Canadian Foreign Policy

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Canadian Foreign Policy

• Mandate of DFAIT

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Changed Nature of the World

• Increasing globalization (examples?)
• end of Cold War (implications?)
• changing(?) role of the United States in
  post-Cold War period
• types of leadership which exist ( or should) in
  the world today?
• Foreign policy vs. (and/or) domestic policies?

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Influences on foreign policy of

• Changed political culture in Canada (nature of
  this change?)
• Various publics who are?

• Transnationalism
• questions of market share and competitiveness
• societal forces (NGOs and INGOs)
• Leadership in the World
• Is there a vacuum?

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Theories of Canadian Foreign Policy

• Canada as a foremost/principal power
• Canada as a satellite or dependent country
• Canada as a middle power

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Canada as a foremost/principal power

• Economic strength
• technology leader
• resources
• diplomatic prowess
• UN Human Development Report
• acts as a principal rather than agent/mediator
• principal role in establishing, specifying and
  enforcing intl order

• James Eayrs
• Peyton Lyon Brian Tomlin (Carleton)
• David Dewitt (York) John Kirton

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Canada as a satellite or dependent country

• Close defence/military relationship with the U.S.
• loyal junior partner or free rider?
• Institutional ties
• NATO, NORAD, DPSA
• economy - branch plant
• But (Korea, Cuba, NVN)?
• But (OAS - Haiti)
• political economy lit. (e.g. NEP vs. trade/human
  rights)

• James Minifie
• Marci McDonald
• Stephen Clarkson

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Canada as a middle power

• John Holmes
• Pearson
• vs. Trudeau (new approaches needed - economic
  natlism)
• Mulroney (continental economic approach)

• Cannot act alone but can have an impact on small
  group or through I.O.
• concept provides balance between other two
• can make a difference on specific issues
• history of altruism, compassion, fairness
• role in intl organization