.@ShimookaR: From Donald Trump to Doug Ford, today’s leaders are living in Ronald Reagan’s shadow https://t.co/2YtyqZUaYi

"For decades, Canada has completely ignored warnings by Americans & other @NATO allies about its dangerous lack of defence spending," notes @ShimookaR. "The focus seems more about playing politics and parochial economic benefits." https://t.co/fc5vVF9jV5

.@ShimookaR: Can the new Defence Investment Agency fix Canada’s procurement problems—or will politics slow that down too? https://t.co/cXr7qwzgpg

Does #Canada’s defence policy lean too heavily on Europe? @ShimookaR & @jbmllr argue our scarce resources would count for more in Asia—where #China’s rise poses the bigger threat: https://t.co/o0Feu1bllG

A short, Need to Know, by me on the recent submarine announcement. Ottawa faces choice of style or substance on the program: choose a riskier, slower option to build its relationship with Germany or acquire the Korean option rapidly to give the RCN real capabilities with a decade

.@ShimookaR: It’s not too late for the federal government to step in and solve the B.C. ferry fiasco https://t.co/6tMX3LYgTf

Richard Shimooka (@ShimookaR): Eighty years later, the lessons of Hiroshima are still relevant https://t.co/lcIr7GgJrO

Our latest podcast episode, featuring: - @ClementLiberty on supply management - @MLInstitute's @ShimookaR on a "Grand Bargain" with the US - @CDNConstFound's @JoshDehaas, "Know Your Rights: A Guide to Protest in Canada" https://t.co/g7vCtENcC7 https://t.co/lR3wFo0nVo

@ShimookaR outlines how the absence of a sustained strategy or modernization plan keeps Canada’s #shipbuilding industry stuck in a damaging boom-and-bust pattern—one that hits workers & local communities the hardest during downturns: https://t.co/Let38mTNi8

Richard Shimooka (@ShimookaR): Should Canada be all in on Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ defence system? FREE 3-month Hub subscription: https://t.co/B8hoCnqVCh Full article here:

Provided some comments to the FT on Golden Dome and the $61B ask by Trump. Short answer: not happening, especially for a program at the extreme end of technical risk and unlikely to be pursued past his term, if not the mid-terms.

.@ShimookaR: Just how much does Carney care about Canada’s security? FREE 3-month Hub subscription: https://t.co/B8hoCnqVCh Full article here:

My latest in the Hub on the qualities that the next Minister of National Defence should have. TLDR: real clout within the Cabinet and with the PM and a managerial ability to see through the major modernization the CAF requires for the future. https://t.co/IVR0w6WW3M

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Richard Shimooka (@ShimookaR): Switching from the American to the European defence market sounds good—but it’s a terrible idea in practice FREE 3-month Hub subscription: https://t.co/B8hoCnqVCh Full article here:

Spent Saturday afternoon answering Canadians' questions on CBC's Just Asking with the fantastic Whitney Lackenbauer - we covered a wide array of questions and heard from Former Nunavut Premier Paul Quassa on his views of arctic security.

Richard Shimooka (@ShimookaR): Cancelling the purchase of American F-35 fighters would be a colossally stupid mistake FREE 3-month Hub subscription: https://t.co/B8hoCnqVCh Full article here:

I know the F-35 is the favourite target of most Canadians at the moment, but I have to agree with Richard Shimooka that canceling its acquisition would be a very, very bad decision for the Government of Canada to make.

"America’s isolationist turn doesn’t mean that #Canada should stop supporting our allies.. if anything, @realDonaldTrump's America leaves a gap in the fight for global freedom that Canada should be seeking to fill." - @BalkanDevlen, @ALanoszka, @ShimookaR https://t.co/TM2gYbEllD

Sadly, 538 is shutting down and that goes for my role too. It’s been a privilege making the politics podcast for the past nine years, so a really big thank you to everyone who tuned in! There are a bunch of talented journalists newly on the market as of today -- my colleagues.