Canada accuses India of killing Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar: What to know
The killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada has exposed a big problem for US foreign policy.
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The killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada has exposed a big problem for US foreign policy.
Canada can, in some respects, blame itself for some of the scalding political and economic arguments surrounding its NATO contributions. It was a Canadian who helped turn the military alliance into geopolitical forum at its inception. Now, the current Liberal government is struggling to meet expectations.
Within two years, Sweden — the formerly neutral Nordic country that's soon to join NATO — will meet the western military alliance's often-debated defence spending target of two per cent of gross domestic product.
The military and geopolitical tightrope NATO has been walking since the onset of major hostilities in Ukraine was given a good shake Tuesday with an apparently inadvertent missile strike inside the Polish border.
Finland and Sweden have started the process to become full-fledged members of NATO, with all the privileges and responsibilities membership entails. But the next few months will be anxious ones as both countries wait to see how Moscow reacts.