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Jun 04

The State of US-Canadian Relations, June 2026

Steve Saideman

Lots of stuff happening the past week or two:Canada decides to buy a Swedish plane (no, not that one), rather than the American one. Rumors have abounded of Canada cutting its F35 buy and getting 60 Gripens instead.Canada finishes the contract on the HIMARS launchersI attended a conference on...

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Apr 20

Manila Briefings: Thinking Through Some Of the Big Implications

Steve Saideman

After three days of briefings in Manila with all kinds of sharp people, I found myself thinking about some of the bigger implications.  To be clear, I am not an Indo-Pacific expert, so some of this might be common knowledge, widely accepted wisdom, or incredibly dim, uninformed stuff.  But that is...

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