After America, Canada's moment? /

Rules-based trade liberalization through the GATT/WTO and global monetary stabilization through the IMF sustained the Canadian economy and headed off the temptations of protectionism at home and abroad. [...] The first, the bloody and expensive occupation of Iraq, which yielded nothing for the U. S. but more turmoil in the region and more demands for military help. [...] Successive U. S. foreign policy missteps, including the pursuit of regime changes in Libya and Egypt without regard to the aftermaths, the famed “red line” retreat on chemical weapons in Syria, and the promise of a “pivot” to Asia based on the hope that the Middle East is no longer a threat to U. S. interests, have drawn attention to the trend. [...] Canada contributed army, navy and air forces to the NATO reassurance mission after the invasion of Crimea, a joint force response we could not mount after the invasion of Kuwait.11 The RCAF and Special Forces committed to halting the advance of the al-Baghdadi Caliphate have made important contributions. [...] The Growing Gap Between Defence Ends and Means: The Disconnect between the Canada First Defence Strategy and the Current Defence Budget.