Operation Reassurance, or Provocation?

Russia is painted as a power-mad military aggressor. But NATO members including Canada are sending troops to Russia’s doorstep.
The Canadian ship HMCS Fredericton, centre, patrols the Black Sea alongside a Bulgarian frigate, right, and Romanian frigate, during Operation Reassurance on April 5.
OTTAWA—A number of recent international headlines had the war-mongering tone and pubescent maturity of the old The Hotspur comic books: “NATO and Russia preparing for conflict, warns report” or “U.S. and NATO move to secure Europe’s eastern flank as Russia ‘buzzes’ destroyer.” Such ...

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