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What exactly is the “platinum security guarantee” that Donald Trump is pushing Volodymyr Zelensky to accept? While the full details remain confidential, the deal is described as an “Article 5 style” guarantee after the clause in NATO’s charter that states that “an armed attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against all members” and triggers “an obligation for each member to come to its assistance.” Sounds reassuring. Except that little weasel word “style” covers an abyss of real-world back-pedaling and caveats. For a start, NATO’s charter does not oblige members to actually take military action if one is attacked but instead leaves that decision to individual states.

It’s an awkward time in the upper echelons of the Canadian cultural establishment. It’s come to light that influential indigenous author and former broadcaster Thomas King, isn’t actually indigenous at all. It matters, because King has spent much of his 82 years claiming to speak on behalf of the indigenous peoples of North America, and his role in shaping Canadian perception of their First Nations has been enormous. His books have served as standard texts in Canadian schools and universities for over 20 years. Born in the US, King came to Canada in 1980 to teach native studies at the University of Lethbridge. His claim to be indigenous was made