Canada’s Pledge to Latvia and the Bigger NATO Bargain
Stéfanie von Hlatky
26 October 201811 Minute Read
Canadian soldiers give a demonstration of the C-9 light machine gun to Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, during her visit to the Canadian-led multinational NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Latvia at Camp Ādaži, Latvia on 19 January 2018
A debate on defence spending that has re-emerged within the NATO Alliance seems to have exacerbated tensions between the two sides of the transatlantic partnership. Continuing a long tradition of defining itself in opposite terms against its neighbour to the south, Canada’s approach to this debate offers a rarely explored take on burden sharing within the Alliance.
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