Political Science 2135A/B Lecture 2: Lecture 2

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2135A/B
• Professor: Erik

Document Summary

Leste(cid:396) (cid:894)(cid:858)mike(cid:859)(cid:895) pea(cid:396)so(cid:374), u(cid:374)de(cid:396)-secretary of state for external affairs (ussea or deputy minister) 1946-48; then leader of opposition 1956-36; then prime minister (pm) 1963-68: former member of department of foreign affairs (now known as global affairs), then led opposition and became pm. Other famous canadian diplomats: escott reid, john holmes, george ignatieff, norman. Skelton, hume wrong etc: escott reid helped found nato. Under-secretary-general ralph bunche: dag hammarskjold and lester pearson known as canadian founders of peacekeeping. Created in 1964 canada contributed for over 30 years: enclaves and protected areas, very minimal conflict, peacekeepers had enjoyable time, (cid:862)g(cid:396)ee(cid:374) li(cid:374)es(cid:863) Turkish invasion 1974: division of island into two, (cid:862)g(cid:396)ee(cid:374) li(cid:374)e(cid:863, defended from invasion - old type of peacekeeping. The suez crisis (at the same time as the ussr invaded hungary in 1956) Suez canal controls flow of oil from the middle east to europe/us.