Canada Looks South : : In Search of an Americas Policy / / Peter McKenna.

• VerfasserIn: McKenna, Peter,
• MitwirkendeR: Baranyi, Stephen,; Burns, Lesley M.,; Cameron, Maxwell A.,; Chaitoo, Ramesh,; Durán, Roberto,; Foster, John W.,; Grinspun, Ricardo,; Hewitt, W.E. (Ted),; Kirk, John M.,; Klepak, Hal,; Mckenna, Peter,; Mills, Jennifer,; Rochlin, James,; Shamsie, Yasmine,; Smitmans, Aya,; Teresa, Maria,; Tockman, Jason,; Wood, Duncan,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.) :; 4 figures

Recent events in the western hemisphere have led to a dramatic shift in the strategic and political importance of Latin America. But with relations still cool between the United States and Cuba, and Venezuela becoming more distant every day, there is considerable potential for Canada - with its longstanding commitment to constructive engagement - to forge mutually beneficial relations with these nations as well as rising industrial and economic players such as Mexico and Brazil.In Canada Looks South, experts on foreign policy in Canada and Central America provide a timely exploration of Canada's growing role in the Americas and the most pressing issues of the region. Starting with the historical scope of the bilateral relationship, the volume goes on to cover such subjects as trade engagement, democratization, and security. As current and future Canadian governments embrace expanding linkages with this region, this collection fills a significant gap in scholarship on Canadian-Latin American relations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Canada and the Americas: There's Still Much to Discover -- 2. The Most Challenging of Links? Canada and Inter-American Security -- 3. Canada's Trade Engagement with the Americas: Swimming with or against the Tide? -- 4. Canada and the Democratic Charter: Lessons from the Coup in Honduras -- 5. Canada-Mexico Relations: Moving beyond 65 Years of Stunted Growth -- 6. Through Sun and Ice: Canada, Cuba, and Fifty Years of 'Normal' Relations -- 7. Canadian Assistance to Haiti: Some Sobering Snags in a Fragile-State Approach -- 8. Canada-CARICOM Relations: Beyond the Trade Agenda? -- 9. Canada and Central America: Citizen Action and International Policy -- 10. Canada and Colombia: A Rhetorical Relationship? -- 11. Between Rhetoric and Reality: Canada-Venezuela Relations -- 12. The Current Paradox in Brazil-Canada Relations and the Path Forward -- 13. Canada-Chile Relations: Assessing a Key Bilateral Relationship -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index