soon be hosted there.
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NATO members, particularly those in eastern Europe, fear a Russian invasion of their territory. By stationing some of its nuclear weapons in the U.K. again, the U.S. could ease those fears.