Canadian Military Journal [Vol. 25, No. 4, Fall 2025]
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Photo: Aviator Gregory Cole, Canadian Armed Forces Photo.
Flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), HMCS Charlottetown, sails the Mediterranean Sea conducting operational patrols during Operation REASSURANCE on July 11, 2024.
Photo: Warrant Officer Amber Stuparyk
Participating nations for Exercise TRADEWINDS (TW24) including Canadian, American and Barbadian delegates, along with H.E. MS. Lilian Chatterjee, Ambassador of Canada and Małgorzata Wasilewska, Ambassador of the European union, gathered at The Barbados Military Cemetery at Needham’s Point, for a small ceremony facilitated by the French Naval command team, in honor of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces, on May 8, 2024.
Photo: Aviator Gregory Cole, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
HMCS Charlottetown’s embarked CH-148 Cyclone helicopter “OSPREY” performs a flare countermeasure shoot during flight operations in the Mediterranean Sea while deployed on Operation REASSURANCE on August 19, 2024.
Introductory Note from the Guest Editor
Burden-Sharing: Misunderstandings, Issues and Stakes Inside the Atlantic Alliance
Renaud Bellais
Burden-Sharing Foundations
What Does Burden-Sharing Stand for in a Military Alliance?
Renaud Bellais
Regional and Country Perspectives
NATO Burden-Sharing: A Belgian Perspective
Senior Captain Pieter Balcaen
Italy: NATO Burden-Sharing Is Much More Than a Percentage of GDP
Alessandro Marrone
France and Germany within NATO: A Comparative Perspective on French and German Visions of the Alliance
Delphine Deschaux-Dutard
Canada: A Laggard in Reaching the NATO Burden-Sharing Target, Then and Now?
Binyam Solomon and Ugurhan G. Berkok
Finland’s Geostrategic History: Insights for Canada
Alexander Dalziel
The Club Called NATO and North America
Eli Berman and Ugurhan G. Berkok
Commentary
A Polish Perspective on NATO Burden-Sharing
Andrzej Grzyb
Book Review
Ce Qui Nous Attend – L’effet papillon des conflits mondiaux
Review by Lieutenant-General (retired) J.O. Michel Maisonneuve
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