.GlenPearson: Are We Ready To Walk a More Independent Path? | National Newswatch
“When you can get others to admire your ideals and to want what you want, you do not have to spend as much on sticks and carrots to move them in your direction. The key is not how many enemies do I kill, but how many allies do I grow.” The observation by Joseph Nye Jr. applies more to Canada now than at any time since the Second World War.
And what to make of America’s deepening political divisions that threaten to undermine not only its global leadership but its relationship with its staunchest allies, like Canada. Though always laden with threats, some of Canada’s greatest challenges come from within its alliances, not just outside of them.
Testifying before the Senate’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade last month, Adam Chapnick, deputy director of education at the Canadian Forces College and professor of defence studies at the Royal Military College of Canada put it in plain terms:
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