The danger of renting another country's power
Politics
Finance
August 31, 2026
Share this article
Click to view full size
Aug 31, 2026 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom
(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy.
The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time contemplating the unpleasant arithmetic of national defence and more time cultivating the favour of the distant empire whose ships, aircraft and diplomats, it is presumed, will arrive whenever trouble comes knocking.
Politics
Finance
Need the bigger picture?
Share this article
Comments (0)
Download our mobile app
The portable companion to gazettE. Get notifications, track read articles, and more. The latest news from Trinidad and Tobago, in one place.
