Why geography dictates Canada’s dealings with Trump as he rattles NATO
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U.S. President Donald Trump is widening the cracks between the United States and European NATO members with his calls for allies to help him finish the war he started with Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump is widening the cracks between the United States and European NATO members with his calls for allies to help him finish the war he started with Iran.
Many NATO member countries were already grappling with the future of the alliance after a key member — the United States — threatened to take over Greenland, an ally’s territory.
Canada has a different problem: alliances may change, but geography is permanent.
“Geographically, no matter what government there is in the United States or what government that is in Canada, there are some immutable geographic factors,” said Aurel Braun, a professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto.
Twelve countries, including Canada, signed the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 in Washington, D.C., in an effort to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO has since grown to 32 member nations and is the longest-enduring defence pact in history.
Article 5 of the treaty, which states that an attack on any member will be met by a response from all of them, has only ever been invoked once — by the United States, after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Despite that, Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s not convinced NATO members would be there for the United States if it needed help again, and has denigrated the service of allied soldiers who have fought — and died — alongside Americans.
In multiple posts on social media, Trump has suggested the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is a test of NATO’s commitment.
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