Ekupheleni kukaFebhuwari uStephen Harper wabiza iRussia ngokuthi "inolaka." Emuva kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi, emasontweni amabili edlule uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela uPeter MacKay wengeze ngokuthi i-Ottawa izosabela ezindizeni zaseRussia e-Arctic ngokundiza izindiza zempi zaseCanada eduze nendawo yomoya yaseRussia. Izimemezelo zakamuva ezivela kuhulumeni waseHarper ziyizitolimende zakamuva emzabalazweni weminyaka engama-90 neRussia okufanele ziphikiswe iningi labantu baseCanada. Kusukela ekupheleni kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi i-Ottawa iqhubekile nokuphikisana nethonya laseRussia eMpumalanga Yurophu. Imibhalo kahulumeni wobumbano embulwe yiCanwest ngoJulayi 2007 yachaza ukuthi i-Ottawa yayizama ukuba "nguzakwethu obonakalayo nophumelelayo we-United States eRussia, e-Ukraine nasezindaweni zokungazinzi eMpumalanga Yurophu."
Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kukaJulayi 2007 e-Ukraine, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle u-Peter MacKay wathi i-Canada izosiza ekuhlinzekeni "i-counterbalance" eRussia. "Kunezingcindezi zangaphandle [e-Ukraine], ezivela eRussia ikakhulukazi. โฆ Sifuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi bayakuzwa ukwesekwa okukhona kubo emphakathini wamazwe ngamazwe." Njengengxenye "ye-counterbalance" yaseCanada eya eRussia uMacKay umemezele amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-16 ukuze asekele izinguquko zentando yeningi e-Ukraine.
Ukwesekwa kukahulumeni wase-Ukraine kulandela indima yeCanada ekuvukeleni "imibala" esekelwe entshonalanga eMpumalanga Yurophu, okwakuhloswe kakhulu ukunciphisa ithonya laseRussia esifundeni. Isihloko esijulile se-Globe and Mail enesihloko esithi "I-Agent Orange: Indima yethu eyimfihlo e-Ukraine," ichaza kabanzi ezinye zezindlela i-Canada eyangenela ngayo okhethweni lwase-Ukraniya lwango-2004-2005.
"Kusukela ngoJanuwari 2004 - ngokushesha ngemva kokuphumelela kweRose Revolution eGeorgia, yena [inxusa laseCanada e-Ukraine, u-Andrew Robinson] waqala ukuhlela imihlangano eyimfihlo yanyanga zonke yamanxusa asentshonalanga, engamele lokho akubiza ngokuthi 'ukuxhumanisa abaxhasi' phakathi kwama-20. amazwe anentshisekelo yokubona uMnu.[uViktor] Yushchenko ongenele ukhetho lobumongameli.Ekugcineni, wasebenza njengomkhulumeli waleli qembu futhi waba umgxeki oqavile wokulawula okuqinile kukahulumeni waseKuchma.ICanada iphinde yatshala imali okhethweni lokuphuma olwaluyimpikiswano, olwenziwa ngosuku lokhetho. yi-Razumkov Centre yase-Ukraine namanye amaqembu aphikisana nemiphumela esemthethweni ebonisa uMnu. Yanukovich [ewina]."
Inxusa laseCanada linikeze u-Pora, iqembu elihola phambili lenhlangano yomphakathi ehola amaRandi angama-30,000 e-Orange Revolution. Sekukonke i-Ottawa yachitha ingxenye yesigidi samadola ikhuthaza "ukhetho olunobulungiswa" e-Ukraine. Inxusa lithembise ukhomishana oholayo wokhetho wase-Ukraine ipasipoti (ubuzwe baseCanada) uma enza "okulungile." Inxusa liphinde lakhokhela izingqapheli zokhetho ezingama-500 ezivela eCanada, ithimba elikhulu kunawo wonke elisemthethweni elivela kunoma yiliphi izwe (abanye abangama-500 base-Ukranian-Canadian bafika ngokuzimela). Abaningi balaba baqaphi bokhetho bebengachemile neze, ngokusho kweGlobe.
Uguquko lokuqala โlombalaโ lwaseMpumalanga Yurophu lwenzeka eSerbia esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka ngemva komkhankaso we-NATO wezinsuku ezingama-78 wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu. Ngesikhathi i-NATO iqhumisa amabhomu ngokungemthetho eSerbia ngo-1999, ama-jets angu-18 aseCanada CF-18 aphonsa amabhomu angu-530 ezindaweni ezingu-682 - cishe amaphesenti angu-10 okusebenza emoyeni kwe-NATO. โOmunye umgomo wempi ngokumelene neYugoslavia,โ kuphawula uTariq Ali, โkwakuwukunweba i-NATO iye kuyo kanye imingcele yezwe elaliyiSoviet Union. Futhi yilokho abakwenza. "
Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu iSerbia, okwajulisa ukwehlukana kweKosovo nalelo zwe, kwaba igalelo lokugcina eYugoslavia enezizwe eziningi. Ukuhlukaniswa kweYugoslavia yangaphambili ibe yizifunda zobuhlanga kwakukhanga i-NATO ngoba kwanciphisa ithonya lamaRussia eMedithera.
Ngokusebenzisana kwayo kanye nokugcina ukuthula iCanada yakhuthaza ukuhlukana kweYugoslavia ngeminyaka yawo-90s. Nokho, phakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi, i-Ottawa yathatha enye indlela. Ngesikhathi lapho iRussia yayinamandla uma kuqhathaniswa, iCanada yasondela eYugoslavia njengendlela yokuyisusa ku-Warsaw Pact eyayiholwa yiSoviet.
Isungulwe ku-1955 i-Warsaw Pact yayiyimpendulo ku-NATO, abanye abakholelwa ukuthi kwakungumbono waseCanada. Emhlanganweni-jikelele we-U.N ngoSepthemba 1947 uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle uLouis St. Laurent waxwayisa phansi ukuthi uma inkinga ye-veto yoMkhandlu Wezokuphepha ingaxazululeki amazwe azosungula inhlangano yohlobo lweNATO. ICanada, kanye neBrithani kanye ne-US, yayiyingxenye yezingxoxo zokuqala ze-NATO ngoMashi 1948 futhi ekuqaleni kuka-2007, umhlaziyi wezempi owaziwayo u-JL Granatstein wabhala ukuthi i-NATO "iwumbimbi iCanada eyayinikele kulo mhlawumbe amaphesenti angu-90 imizamo yezempi kusukela ngo-1949."
Kubonakale ekusekeleni kuka-Ottawa i-NATO, ngokushesha ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II izikhulu zaseCanada zavuka umbhejazane ngeMpi Yomshoshaphansi naphezu kwemibiko evela kunxusa lethu eMoscow yokuthi izikhulu zaseSoviet zazifisa ukuthula neWashington neLondon. Kwaqala phakathi neMpi Yezwe II iKomidi Lempi Yengqondo YaseCanada laqhubeka nokusebenza phakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi. Yaqhakambisa inkulumo-ze yaseCanada (nge-CBC International Service) eya eSoviet Union nakwamanye amazwe aseMpumalanga Bloc. Ngokusho kowayeyinxusa laseCanada eCzechoslovakia nasePoland kanye nomsunguli we-CBC-IS, uJack McCordick, inhloso ye-CBC-IS "kwakuwukubandakanyeka empini yengqondo ngokumelene nemibuso yamakhomanisi."
I-Canada ayizange ihlanganyele kuphela empini yengqondo ngokumelene neRussia. Amasosha ayizinkulungwane eziyisithupha aseCanada ahlasela iRussia ngemva kokuba amaBolshevik eqala ukubusa ngo-1917. Impi ngokumelene namaBolshevik ekuqaleni yavunyelwa njengendlela yokuvula kabusha iMpi Yezwe I's Eastern Front (amaBolshevik asayina isivumelwano sokuthula neJalimane). Nokho, amasosha aseCanada asala ngemva kokuphela kweMpi Yezwe Yokuqala. Eqinisweni, amasosha angu-2,700 5 aseCanada afika edolobheni elisempumalanga laseVladivostok ngo-January 1919, XNUMX, ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili kuphelile impi.
Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye edlule izinhlangano eziningi zaseCanada ezisezingeni labasebenzi zaphikisana nalokhu kuhlasela, zithi i-Ottawa yamela abantu abaphezulu. Ngeshwa, isimo asikashintshi kakhulu. I-Harper's saber rattling akubazuzisi abantu baseCanada abajwayelekile, amaRussia amaphakathi noma izisulu zangempela zenqubomgomo yaseRussia ezindaweni ezinjengeChechnya.
Esikhundleni salokho, ukuvukela kukahulumeni wakwaHarper kuqinisa isandla salabo abaseRussia nasemhlabeni wonke abakhuthaza umbono wezwe we-geo-strategic lapho inhloso kuwukukhulisa amandla ombuso. Kulesi simo, izintshisekelo zabantu abajwayelekile zibekwa eceleni egameni lomdlalo omkhulu.
U-Yves Engler ungumbhali wencwadi ezayo ethi The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy. Ukusiza ukuhlela inkulumo njengengxenye yokuvakasha kwezincwadi ngoMeyi noma ngoJuni, sicela uthumele i-imeyili ku-yvesengler[at]hotmail[dot]com.