Revisiting Canada-Russia Relations: A New Paradigm for a Multipolar World

... Curtain, as well as in the initial post-Cold War decades dominated by a triumphant West, membership in NATO gave Canada a “seat at the table” alongside other leading powers such as the US, the UK, and France. Yet as global power shifts eastward, Canada must recognize that Asia-Pacific geopolitics will be structured differently than the Euro-Atlantic dynamics to which it has grown accustomed. This comes with implications for how Canada should approach relations with regional actors. No monolithic bloc or “Asian NATO” ...