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EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'

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noir_lord · 1789555669 · focus · HN ↗
Good, if the middle power democracies don't align/work together they are going to get torn apart in the struggle between the US and China.
1. nixass · 1789556028 · focus · HN ↗
  Non-aligned movement 2: electric boogaloo
  1. xyzsparetimexyz · 1789559962 · focus · HN ↗
    They're very clearly aligned
    gpvos · 1789560806 · focus · HN ↗
    Not really with the US anymore.
    Anyway, I think you missed this reference: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement
    debugnik · 1789563374 · focus · HN ↗
    Does it really count as non-aligned if the observer states are very much aligned?
    gpvos · 1789568895 · focus · HN ↗
    I'm pretty sure that is a more recent development, and that at least the Soviet Union and China weren't observers during the cold war. (But I haven't looked it up.)

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