Opinion: All 30 members approved NATO’s 2022 Strategic Concept. It will profoundly influence Canadian foreign and defence policies over the next decade. Yet, it’s a dangerous plan to preserve western domination through greater militarism and division.
The United States, U.K. and France, all nuclear-armed members, are modernizing their arsenals. The new NATO-controlled Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defence systems in Poland and Romania enable a first-strike attack threatening Russia.
Africa and the Middle East are also identified as regions where NATO will have a greater presence to counter “terrorism.” However, the subtext is that NATO will challenge China in both regions to undermine its, a massive infrastructure program to help poor countries develop and improve trade with Asia.
NATO’s latest defence expenditures report shows Canada is sixth-highest among all allies, at $35 billion for military spending in 2022 — a 75 per cent increase since 2014. Most troubling, NATO’s plan over the next decade will derail the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement climate targets, as the Euro-Atlantic allies confront other countries instead of co-operate with them on global challenges.
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