DEVS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Nato, Devs, Multilateralism
10 Mar 2018
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Foreign policy: a governments overall strategy for dealing with other nations both bilaterally and in multilateral. Devs lecture week 17 tuesday institutions: political approach (diplomacy, development (oda, foreign aid, economic and trade (trade agreements, peace, military intervention and human rights, today the department of global affairs shapes much of canada"s foreign policy. Foundational narratives of canadian foreign policy and the global south: canada has always been a champion of human rights and justice in the global south. Lester parson"s role held up as canada"s fundamental contribution to global peace in the mid 20th century: canada"s unique history of a former colony provided a model for third world countries to follow during the era of decolonization. Canada"s key multilateral organizations in post ww2 era: Imf (monetary policy) 1945: united nations (founding member) 1945, world bank (economic aid and loans) 1945, world trade organization (global trade) 1948, organization for economic cooperation and development 1961, north atlantic treaty organization (nato) 1949.
