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Print Price: $94.99

Format:
Paperback
328 pp.
4 tables, 6" x 9"

ISBN-13:
9780195431698

Copyright Year:
2010

Imprint: OUP Canada


Canada's Foreign and Security Policy

Soft and Hard Strategies of a Middle Power

Edited by Nik Hynek and David Bosold

A compilation of brand-new research and writing from leading Canadian and European experts on Canadian foreign policy, Canada's Foreign and Security Policy: Soft and Hard Strategies of a Middle Power re-examines Canada's political place and international influence in the contemporary world. As half of the contributors are non-Canadians, this 'outside-in' character of the book offers a unique perspective on internal versus external role perception, recognizing the disparity between Canada's national self-image and interpretations from outside the country's boundaries.

Organized into three parts, the book begins with a conceptual analysis of Canada's label and position as a middle power, then moves on to assess the soft and hard dimensions of Canada's foreign and security policy within this framework. Individual chapters are policy-relevant and cover a range of topics of interest to Canadian foreign policy students and scholars alike, including human security, development policy, environmental and energy policies, the role of the Canadian forces, terrorism, NATO involvement, and Arctic sovereignty. Within these chapters, key debates meet new scholarship as authors examine the interrelationships within and among policy areas, and also call into question the 'sedimented truths' of Canadian foreign and security policy.

Readership : Canada's Foreign and Security Policy: Soft and Hard Strategies of a Middle Power is a core text for advanced Canadian Foreign Policy courses and a supplemental text for advanced Security Studies courses, both offered out of university Political Science Departments.

Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part 1: Re-Examining Middlepowerhood in Canada's Foreign and Security Policy
1. Tom Keating: Whither the Middle Power Identity? Transformations in the Canadian Foreign and Security Milieus
2. Kim Richard Nossal: 'Middlepowerhood' and 'Middlepowermanship' in Canadian Foreign Policy
3. David Bosold: Canada as a Middle, Model, or Civilian Power: What's in a Name?
Part 2: Re-Examining Canada's Soft Power
4. Nik Hynek: How 'Soft' Is Canada's Soft Power in the Field of Human Security?
5. Sárka Waisová: The Transformation of Canada's Development Policy through the Security-Development Approach
6. Jozef Bátora: The Diplomacy of a Middle Power: Innovation and Its Limits
7. Andrew Baldwin and Simon Dalby: Canadian Middle Power Identity, Environmental Biopolitics, and Human Insecurity
8. Gordon Laxer: Superpower, Middle Power, or Satellite? Canadian Energy and Environmental Policy
Part 3: Re-Examining Canada's Hard Power
9. Wilfried von Bredow: The Revolution in Military Affairs and the Dilemma of the Canadian Armed Forces
10. David G. Haglund: A Security Community-'If You Can Keep It': Societal Security, Demography, and the North American Zone of Peace
11. Kent Roach: Canada's Response to Terrorism: Human Security at Home?
12. Ben Zyla and Joel J. Sokolsky: Canada and the Atlantic Alliance in the post-Cold War Era: More NATO than NATO?
13. Petra Dolata-Kreutzkamp: Canada's Arctic Policy: Transcending the Middle-Power Model?
Conclusion
Index

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Nik Hynek is Research Fellow at the Institute of International Relations (IIR) in Prague; Lecturer at Charles University and Metropolitan University; and Visiting Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University. His publications have appeared in International Journal, Journal of International Relations and Development, and Contemporary Political Theory.

David Bosold is Head of the International Forum on Strategic Thinking at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin. He studied at the University of Marburg and Université Laval, Quebec. His publications on Canadian foreign and security policy have appeared in International Journal, among others.

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Special Features

  • Compelling Foreword from Stephen Clarkson, one of Canada's preeminent political scientists
  • High-profile contributors from Canada and Europe bring together the 'who's who' of Canadian foreign policy studies
  • Unique perspective looks at Canadian foreign policy 'from the outside in' and 'from the inside out'
  • Distinctive approach focuses equally on 'soft' and 'hard' powers
  • Broad range of topics give professors and students thorough coverage of all salient areas in Canadian foreign policy
  • Current, cutting-edge discussions provide key debates and new research in evolving policy areas such as human security, environmental policy, and energy policy
  • Challenging pedagogy includes discussion questions and additional readings after each chapter