POLS 375 Lecture Notes - Oka Crisis, Berlin Wall, Canadian Airborne Regiment
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Responses to the end of the cold war. The reality of the cold war influenced everything (capitalist vs. communist). People knew that world war ii would come to an end, and people began to plan for it. Under mulroney, canada pulled troops out of europe. We eventually saw a dramatic cut to the organs of the department of. During the 1990s, several international agencies threatened to downgrade. This came at a bad time: the military was still needed for some events, including the oka crisis, etc. At the same time, canada is getting more and more involved internationally in a bunch of different areas. Canada would eventually contribute to various un and nato missions with the hopes that this will create a new sense of security (multilateral paradigm on security). In 1993, we will see a shift in foreign under jean chretien"s dictatorial government policy. Chretien"s liberal party was kind of a throwback to the days of st.