Lessons of the Ukraine Crisis for Canada’s Relations with China

Abstract

The United States has used the Ukraine conflict to highlight Russia’s close economic and strategic ties with China and charge that China is responsible for enabling Russia’s aggression. Canada is highly dependent on the United States and Canada-China relations are tense. However, uncertainty about American reliability, and Canada’s racial and ethnic diversity, suggest that Canada has to consider the neutrality of the non-Western world on the Ukraine conflict as it positions itself for a changing world order.