Tuesday, December 16, 2025

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The United States: calculating things to come

I’d be less confident about saying ‘no’ to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t figure out how people would choose sides. In the U.S., unfortunately, I can.

The Canadian Armed Forces is a shrinking tribe

Mark Carney

With only roughly one in 684 Canadians serving in the regular forces, thinking that the country could mount any meaningful deployment to either Ukraine or Gaza on short notice is reckless.