CFP Midterm Exam Study Guide
What is Canadian foreign policy?
Some Initial Observations - ANS - Foreign policy is the prerogative of governments
It's about issues that extend across state borders
State power is a key
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CFP Midterm Exam Study Guide
What is Canadian foreign policy?
Some Initial Observations - ANS - Foreign policy is the prerogative of governments
It's about issues that extend across state borders
State power is a key concern
It increasingly blurs 'high' and 'low' politics
What determines Canadian foreign policy?
International Setting - ANS - International environment creates background constraints and
opportunities
Group membership is important
Features of the international environment shape state power
What determines Canadian foreign policy?
Domestic Setting - ANS - Different ways of modelling the state-society relationship:
The liberal-pluralist model
The hegemonic class model
The statist model
What determines Canadian foreign policy?
Identity and History - ANS - Identity shapes interests
The history of past weighs on future interactions
Identity and history are malleable
What's Changed in Canadian Foreign Policy? - ANS - 1990s as a "golden age" in CFP
Liberal Internationalism is in vogue
Canada is uniquely active on the international stage (landmine ban, ICC, R2P)
Major debates about Canadian values and identity
9/11 and the Harper Government create a dramatically different environment
As a result of Afghanistan CFP becomes increasingly militarized
Focus on international norms institutions is seen as "naïve and simplistic"
A tense relationship between academics and practitioners
Liberal Internationalism: An Introduction - ANS - Historically seen as the 'dominant' tradition in
Canadian foreign policy
Not to be confused with big-L 'Liberal' politics in Canada
There are different varieties of Liberal Internationalism
Emerges in the post-World War Two 'Golden Age' (1945- 1950s) of Canadian foreign policy:
International Level - Canada escapes the devastation of the war, new International Institutions
created, close alliance with the US
Domestic Level - Postwar bipartisanship, strong relationship with civil service and media
Isolationism is not an option after World War Two
Liberal Internationalism:
Key Features - ANS - Canada as a Middle Power
Canada can play a constructive role in managing conflict
A premium on multilateralism
International law and institutions are important for preserving order
Liberal Internationalism:
'Most Safely in the Middle' - ANS - Holmes (1984) on the role of the Middle Power:
Canada's Middle Power status as functional
The functional principle is disciplining
Middle Powers should avoid 'excessive moralizing
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