Time to move away from insular interests for security solutions

Security can no longer be acquired at the expense of others or through more weapons for more war.
Canadian soldiers conduct foreign weapons cross training during Operation Reassurance at Camp Adazi, Latvia, in May 2021. Enthusiasm for militarism and more preparation for war reflects Canada’s quiet official shift from an influential role in the UN to a subordinate role in NATO, writes Peter Langille.
Insecurity is spreading. Another hot war in the Ukraine, a climate emergency, another Cold War and nuclear arms race, another long war just announced, 100 million people displaced by conflict and climate change, vast inequality and precarious conditions everywhere. Our new global neighbourhood looks...

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