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Beyond Afghanistan

An International Security Agenda for Canada

For over a decade, Canada’s participation in the war in Afghanistan dominated media headlines, government discussions, academic studies, and the public international security debate. Now that the mission in Afghanistan is over, what issues should shape Canada’s international security agenda? This collection of essays, written by leading observers of Canadian policy, seeks to answer this question by investigating how Canada will likely respond to new threats and security challenges in light of the experience gained in Afghanistan. Topics include the future place of NATO in defence and security policy, regions of concern and interest, and nuclear weapons and arms control.


326 pages | © 2016


Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Canada and NATO

1 Way Back Then and Now: NATO and the Canadian Interest / Denis Stairs

2 From Foulkes to Foulkes: Transforming the Structure of NATO / Douglas Bland

3 Afghanistan and After: The NATO Factor in Canadian Defence Decision Making / Danford Middlemiss

4 The Alphonse Karr Version of Canada and NATO (or Plus ça change) / David G. Haglund

5 NATO: Canada’s Indispensable Alliance / Alexander Moens

Part 2: Canada Beyond NATO Europe

6 Arctic Security: Keeping NATO Out, Russia and China Down, and the United States In / Andrea Charron

7 Ten Years into Forever: NORAD’s Place in Canada-US Defence Relations / Joseph T. Jockel and Joel J. Sokolosky

8 Is Time out of Joint? Growing Challenges for Canada in Inter-American Defence and Security Affairs / Hal Klepak

9 An “Astrategic” Power: Canada, China, and Great Power Transitions / Kim Richard Nossal

10 Canada and the Middle East: Working within Multilateralsim / David Dewitt and Bessma Momani

Part 3: Canadian International Security: Perspectives and Issues

11 Still in the Water Supply: Myths in Canadian Defence and Security Policy Debates / Francis Furtado

12 From Prague to Chicago to Honolulu: Toward Nuclear Abolition and a Renewed Canadian Role in American and NATO Nuclear Deterrence / Douglas Alan Ross

13 A Reason for Hope, No Reason for Optimism: Canada, Arms Control, and Disarmament / Gordon Vachon

14 Off the Radar: Strategic Defence and Military Space / James Fergusson

Conclusion

Notes

Index

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