POLI 3P28- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 22 pages long!)
5 Oct 2017
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Canada last amoung peer countries in defence spending. Canada and japan in last place: 1. 2% of gdp on defence and foreign. Post cold war impact on defense policy: case study : canada in afghanistan, future of defence policy ; arctic sovereignty. External determinants often critical to formulation of policy. Assessing global factors and their salience for canadian defence policy. Canada is very sensitive to forces within the international community. Canada thus initially reactive to great britain, and now the us. 1949 : era of isolationism over - soviet weaponry can reach na. Proposed by canada in 1947: endorsed by americans. Increasingly obvious: un can"t provide the expected collective security. Nato threatened during suez crisis- uk and us exposed : almost unravels. 1958: to counter soviet aggression - joint control over continental air defence. Canada gov"t allows: us to use canadian air force bases. Air space permission: dew line stations manned by americans including radar in the arctic.
