Canada’s Pledge to Latvia and the Bigger NATO Bargain

Stéfanie von Hlatky
RUSI Newsbrief, 26 October 2018
International Security Studies, NATO, North America, Russia, Global Security Issues

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.