DEVS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Nato, Vijay Prashad, International Monetary Fund

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Global Development Studies
• Course: DEVS 100
• Professor: David A Mc Donald

Document Summary

Canadian foreign policy and the global south/third world. A go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:859)s o(cid:448)e(cid:396)all strategu for dealing with other nations, both bilateral and in multilateral institutions: political approach (oda, foreign aid, economic + trade (trade agreements, peace, military intervention, human rights. Toda(cid:455), the depa(cid:396)t(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of glo(cid:271)al affai(cid:396)s shapes (cid:373)u(cid:272)h of ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s fo(cid:396)eig(cid:374) poli(cid:272)(cid:455) This chpter uses the concept of mental maps to: explain the way canadian policy makers imagined the world spatially, which help desrcibe the abckground against which canada approached docolonization in the global south. It notes the gap between canadian diplomatic self-image and less altruistic practice of canadian diplomacy. Pea(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:396)ole help up as ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s fu(cid:374)ade(cid:373)(cid:374)tal (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)i(cid:271)utio(cid:374) to glo(cid:271)al pea(cid:272)e i(cid:374) the mid. Ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue histo(cid:396)(cid:455) of a fo(cid:396)(cid:373)e(cid:396) (cid:272)olo(cid:374)(cid:455) p(cid:396)o(cid:448)ided a (cid:373)odel thi(cid:396)d (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)ies shoud follow during the era of decolonization. Global south held little importance for canadian foreign policy makers before wwii. First embassies in the global south opened in 1940s (brazil, argentina, china, were important)