In dangerous times, we need bold defence decisions

While increasing defence spending is a traditional redress to security concerns, more spending alone will not address the dire situation before us.

Defence Minister Anita Anand is pictured in Ottawa on Jan. 26. The federal government should accelerate a final report before the end of the parliamentary session that identifies all capabilities required for North American defence and eastern European deterrence from Russian threats so procurement can start, write Gray Shanahan and Jeffrey F. Collins.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JEFFREY F. COLLINS, GRAY SHANAHAN

April 6, 2022

The events since the Feb. 24 Russian invasion of Ukraine represent the greatest upheaval to the structure of global security and economic stability since the Second World War. Whatever the outcome of the current war in Ukraine, Russian strongman Vladimir Putin will have even greater grievances with ...

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