Canadian Foreign Policy (POL 3146) Winter 2007

http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~rparis/POL3146.html

Canadian Foreign Policy
POL 3146

Winter 2007

Office: Vanier Hall, Room 402

Course Time and Location	Professor’s Office Hours
Wednesdays 5:30-830 p.m.	Tuesdays 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Vanier Hall, Room 131	Fridays 10:00-11:00 am
	or by appointment

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to (1) the main theories, actors and processes in Canadian foreign policy-making, (2) the historical development of Canada’s foreign policy and international relations, (3) key foreign policy issues facing Canada today, and (4) debates over the future of Canada’s foreign policy.

Requirements

Discussion paper (due Feb. 14): 20%

Research essay (due April 4): 40%

Final exam (final exam period): 40%

Readings

The following two textbooks are available for purchase at the Agora Bookstore (145 Besserer St). Copies of both books will also be placed on reserve at Morisset Library.

John Kirton, Canadian Foreign Policy in a Changing World (2007)

Duane Bratt and Christopher Kukucha, eds., Readings in Canadian Foreign Policy: Classic Debates and New Ideas (2007)

In addition, a coursepack is available for sale at Rytec Printing (formerly Envirocopies), 404 Dalhousie (just south of Rideau).

DISCUSSION PAPER

A discussion paper (maximum 1,000 words) is due in class on February 14. Papers submitted after the due date will be subject to penalties. See the discussion paper instructions for details: http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~rparis/POL3146_discussionpaper.html

RESEARCH ESSAY

A research essay (maximum 3,000 words) is due in class on April 4. Essays submitted after the due date will be subject to penalties. See the essay instructions for details: http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~rparis/POL3146_essay.html

FINAL Exam

The final exam will be held during the exam period, April 14-30, 2007. You will be responsible for the content of all lectures and required readings in the course.

Cheating and Plagiarism

Cheating (using unauthorized materials or giving unauthorized assistance during an examination or other academic exercise) and plagiarism (using another's ideas or words without acknowledgment) are serious offenses that may result in a failing grade for a particular assignment, a failing grade for the course, and/or suspension for various lengths of time or permanent expulsion from the university. See http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/info/regist/fraud_e.html.

Course Schedule

I. FOUNDATIONS

Jan. 10 INTRODUCTION: PERSPECTIVES ON CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY

Readings:

Kirton, pp. 29-86.

Jan. 17 DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL DETERMINANTS

Readings:

Kirton, pp. 227-242.

Kim Richard Nossal, “The External Parameters,” chapter 2 in his book, The Politics of Canadian Foreign Policy (1989), pp. 19-43, COURSEPACK.

Kim Richard Nossal, “Analyzing the Domestic Sources of Canadian Foreign Policy,” in Bratt and Kukucha, pp. 163-175.

Jan. 24 THE POLICYMAKING PROCESS

Guest speaker (second half of class): Eddie Goldenberg, former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Chrétien and author of The Way It Works: Inside Ottawa (2006)

Readings:

Kirton, pp. 203-226.

Eddie Goldenberg, The Way It Works, chapters 5 and 6 (will be put on reserve at Morisset library).

John English, “The Member of Parliament and Foreign Policy,” in Bratt and Kukucha, pp. 206-213.

II. HISTORY

Jan. 31 LAURIER, BORDEN AND MACKENZIE-KING

Guest speaker (second half of class): Norman Hillmer, Professor of History, Carleton University

Readings:

Norman Hillmer and J.L. Granatstein, chapters 1 and 2 of their book, Empire to Umpire: Canada and the World to the 1990s (1994), pp. 13-81.

http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~rparis/Umpire.pdf (password protected)

Feb. 7 ST. LAURENT, DIEFENBAKER AND PEARSON

Guest speaker (first half of class): Greg Donaghy, Head Historian, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Readings:

Kirton, pp. 109-124.

Andrew Cohen, “The Renaissance Men,” chapter 1 in his book, While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World (2003), pp. 5-21, COURSEPACK.

Jocelyn Ghent-Mallet, “Deploying Nuclear Weapons, 1962-63,” in Don Munton and John Kirton, eds., Canadian Foreign Policy: Selected Cases (1992), pp. 101-114, COURSEPACK.

Feb. 14 TRUDEAU AND MULRONEY

DISCUSSION PAPER DUE IN CLASS (discussion paper instructions)

Readings:

Kirton, pp. 125-154.

The “Third Option” paper by Trudeau’s foreign minister Mitchell Sharp (1972)

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/department/history/keydocs/keydocs_details-en.asp?intDocumentId=31

Brian W. Tomlin, “Leaving the Past Behind: The Free Trade Initiative Assessed,” in Bratt and Kukucha, pp. 287-297.

Feb. 21 NO LECTURE (University Break)

Feb. 28 CHRÉTIEN, MARTIN AND HARPER

Guest speaker (first half of class): Michael Kergin, former Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister and former Canadian Ambassador to the US

Readings:

Kirton, pp. 155-200.

Paul Martin’s speech at Sun Valley, Idaho (July 7, 2004)

http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~rparis/Martin.html

Stephen Harper’s speech on Reviving Canadian Leadership in the World (Oct. 5, 2006)

http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~rparis/Harper.html

III. ISSUES

March 7 INTERESTS VERSUS VALUES? CANADA AND MULTILATERALISM

Readings:

Tom Keating, “Canada and the New Multilateralism,” in Bratt and Kukucha, pp. 21-26.

Roy Rempel, “Multilateralism and Morality in International Policy,” chapter 4 in his Dreamland: How Canada’s Pretend Foreign Policy Has Undermined Sovereignty (2006), pp. 66-81, COURSEPACK.

Michael Ignatieff, “Peace, Order and Good Government: A Foreign Policy Agenda for Canada,” O.D. Skelton Lecture, March 4, 2004

http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~rparis/Ignatieff.html

March 14 CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES

Readings:

Kirton, pp. 295-311.

Jennifer Welsh, “Sharing the Continent,” chapter 2 in her book, At Home in the World (2004), pp. 58-86, COURSEPACK.

Donald Barry, “Managing Canada-US Relations in the Post-9/11 Era: Do We Need a Big Bang?” in Bratt and Kukucha, pp. 116-133.

David Rudd, “Muddling Through on Missile Defence: The Politics of Indecision,” Policy Options (May 2005), pp. 30-34.

http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/may05/rudd.pdf

March 21 CANADA AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Readings:

Michael Hart and Bill Dymond, “Waiting for Conservative Trade Policy,” Policy Options (October 2006), pp. 63-69.

http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/oct06/hart.pdf

The Conference Board of Canada, “The New World of Integrative Trade and Canada,” chapter 2 of Performance and Potential 2005-06.

http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~rparis/CBOC.pdf

SKIM: Canada’s International Policy Statement: Commerce (2005)

http://www.itcan-cican.gc.ca/ips/pdf/IPS-commerce-en.pdf

March 28 CANADA AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Guest speaker (second half of class): Vincent Rigby, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy), Department of National Defence

Readings:

Duane Bratt, “Warriors or Boy Scouts? Canada and Peace Support Operations,” in Bratt and Kukucha, pp. 238-248.

Marie-Joëlle Zahar, “Intervention, Prevention, and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’: Considerations for Canadian Foreign Policy,” International Journal 60:3 (Summer 2005), pp. 723-734, in COURSEPACK.

SKIM: Canada’s International Policy Statement: Defence (2005)

http://www.dnd.ca/site/reports/dps/pdf/dps_e.pdf

April 4 CANADA AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Guest speaker (second half of class): Stephen Wallace, Vice President (Policy Branch), Canadian International Development Agency

RESEARCH ESSAY DUE IN CLASS (essay instructions)

Readings:

Cranford Pratt, “Competing Rationales for Canadian Development Assistance,” in Bratt and Kukucha, pp. 368-378.

David Black, “Leader or Laggard? Canada’s Enduring Engagement with Africa,” in Bratt and Kukucha, pp. 379-394.

Danielle Goldfarb and Stephen Tapp, “How Canada Can Improve Its Development Aid: Lessons from Other Agencies,” C.D. Howe Institute (April 2006).

http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/commentary_232.pdf

SKIM: Canada’s International Policy Statement: Development (2005)

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/INET/IMAGES.NSF/vLUImages/IPS_PDF_EN/$file/IPS-EN.pdf

IV. THE WAY FORWARD

April 11 WHITHER CANADA’S FOREIGN POLICY?

Guest speaker (first half of class): Andrew Cohen, journalism professor (Carleton), newspaper columnist, and author of While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World (2003)

Readings:

Jennifer Welsh, “Fulfilling Canada’s Global Promise,” Policy Options (February 2005), pp. 56-59.

http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb05/welsh.pdf

Allan Gotleib, “Romanticism and Realism in Canada’s Foreign Policy,” C.D. Howe Institute Benefactors Lecture, 2004.

http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/benefactors_lecture_2004.pdf

Christopher Sands, “Fading Power or Rising Power: 11 September and Lessons from the Section 110 Experience,” in Bratt and Kukucha, pp. 247-264.

Stephen Clarkson, “The Choices to Be Made” and “Update: The Choices that Were Made and Those that Remain,” in Bratt and Kukucha, pp. 46-61

The FINAL EXAM will be held during the exam period, April 14-30, 2007.
Please check back for the specific date, time and location.