Canada and Germany: Finding Ways to Take Strategic Responsibility [Part 2]

In this two-part series, BerlinsideOut talks about Germany’s relationship with Aaron’s (other) home country of Canada, its potential role in helping to provide Germany and the rest of the democratic team with critical resources, whether both countries are underpricing Russian and Chinese threats, and how to leverage another transatlantic relationship amidst uncertain political times in the US.

In part two, Ben and Aaron pick up core BerlinsideOut themes with Anessa Kimball and Stephanie Carvin. They discuss how Germany and Canada both depend heavily on liberal ordering but, thanks to a strategic deficit in both countries, are currently not stepping up to take responsibility for this. Together the experts identify obstacles but also concrete steps for how to improve this when it comes to German and Canadian assessments of Russian military threats, NATO spending, how to make more of the German-Canadian relationship – and how Canadian leadership on seizing Russian assets can serve as an example to become more proactive.