Archive » Tag: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Even under Trump’s (non-) leadership, NATO members continue familiar pattern of servility
August 27, 2018
For a remarkably honest and clear-eyed assessment of post-Cold war NATO, one need look no further than Tony Wood’s article in the New York Review of Books: Rhetorical differences aside, successive US governments have always been clear that NATO is not a gathering of peers. Its function has been to bind European states into an […]
Read More
National Defence Committee calls for Canadian action on nuclear disarmament
July 31, 2018
Photo credit: wagingpeace.org (Setsuko Thurlow giving 2017 Nobel Peace Prize address) On 18 June 2018 the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence presented its report to Parliament on Canada and NATO. While most of the recommendations were a continuation of current policy, the one on NATO and nuclear weapons most certainly was not! Referencing testimony from […]
Read More
Trudeau must hold the line again at upcoming NATO Summit.
July 9, 2018
In a 25 June statement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he would travel to Brussels, Belgium, to attend the NATO Summit on July 11 and 12, 2018: NATO is a cornerstone of Canada’s international security policy, and an important alliance as we look for more stability in a world going through rapid change. I […]
Read More