NATO's flexible response is not just NATO's strategy—it is its whole life. It's able to cope with things, and unless there is some major crisis that breaks up the alliance it will continue to do certain things. It may well be involved in other activities.
There is no reason for us to push NATO contradictions to their logical conclusions. It will always be a contradictory organization. As long as it doesn't cost us a lot to stay in and have a seat at the table, there's no reason why we can't continue. Some of the nations we're able to work with on an ad hoc basis. We will also be interested in the Pacific, but the scope there may well be limited by resources.
Looking to the future, the main thing is our trade. Trade has to follow our security pulse. Does the fact that we trade more with China and others mean a greater security engagement? You can have a lot of trade without security leaks. I believe Canada has basically followed a realist foreign policy. In a sense, we've been closet realists. We don't always express it, but we always do it.