Far from having any significant stake in Libya's future, by sending forces to support the no-fly zone, Ottawa is looking to raise Canada's international geopolitical profile.
The fall of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali represents the first collapse of an autocratic regime due to popular uprising in the Arab world and is sure to attract the attention of other Arab regimes.
The 9/11 attacks made it clear that geographic isolation alone cannot prevent the United States and Canada from being directly attacked. (With STRATFOR graphic)
A report that Russia has moved missiles to its borders with NATO member states comes amid divisions within NATO and tensions between the West and Russia over missile defense.
U.S. plans for ballistic missile defense in Central Europe have actually increased in scope since an initial proposal was scrapped in the fall of 2009.
