The federal cabinet is expected to meet again on Wednesday but it is unclear whether the NATO request is on the agenda. Russia 'mobilizing for war'The report is a distillation of open source academic research and evaluations and not based on internal CSIS assessments. "Western assessments that Russia is vulnerable to economic collapse and disruptive internal discontent are exaggerated," said the assessment, titled 2018 Security Outlook. "It is modernizing conventional military capability on a large scale; the state is mobilizing for war." "Russia is adapting to adversity; the economy is deliberately tilted to security rather than economic freedom."

Source: CBC News June 14, 2016 22:30 UTC