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Canada's Department of External Affairs, Volume 3

Canada’s Department of External Affairs offers readers an unparalleled look at the evolving structures underpinning Canadian foreign policy from 1968 to 1984. Using untapped archival sources and extensive ...

Washington's Long War on Syria

By (author) Stephen Gowans
Categories: International relations
Series: None

When President Barack Obama demanded formally in the summer of 2011 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, it was not the first time Washington had sought regime change in Damascus. The United ...

The Harper Era in Canadian Foreign Policy

In 2015, the Harper era in Canadian foreign policy was over, suggesting a return to the priorities of a gentler, more co-operative Liberal government. But was the Harper era really so different? And, ...

Whose Man in Havana?

John W. Graham never imagined that his apprenticeship in the Canadian Foreign Service would have him stationed in Cuba covertly monitoring Soviet military operations on behalf of the CIA. Other assignments, ...

Disarming Conflict

“A masterpiece highly recommended to commanders-in-chief, diplomats, and peacemakers. ” – Ambassador Bethuel A Kiplagat

Wars fought over the past quarter century have been a spectacular failure. ...

The Strategic Constitution

By (author) Irvin Studin
Categories: International relations
Series: Law and Society

Historically, Canada’s Constitution has been principally viewed as a federal framework or a rights bulwark. Its framers did not intend for Canada to be a major player in the world and worldly matters ...

In Defense of Small Producers

By (author) Marco Coscione
Categories: International relations

In an international geopolitical panorama where Northern countries are increasingly in crisis and where the most interesting alternatives to sustainable development are coming from the South, the Latin ...

Alternative Trade

By (author) Gavin Fridell
Categories: International economics

Free trade does not make a significantly positive contribution to a society’s well being, nor does real free trade exist. In Alternative Trade, Gavin Fridell confronts these assumptions through a passionate ...

Chasing the Dragon in Shanghai

By (author) John D. Meehan
Categories: History of the Americas

Canada shared a rich, multi-faceted history with China long before it recognized the People’s Republic of China in 1970. John Meehan brings to light the activities of early Canadian missionaries, business ...

Orienting Canada

By (author) John Price
Categories: History of the Americas

Colony to nation? Isolationism to internationalism? WASP society to a multicultural Canada? Focusing on imperial conflicts in the Pacific, Orienting Canada disrupts these familiar narratives in Canadian ...