Carney’s ‘hinge moment’ is about more than just Canadian defense spending. What does that mean for Washington? (Atlantic Council)

It’s not just the money. On Monday, Mark Carney gave his first major defense and security speech as Canadian prime minister. In the speech, Carney pledged that Canada would reach the NATO benchmark of spending 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on defense this year, well ahead of the previous government’s 2032 deadline. While this announcement garnered headlines, less attention went to Carney’s reasoning for the increase, which included both an unraveling international order and an increasingly unreliable United States. What might Carney’s view of the current moment and of Washington mean for the United States? Below, Imran Bayoumi, an associate director with the GeoStrategy Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, puts the new spending in its full context.

Carney’s ‘hinge moment’ is about more than just Canadian defense spending. What does that mean for Washington? – Atlantic Council