As Canada seeks to define its place in the world, the fight for global influence has never been hotter

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Open this photo in gallery: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates at the Global Methane Pledge event during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021.KEVIN LAMARQUE/Reuters In May, the burgeoning diplomatic quarter of Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa got a major new addition, as the Stars and Stripes were raised over the first U.S. embassy to the Pacific Island nation. That same month, the South American nation of Guyana inaugurated its own new embassy in Qatar, with Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali flying to Doha to cut the ribbon. Amid multiple international crises and fears of...