Do we really want a war with Russia?

Stoking Russian nationalism at a time when many western and eastern European countries are witnessing the rise of right-wing nationalist sentiment themselves is a recipe for disaster.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 22 in Ottawa, faces an exceptionally difficult choice between now and the NATO summit on July 8-9. But if he makes the courageous one, and sides with those calling for more dialogue and diplomacy he will in the long run be on the side of the angels.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY MURRAY DOBBIN

June 27, 2016

POWELL RIVER, B.C.—Do we really want a war with Russia? No area of public policy is so shrouded in secrecy, obfuscation and outright deception than foreign policy. Most of the time it doesn’t seem to matter much to the majority of voters who have more pressing things to worry about. But when Ca...

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