POL 347 Lecture 9: Week 9

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 347
• Professor: Paddy Smith

Document Summary

Not about directly protecting our interests but argues instead protecting: national interest related to our position in the world and our allies, related to the british empire. Boer war: british vs dutch settlers in now south africa, canadians feel like they needed to go. Seems like policy has changed a lot, but motivations remained the same. Cfp doesn"t fit rational, realist model of self-interest: very noticeable because of a lack of clear threats. Canada in afghanistan first time since korea to fight with canadian military. Within a short time, taliban was removed in kabul. Nato established a military presence in order to facilitate new government coming in and prevent taliban from having centralized power. Allowed us to have a good excuse to not go to iraq. Canada in afghanistan 2006-2011 can argue that the canada-us relations was the priority of the government, second option being a priority of the military. France and germany began to reduce their commitment over time.