Trudeau, Latvia’s PM Kariņš appear to signal shift in NATO’s strategic vision

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Latvian counterpart, Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, appeared to signal a shift on Thursday to NATO’s own strategic vision ahead of its planned summit in Spain later this year. Both leaders suggested that the alliance is shifting to a more assertive defensive presence in the Baltic region, in light of Russian atrocities seen in Ukraine, including Bucha and Mariupol. Trudeau also said that the idea NATO would push Russian forces back if they stepped foot into the alliance’s territory was “something we have to re-calculate.”