BRUSSELS -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration’s new envoy to NATO arrived Thursday in Brussels, where the alliance’s top diplomats are hoping they’ll shed light on U.S. security plans in Europe.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived at in Brussels Thursday for talks that allies hope will shed light on the U.S.’ future plans in Europe.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration’s new envoy to NATO are seeking to reassure wary NATO members of the U.S. commitment to the alliance

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reassured allies that Donald Trump is not anti-NATO and that the country will remain in the alliance, but he's also asking his counterparts to make sacrifices and raise defence spending to 5%.

Yet, in just under two months, NATO has been shaken to its core, challenged increasingly by Russia and the biggest land war in Europe since 1945 from the outside, and by the Trump administration from within, breaking with decades of relatively predictable U.S. leadership.

Instead, it highlighted just how unprepared Canada really is. While Canadian troops trained alongside their NATO counterparts, Russia continued its Arctic military buildup, deploying hypersonic missiles and running war games along NATO’s northern flank.

American defense firm Lockheed Martin has lauded the F-35 as "most lethal, survivable and connected fighter jet in the world."

The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) recently hosted a lecture by Robert C.J. Baines, president and CEO of the NATO Association of Canada. The NATO Association of Canada is a non-profit organization focused on educating Canadians about the importance of security and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

This sudden conflict with the United States fundamentally threatens Canada’s long-standing approach to national defense. But Canadians have responded to crises in the past by dramatically bolstering their military on short notice. Trump may have just prompted them to do it again.

The 100 or so year-round residents of Northwest Angle, Minn., are closely watching the Canada-U.S. trade war and threats of annexation. Outside of Alaska, it’s the only part of the United States that's north of the 49th parallel,