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Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy has pledged to work with allies in pushing back against threats posed by authoritarian states in the region, but it has much work to do to prove that it will walk the walk, an expert at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) said.
Stephen Nagy, a senior fellow at the MLI and associate professor at the International Christian University, said allies in the Indo-Pacific region may find some elements in Ottawa’s new strategy less relatable or agreeable.
“I think it’s a lot of the progressive issues that were being propagated within the strategy. Quite frankly, most of the countries within these regions before the policy was released, and after the policy was released, don’t share these Canadian values. And as a result, they see this not as a good use of resources within the region,” he said....