Canadian Foreign Policy in a Shifting Global Context

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

In the past year, discussion of the future direction of Canada’s international policies have intensified. The government’s Indo-Pacific Strategy and endorsements by senior ministers of a “friend-shoring” foreign policy approach underline the dynamism of the current environment. Growing geo-strategic competition and a fracturing of world economic relations have important ramification for the ability of foreign policymakers to promote Canada’s global interests. This panel analyzes this dynamic moment from several angles. Panel papers will examine Canada’s evolving relationship with China and with the United States. Bilateral relationships with these two countries, particularly in the current “Age of Geopolitics,” will do much to shape the parameters for Canada’s role in the world. This includes the rights and responsibilities of Canada in an age of dis- and misinformation. In addition to these bilateral dimensions, panel papers will assess the interrelationship between bilateral ties and Canada’s engagement within multilateral institutions. How has—and can—Canada help to exercise influence via international organizations.

Sub Unit

• Division 49: Canadian Politics

Individual Presentations

• A Theory of Equipoise in Canadian Foreign Relations - Michael W. Manulak, Carleton University

• Grand Strategy: A Canadian Perspective - Patrick James, University of Southern California

• The Evolution of Canada’s Official China Posture - Pascale Massot, University of Ottawa

• International Law and Canada’s Response to Russia’s War in Ukraine - Sean Richmond, Carleton University

Chair

• Michael W. Manulak Carleton University

Discussant

• Taylor Jackson University of Toronto