The war in Ukraine will have global consequences

This crisis threatens democracy and the morale of the international community more than any other crisis since the end of the Second World War. A nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia is highly unlikely, but accidental escalation from the threatened use of tactical nuclear weapons can happen.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Feb. 24, along with Defence Minister Anita Anand, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, reacting to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It is time for the U.S. and Russia to return to the bargaining table and negotiate another type of Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty, writes Erika Simpson, and in the aftermath, Canada should have no hesitation in helping the European allies build up their conventional forces, but not their nuclear forces. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERIKA SIMPSON

February 24, 2022

The United States and Canada are NATO members protected under the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty’s Article 5 commitment—that “an armed attack against one of us is an attack against us all.” Ukraine and Georgia are NATO...

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