Keep pace with great: NATO’s race for survival began in Ukraine long ago

Ukraine has proven extremely resilient, and the lessons they’ve learned on the battlefield are incredibly valuable to a rapidly re-arming NATO—if we choose to learn and adapt.
NATO and European leaders participate in a meeting on Ukraine in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 15, 2025.

One of the pillars of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent budget is $80-billion of increased military spending over the next five years to meet NATO’s ambitious five-per-cent of GDP defence spending requirement. Most other Western European NATO nations are also racing to...

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