An Independent Foreign Policy for Canada? : : Challenges and Choices for the Future / / Brian Bow, Patrick Lennox.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Bow, Brian ,; Lennox, Patrick ,
• MitwirkendeR: Bow, Brian,; Chapnick, Adam,; Clarkson, Stephen,; Goff, Patricia M.,; Golob, Stephanie R.,; Hale, Geoffrey,; Huebert, Rob,; Kukucha, Christopher J.,; Lennox, Patrick,; Sands, Christopher,; Smith, Heather A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

Forty years ago, as the United States became increasingly involved in Vietnam, questions were raised in Canada about the relationship between its foreign policy agenda and that of its southern neighbour. Now, with the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is time to raise the same questions: does Canada need an independent foreign policy? Does Canada have the capacity and will to chart its own course?Divided into sections about the history of Canadian foreign policy, diplomacy, security, economics, decision-making and new policy issues, this collection of prominent political scientists provides valuable and timely perspectives on the state of Canada's international relations in the twenty-first century. Examining pertinent issues such as defence, security, the Arctic, global environmental cooperation, NAFTA, and the post-9/11 world, these accessible and insightful essays are a long-overdue reassessment of Canada and its current role in international affairs. An Independent Foreign Policy for Canada? asks the question that is perhaps more important now than forty years ago and supplies answers so pertinent to the twenty-first century.ContributorsBrian BowAdam ChapnickStephen ClarksonPatricia GoffStephanie R. GolobGeoffrey HaleRob HuebertChristopher KukuchaPatrick LennoxChristopher SandsHeather A. Smith

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: The Question of Independence, Then and Now -- PART ONE. Continuities and Discontinuities, Structure and Choice -- 1. Running in Circles: The Canadian Independence Debate in History -- 2. The Illusion of Independence -- PART TWO. Dealing with Uncle -- 3. Rethinking 'Retaliation' in Canada-U.S. Relations -- 4. The Return of the Quiet Canadian: Canada's Approach to Regional Integration after 9/11 -- PART THREE. Finding Security in the Continental System -- 5. An Independent Security Policy for Canada in the Age of Sacred Terror? -- 6. Walking and Talking Independence in the Canadian North -- PART FOUR. Economic Policy-Making in a Complex Environment -- 7. Maintaining Policy Discretion: Cross-Border Policy-Making and North American Integration -- 8. An Independent Foreign Policy for Canadian Provinces?: International Trade and Sub-Federal Autonomy -- PART FIVE. New Frontiers of Independence -- 9. Imagining Independence: At the Intersection of Cultural and Foreign Policies -- 10. Canada and Kyoto: Independence or Indifference? -- 11. Conclusions: Beyond 'Independence' -- Bibliography -- Contributors