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Canada risks ‘diplomatic isolation’ if it fails to meet NATO spending target, business leaders warn

One of the country’s leading business voices is warning that Canada faces “diplomatic isolation” if it’s not prepared to deliver a concrete plan next month to raise defence spending to …

NATO expects most of alliance to hit 2% defence spending target by end of year

by Walter Watson

NATO said on Wednesday that Europe had increased its spending on defence and the United States needed allies, days after former U.S. president Donald Trump suggested that Washington might not …

NATO, Russia have now both suspended participation in treaty on troop deployments

by Walter Watson

NATO on Tuesday announced the formal suspension of a key Cold War-era security treaty in response to Russia’s pullout from the deal just hours earlier. The alliance also said members …