NATO

Stephen Maher: There are ways Canada can help around the world. But we should recognize that we do not make good occupying soldiers and stop trying to do it.

Adnan R. Khan: After its flirtations with Russia, Turkey now faces a foreign policy disaster in Syria. Can anything be done to save it?

Image of the Week: ’Let’s be serious,’ the French president told his U.S. counterpart, while keeping a straight face

Opinion: Despite Trump’s rhetoric, relative defence spending is falling for many NATO member countries, including America—and collective defence is cheaper than other options

Opinion: The U.S. has been scaling back from Europe since before Donald Trump became president—and NATO has been preparing well for that inevitability

Scott Gilmore: The U.S. president is the badly behaved guest at the international table. As long as he’s around, nothing will get done.

At an unscripted question-and-answer session, the PM opened up on his view of Canada in the world, from defence spending to populist nationalism

Scott Gilmore: Washington has dropped the ball, but Canada and the EU is capable of picking it up and making this summit a milestone in history

Adnan R. Khan: Ignore Trump and his theatrics. The real issue when NATO meets will be Turkey and its dangerous drift into Russia’s orbit.

Paul Wells: What will the Russian leader say privately to the U.S. president? Perhaps something about a little problem they have called NATO.