Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy needs an Indo-Pacific gear

Diversification cannot simply mean shifting from overdependence on the U.S. to deeper concentration in Europe.
Defence Minister David McGuinty. If Ottawa is serious about increasing defence exports by 50 per cent, Southeast Asia cannot be an afterthought, writes Vina Nadjibulla.

Canada’s new Defence Industrial Strategy is more than a procurement update. In an era of great-power rivalry, economic coercion, and the weaponization of trade and global supply chains, the strategy correctly recognizes that national defence and economic security can no lo...

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