Stop Pretending the Transatlantic Alliance Is Fine. Canada Just Found a Lifeboat.
The EU’s floated ‘associate membership’ for Canada isn’t a quirky trade story—it’s a geopolitical distress flare. Ottawa is preparing for a world where the U.S. is no longer a reliable anchor, and Brussels is testing a new tier of global power. The transatlantic alliance is dead; we’re just watching the survivors divide the assets.