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Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements.
By MAX BOOT
Washington Post November 25, 2025
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The Halifax International Security Forum is an annual gathering of political and military leaders and security experts from democratic countries, with a mission “to strengthen strategic cooperation among the world’s democracies.” That was not hard to do in 2009, when the conference was founded. It has become nearly impossible now that the world’s most powerful democracy has turned into a rogue nation led by a president who is more sympathetic to dictators than democrats.
U.S.-Canadian relations have been more strained than at any time since the 19th century after President Donald Trump imposed heavy tariffs on America’s northern neighbor. U.S.-European relations reached a new crisis point on Friday — the day the conference convened — when the Trump administration presented Ukraine with an ultimatum to accept a heavily pro-Russian “peace plan” or risk losing all U.S. support.
