Setting the Scene

Historical Foundations: Canadian Foreign Policy since World War II

• Kim Richard Nossal, Stéphane Roussel and Stéphane Paquin, The Politics of Canadian Foreign Policy, 4th edition (McGill-Queens University Press, 2015), pp. 135-80.
• Tom Keating, Canada and World Order: The Multilateralist Tradition in Canadian Foreign Policy, 3rd edition (Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 1-86.
• Paul Heinbecker, Getting Back in the Game: A Foreign Policy Playbook for Canada (Key Porter, 2010), pp. 45-97.
• John Ibbitson, "The Big Break: The Conservative Transformation of Canada's Foreign Policy," Centre for International Governance Innovation, CIGI Paper no. 29 (April 2014).
• Roland Paris, "Are Canadians Still Liberal Internationalists? Foreign Policy and Public Opinion in the Harper Era," International Journal 69:3 (September 2014), pp. 274-307.
• Primary document:
  Louis St. Laurent, "The Foundations of Canadian Policy in World Affairs," Duncan and John Gray Memorial Lecture, University of Toronto, January 13, 1947.

Defining Canadian Interests in a Changing World

• Derek H. Burney and Fen Osler Hampson, Brave New Canada: Meeting the Challenge of a Changing World (McGill-Queens University Press, 2014).
• Primary document:
  National Intelligence Council, Global Trends: Paradox of Progress (January 2017).

Actors and the Policy Process

• Nossal, Roussel and Paquin, The Politics of Canadian Foreign Policy, pp. 181-351.
• Lloyd Axworthy, "The Political Actors: President, Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs," in Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine and Ramesh Thakur, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy (Oxford University Press, 2013).

Part II: Selected Issues

Canada-US Relations and North America

• Brian Bow and Adam Chapnick, "Teaching Canada-US Relations: Three Great Debates," International Journal 71:2 (Fall 2016), pp. 291-312.
• Robert W. Cox, "A Canadian Dilemma: The United States or the World," International Journal 60:3 (Summer 2005), pp. 667-684.
• Geoffrey Hale, "Transnationalism, Transgovernmentalism and Canada-US Relations in the Twenty-First Century," American Review of Canadian Studies 43:4 (December 2013), pp. 494-511.
• M. Angeles Villarreal and Ian F. Fergusson, "The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)," Congressional Research Service (April 16, 2015).
• John Weekes, "The Cost of Trump's Transactional Approach to Trade," Policy: Canadian Politics and Public Policy (January-February 2017).
• Alexander Panetta, "Canada's Stance for NAFTA Talks: Cooperation, Not Confrontation with Trump," Globe and Mail (January 2, 2017).
• Primary document:
  Skim this joint statement between Canada and the previous (Obama) Administration. "Fact sheet: Canada – United States: Neighbours, Partners, Allies" (March 10, 2016).

The Arctic

• William C. Graham, "The Arctic, North America, and the World: A Political Perspective," in Dawn Alexandrea Berry, Nigel Bowles and Halbert Jones, eds., Governing the North American Arctic: Sovereignty, Security, and Institutions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).
• Rob Huebert and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, "Premier Partners: Canada, the United States, and Arctic Security," in Governing the North American Arctic.
• Alan H. Kessel, "Canadian Arctic Sovereignty: Myths and Realities," in Governing the North American Arctic.
• Oran R. Young, "The Arctic Council at Twenty: How to Remain Effective in a Rapidly Changing Environment," UC Irvine Law Review 6:1 (January 2016), pp. 99-120.
• William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, "Inuit Peoples and the Governance of the North American Arctic," in Governing the North American Arctic.
• Primary document:
  United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Read Articles 76-77:

Defence and Security

• Christian Leuprecht and Joel Sokolsky, "Defence Policy 'Walmart Style': Canadian Lessons in 'Not-So-Grand' Grand Strategy," Armed Forces and Society 41(3), 2015, pp. 541-62.
• Peter Jones and Philippe Lagasse, "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14751798.2012.678160," Defense and Security Analysis 28:2 (2012), pp. 150-51.
• Ferry de Kerckchove, "The Strategic Outlook for Canada 2016: In Search of a New Compass," Conference of Defence Associations Institute (February 2016).
• Tsuyoshi Kawasaki, "Where Does Canada Fit into US-China Strategic Competition across the Pacific?" International Journal 71:2 (June 2016), pp. 214-30.
• Tom Keating, "Responding to Failed and Fragile States: The Evolution of Canadian Policy," in Michael J. Caroll and Greg Donaghy, eds., From Kinshasa to Kandahar: Canada and Fragile States in Historical Perspective (University of Calgary Press, 2016), pp. 9-31.
• Primary documents:
  Defence Policy Review discussion paper (2016).
  "UN Deployment: Prioritizing Commitments at Home and Abroad," Report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, Senate of Canada (November 2016).

Development Assistance

• "Canada in International Development: Data Report 2016," Canadian Development Platform (2016).
• Margaret Biggs, John McArthur, et al., "Towards 2030: Building Canada's Engagement with Global Sustainable Development," Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa (November 2015).
• Stephen Brown, "Canada's Development Interventions: Unpacking Motives and Effectiveness in Canadian Foreign Aid," in Fen Osler Hampson and Stephen M. Saideman, eds. Canada Among Nations 2015 – Elusive Pursuits: Lessons From Canada's Interventions Abroad (Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2015), pp. 139-159.
• Adam Chapnick, "Refashioning Humane Internationalism in Twenty-First-Century Canada," in Stephen Brown, Molly den Heyer and David R. Black, eds., Rethinking Canadian Aid (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2016), pp. 36-53.
• Rohinton P. Medhora, "Follow the Smart Money: Canada's Foreign Aid Footprint in a Changing World," Policy: Canadian Politics and Public Policy (July-August 2016), pp. 13-15.
• Primary document:
  International Policy Review discussion paper (2016).

Climate Change and the Environment

• Robert Falkner, "The Paris Agreement and the New Logic of International Climate Politics," International Affairs 92:5 (September 2016), pp. 1107-25.
• David J. Blair, "The Framing of International Competitiveness in Canada's Climate Change Policy: Trade-Off or Synergy?" Climate Policy (published online on July 19, 2016, in advance of print).
• Miles Kahler, "Domestic Sources of Transnational Climate Governance," International Interactions (published online on November 4, 2016, in advance of print).
• Dale Beugin et al., "Comparing Stringency of Carbon Pricing Policies," Canada's Ecofiscal Commission (July 2016).
• "Canada Set to Agree Carbon Price, Marking Climate Split with Trump," Reuters (December 8, 2016).
• Don Iveson, "Local Action Should be the Centrepiece of a Winning National Climate Strategy," Policy Options (December 16, 2016).
• Primary document:
  "Pan-Canadian Framework for Clean Growth and Climate Change" (2016).

International Trade and Investment

• John Manley and Brian Kingston, "Canada's Global Firms and the Future of Trade Policy," in Stephen Tapp, Ari van Assche and Robert Wolfe, eds., Redesigning Canadian Trade Policies for New Global Realities (Institute for Research on Public Policy, 2016.
• Emily J. Blanchard, "Leveraging Global Supply Chains in Canadian Trade Policy," in Tapp et al., Redesigning Canadian Trade Policies.
• John Hancock, "The Third Option: An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come?" International Journal 70:2 (June 2015), pp. 322-38.
• Ailish Campbell, Elaine Feldman, et al. "No Time for Complacency: A 21st Century Trade Strategy for Canada," Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa (November 2015).
• Jim Stanford, "Is More Trade Liberalization the Remedy for Canada's Trade Woes?" in Tapp et al., Redesigning Canadian Trade Policies.
• Carlo Dade and Deborah Elms, "Plan B for Canadian Trade Policy," Policy Options (November 14, 2016).
• Primary document:
  "Address by International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland at a Canadian Council for the Americas event on 'Canada and the Pacific Alliance'" (June 17, 2016).

International Governance and Multilateralism

• Uri Freedman, "Donald Trump's Post-Cold War Vision of U.S. Foreign Policy," The Atlantic (December 20, 2016).
• Chester Crocker, "The Strategic Dilemma of a World Adrift," Survival 57:1 (2015), pp. 7-30.
• Robin Niblett, "Liberalism in Retreat," Foreign Affairs 96:1 (Jan.-Feb. 2017), pp. 17-24.
• Eric X. Lim, "The End of Globalism: Where China and the United States Go From Here," Foreign Affairs (December 9, 2016).
• Stewart Patrick, "The New 'New Multilateralism': Minilateral Cooperation, but at What Cost?" Global Summitry 1:2 (December 2015), pp. 115-34.
• Joe Clark, How We Lead: Canada in a Century of Change (Random House, 2013), pp. 149-205.