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November 22, 2011

NATO Is a Shell of Its Former Self

J.L. Granatstein, Ottawa Citizen

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NATO, in other words, is becoming a shell of its former self, a weak, financially wracked alliance that can do little now and even less in the near future. Perhaps it’s time for Canada, as it contemplates its own need to reduce defence spending, to begin asking if NATO still really matters.

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