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Canada's Foreign Policy in an era of Turbulence International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 David Morrison
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US global leadership beyond 2024: A UK and European perspective International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Patrick Holdich
European governments are following the course of the 2024 US presidential race more closely than any election in recent times. Although the outcome is hard to predict, many are particularly nervous about a second Trump administration, with good reason. European governments need to plan how to react to this prospect. The future of the Transatlantic Relationship could be at stake and Europe must try
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Editors' introduction International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Asa McKercher, Leah Sarson
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Crafting a New Canadian Foreign Policy: Strategic Sovereignty for a “Leaderless World” International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Kerry Buck
Defining Canada's foreign policy has always been a conundrum for Canadian decision makers, torn between the desire to carve out a space of Canada's own, while recognizing the benefit and necessity of ties with the US. Today, this job has become much more difficult because America's global leadership role is changing in ways that are difficult to predict, but that will inevitably make it harder for
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Editors’ introduction International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Asa McKercher, Leah Sarson
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Book Review: Canada Alone: Navigating the Post-American World by Kim Richard Nossal International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Asa McKercher
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Canada's instruments of national power suffer from crippling human resources vulnerabilities International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Thomas Juneau
Canada faces an increasingly difficult international environment. The to-do list is extensive: decades of neglect and underinvestment mean that every instrument of national power - diplomacy, defence, development, intelligence, national security, law enforcement - all suffer from chronic under-investment. Perhaps most strikingly, Canada has also not produced a comprehensive national security policy
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Book Review: Reinventing Human Rights by Mark Goodale International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Yerin Chung
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Navigating a World Without Leadership? Canada and its Allies in an era of Turbulence and Geopolitical Rivalry International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Pierre Martin, Marie-Joëlle Zahar
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Canada in the Long Shadow of America First International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Kim Richard Nossal
The America First agenda in the United States poses a major threat to Canada America First is marked by an enthusiasm for protectionism; a retreat from global engagement that echoes the isolationism of the 1930s; a rejection of global governance; an indifference towards a global leadership role for the United States; an embrace of illiberal and authoritarian leaders and a concomitant disdain for America’s
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Book Review: The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink by William Inboden International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Jack Cunningham
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Book Review: Awkward Powers: Escaping Traditional Great and Middle Power Theory by Gabriele Abbondanza and and Thomas Stow Wilkins International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Alexander M. Hynd
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Russia Weaponization of Canada's Far Right and Far Left to Undermine Support for Ukraine. International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-17 Brian McQuinn,Marcus Kolga,Cody Buntain,Laura Courchesne
This article details the Russian government's efforts to influence Canadians' perceptions of the war in Ukraine. Specifically, we examined Russian information campaigns tailored to Canadian audiences on X (formerly known as Twitter) and the supportive ecosystems of accounts that amplify those campaigns. By 2023, this ecosystem included at least 200,000 X accounts that have shared content with millions
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Book Review: Research Methods in Critical Security Studies: An Introduction Mark B. Salter, Can E. Mutlu, and Philippe M. Frowd International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Mohamed Elgayar
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Book Review: Belonging, Identity, and Conflict in the Central African Republic by Gino Vlavonou International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Christoph N. Vogel
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Book Review: The Sino-Indian Rivalry: Implications for Global Order by Šumit Ganguly, Manjeet S. Pardesi, and William R. Thompson International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Ravi Kumar
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Revisiting the Challenges and Opportunities for Emerging Powers in a Multipolar International System: Lessons from Turkey International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Israel Nyaburi Nyadera, Ayten Ceter
What are the challenges and opportunities facing emerging powers in an increasingly complex international system? While existing studies on emerging powers have looked at their potential impact on the international order, fewer studies have focused on the challenges and opportunities that can negatively or positively impact the progress of emerging powers. This study examines the experiences of Türkiye
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Democratic Identity, Political Policing, and the Other side of the US-Canada Security Community International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Daniel Troup
Canada and the US maintain one of the closest international partnerships in the world, but there are concerns about its future. Donald Trump's election generated anxieties about the rise of autarkic or authoritarian politics in the region. These worries persist as it remains to be seen whether the Trump administration was a temporary interruption to liberal governance or a signifier of more profound
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Trans-Caspian International Transport Route: Kazakhstani Perspective on Challenges, Opportunities, and Prospects International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Adilbek Yermekbayev, Leila Delovarova, Aliya Kaliyeva
The sustainable development of transport and logistics systems and projects is one factor for the successful development of states and an indicator of integration processes in certain regions, including Central Asia. This study is devoted to the analysis of some aspects of the diversification of the external transport and logistics infrastructure; namely, an assessment of the potential of the Trans-Caspian
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“Canada is a Big Deal Here”: The eFP Battle Group and Host Nation Public Opinion International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Andris Banka, Margit Bussmann
Does personal contact between allied service members and local citizens result in greater public acceptance of foreign military presence? To what extent do members of the host nation's domestic society assess favorably the forward deployment of allied military personnel on their own national territory? Substantial scholarly literature has probed these types of questions in the context of US globe-spanning
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Irreconcilable Differences? NATO's Response to Russian Aggression Against Ukraine International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Alexandra Gheciu, Stéfanie von Hlatky
With Russia's full-spectrum war in Ukraine, NATO is rethinking its force posture and responding in ways that are consistent with its norms and identity as an alliance. While the war has been framed by some as a vindication of structural realism, we instead revisit constructivist arguments about security communities. This literature, which foregrounds learning and socialization processes, advanced scholarly
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A Spectrum of Autonomy: Towards a Theoretical Framework of Strategic Autonomy International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Hoang Le Thai Vu, Lan Di Ngo, Thanh Tien Nguyen
Despite the renewed significance and popularity of strategic autonomy in recent years, this term remains undertheorized. Current usage of the term makes it difficult to determine whether an actor is strategically autonomous or not, and whether a particular course of action enhances autonomy or decreases it. This article thus begins by tracing the intellectual history of strategic autonomy, and then
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Turkish-American Relations in the Context of Multilateral Competition in the Caspian Region International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Zhaksygul Akimova, Zhenis Kydyrov, Panu Kilybayeva, Aigerim Ospanova
This article examines the prospects for increased Turkish-American relations in the Caspian region, namely, joint areas of activity for the development and consolidation of cooperation between both states. Utilizing a historical-comparative method, we comprehensively study Turkish-American relations in this region from a historical viewpoint and predict the further development of this cooperation in
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Moving from gender responsive to gender transformative action: What Canada achieved and missed in its Rohingya response strategy in Bangladesh International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Deeplina Banerjee
Since 2018, Canada, through its Rohingya Response Strategy in Bangladesh, has been providing targeted assistance to the impoverished Bengali host communities and Rohingya refugees living in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Under Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP), gender equality and gender-responsive humanitarian action constitute some of the core priority areas for the Canadian government
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Book Review: Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine by Lawrence Freedman International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Jeffrey Rice
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Book Review: Latin American Foreign Policies in the New World Order: The Active Non-Alignment Option by Carlos Fortin, Jorge Heine, and Carlos Ominami International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Varun Sahni
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Accidental paradiplomats? The curious case of Ontario school board budgets and Canadian soft power projection. International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Michael P A Murphy
From the earliest studies of soft power in International Relations, the importance of educational exchanges has been well-established. Studies of international education in the context of Canadian soft power often draw on cases from the higher education sector. This article argues that greater attention should be paid to the K-12 level, especially as budgetary pressures in Ontario's education system
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The “secret war”: Silence, testimony, and wartime sexual violence International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-15 Erin Baines, Ketty Anyeko
Breaking the silence around wartime sexual violence is often understood as paramount to ending it. Many survivors feel compelled to publicly testify to prevent future harms, contest denial, and hol...
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Occupied by non-violence: Exploring male Palestinian resistance activists’ use of strategic silences in (re)narrating the Palestinian struggle International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Emma Swan
Liberal peacebuilding has had its fair share of critiques. Along with highlighting its neo-liberal and Western-centric foundations, scholars have also drawn attention to its disregard for Indigenou...
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Decolonizing International Relations and Development Studies: What’s in a buzzword? International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Maïka Sondarjee, Nathan Andrews
Over the past decade, there has been a new “decolonial turn,” albeit less related than before to land and political independence. “To decolonize” is now associated with something less tangible and ...
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Gorgeous but dangerous: Comparing Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town’s soft-power struggles International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Janis van der Westhuizen
How do deeply unequal cities in the Global South project soft power, and what are the tensions and contradictions that emerge when they do? Cities’ strategies to enhance their international appeal ...
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“Wot ‘Bout Me?”: Punk, Africa, and theorizing International Relations International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Kevin C Dunn
This essay offers a narrative history, though certainly not definitive, of punk in South Africa. Rather than an ethnographic study or a history of popular culture, the essay places this narrative f...
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Towards a transformative vision for gender and Canadian international policy: The role and impact of ‘feminist inside activists’ International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Rebecca Tiessen, Nnenna Okoli
In this paper, we consider the role of “feminist inside activists” in shaping the Canadian international policy landscape and provide examples of how government employees have actively promoted fem...
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Drowning man catching a straw: An explanation of Turkey’s history of rapprochements with Russia International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Muhammet Koçak
In the mid-2010s Turkey-Russia relations gained a strategic dimension after the two nations began to work together in Syria and took bold steps to cooperate on defence and nuclear energy. This deve...
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Sports mega-events and changing world order International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 David R. Black
Processes of making, sustaining, reforming, and un-making world orders are constants in global politics and development. Understood in the neo-Gramscian tradition pioneered by Robert Cox, ideas, in...
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Regionalism beyond state-centrism: African regionalism in comparative perspective International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 J. Andrew Grant, Abdiasis Issa, Fredrik Söderbaum, Badriyya Yusuf
Over the past few decades, regions and regional institutions have gained increased attention in both scholarly literature and policy debates. A fundamental weakness in both debates, however, is the...
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Theory, change and the search for epistemological courage in shaping a new world order International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-04 Larry A Swatuk
No matter how narrowly you focus your spatial or temporal lenses, you are bound to catch sight of multiple significant challenges to human community. Many of these challenges are shared, such as Co...
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Towards Praxes of the Region: Agential Constructivist Approaches to Regionalisms International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-29 J. Andrew Grant
While both formal and informal regionalisms examine the political ramifications of economic flows of capital, goods, and people, there is a blurring of such conceptual dichotomies in practice. Henc...
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Global governance in the Anthropocenes International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Lucian M. Ashworth
This article adumbrates how we can re-envision global governance in the Anthropocene. The first section explores the plurality of Anthropocenes through an initial analysis of the Great Transformati...
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The interregnum: Governance in the new world disorder International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 W Andy Knight
There is a crisis of global governance at this moment in our history -- a moment being labeled as 'the interregnum -- a moment of transition from one world order to another. The turbulence and dise...
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Gender and Regionalization in North America: From NAFTA to CUSMA and Beyond? International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Laura Macdonald
The literature on world regions is largely gender-blind. This article suggests ways in which the study of regionalism can incorporate gender analysis, based on the case of North America. It argues ...
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Much ado about very little: Canada’s national interests in history and practice International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Adam Chapnick
Ever since Canada failed to be elected to the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member in June 2020, there have been calls for Ottawa to realign Canadian foreign policy with the na...
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Preparing for the United Nations Security Council: Canadian approaches to policy development International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Joe Landry, James Floch, Marissa Fortune, Emma Richardson
In the run up to Canada’s bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Global Affairs Canada undertook thorough policy preparations to prepare for a potential term. Notwithstanding...
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The impact of economic diplomacy on exports: The Portuguese case International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-11-01 Ana Fernandes, Rosa Forte
It is widely recognized that exports contribute to economic growth. Many governments have seen economic diplomacy representation (foreign offices, embassies and consulates) as an important tool to ...
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A virus unites the world while national border closures divide it: Epidemiologic, legal, and political analysis on border closures during COVID-19 International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-26 Steven J. Hoffman, Isaac Weldon, Roojin Habibi
This article critically examines the use of national border closures at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. After explaining why targeted border closures generally do not work and how they violate...
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False negotiations and the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-21 S Yaqub Ibrahimi
This paper examines the dark side of Afghanistan’s peace negotiations that started under Donald Trump’s South Asia policy in Doha, Qatar, in September 2018 and ended, without a meaningful success, ...
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From physical to virtual to digital: The Synthetic Environment and its impact on Canadian defence policy International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Kevin Budning, Alex Wilner, Guillaume Cote
The Synthetic Environment (SE) takes the power of computing, digital processing, artificial intelligence, extended reality technology, and other advancements borrowed from the gaming industry to cr...
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Beyond the “weakness of the state”: Canada’s intervention in post-agreement Colombia International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Marc-André Anzueto, Etienne Roy Grégoire, Philippe Dufort
During the 2021 mass protests in Colombia, and while international calls for the Colombian government to respect human rights were intensifying, Canada’s position remained somewhat ambiguous. Part ...
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Healing dialogue: Can the techniques and practices of Track Two diplomacy play a role in resolving public health conflicts? International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Aleem Bharwani, Julia Palmiano Federer, Jack Latour
Track Two Diplomacy, a form of facilitated informal and unofficial dialogues between conflicting parties, has become a well-established form of international conflict resolution. This paper seeks t...
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Quest for regional power status: Explaining Turkey’s assertive foreign policy International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-02 Muhammet Koçak, Musa Akgül
This article explains Turkey’s hard power usage in Syria, Azerbaijan, and Libya. We argue that gaining a respected status forms the basis of Turkish foreign policy and the main cause of Turkey’s ha...
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Enhancing the Green Climate Fund operations through a climate justice lens International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-09-27 Virgemarie Salazar, Jovito Jose P Katigbak
The prevailing issues in the Green Climate Fund on implementation and governance can be seen as symptoms of the ills of the international climate finance architecture. These are compounded by the i...
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Paying terrorist ransoms: Frayed consensus, uneven outcomes & undue harm International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-09-26 Jessica Davis, Alex Wilner
Terrorist groups are believed to be financed, in part, by ransoms paid for kidnap victims. As part of global efforts to counter the financing of terrorism and prevent further terrorist attacks (inc...
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The New Climate Activism: NGO Authority and Participation in Climate Change Governance International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-08-29 Devon Cantwell-Chavez
As a complex system and institutional arena, the climate change regime has, for many decades, challenged International Relations (IR) scholars to expand their analysis beyond the level of the state. In The New Climate Activism: NGO Authority and Participation in Climate Change Governance, Jen Iris Allan explores the phenomenon of non-expert NGOs (non-governmental organizations) shifting their advocacy
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Book Review: Middle Power in the Middle East: Canada’s Foreign and Defence Policies in a Changing Region International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-08-27
Reviewed by: Kim Richard Nossal (nossalk@queensu.ca), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Editor’s introduction International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 W. Andy Knight
This issue of the journal contains five major scholarly essays, one “Lessons of History” essay, two very timely policy briefs, and seven critical book reviews.
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Research at risk: Global challenges, international perspectives, and Canadian solutions International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Alex Wilner, Sarah Beach-Vaive, Catherine Carbonneau, Graeme Hopkins, Félix Leblanc
Although traditionally viewed as paragons of international cooperation, research institutions and universities are becoming venues for hostile foreign activity. Research security (RS) refers to the...
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Canada’s cross-pacific relations: From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Jacob Benjamin
This essay proposes a periodization of Canada’s cross-Pacific relations: from the Asia-Pacific era beginning in the 1980s to the Indo-Pacific era beginning around 2018. In the era of the Asia-Pacif...
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The origins and early history of Canada’s Cold War scientific intelligence, 1946-65 International Journal (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Matthew S. Wiseman
In the process of creating the policies and structures that led to the formal organization of Canada’s Defence Research Board after the end of the Second World War, senior military and defence offi...