Brave new Canada : meeting the challenge of a changing world / Derek H. Burney and Fen Osler Hampson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burney, Derek H. (Derek Hudson), 1939- author.

Hampson, Fen Osler, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada--Foreign economic relations--Forecasting.

Canada.

Canada--Foreign relations--21st century--Forecasting.

Canada--Economic policy--21st century--Forecasting.

Canada--Social policy--Forecasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montréal, [Québec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Globalization and the shifting tectonic plates of the international system have led to an increasingly competitive world. If Canada hopes to gain advantage from the dramatic developments underway it will have to aggressively adapt its foreign and domestic policies and priorities under the clear direction of the federal government or accept being left behind. In Brave New Canada, Derek Burney and Fen Hampson identify the key trends that are reshaping the world's geopolitics and economics and discuss the challenges Canada confronts with the rise of China and other global centres of power. Their examination of a wide range of themes - including the place of pluralistic democratic values in diplomacy, economics, and trade, the ways that Canada should reset relations with its neighbour to the south, as well as how to manage new global security threats - paints a picture of how Canada can become bold, assertive, and confident and easily adjust to a new global landscape. Arguing that a successful foreign policy cannot be crafted by looking at the world in the rear-view mirror, Brave New Canada offers evidence-based, provocative prescriptions for both the public and private sectors that should stimulate discussion and command widespread attention.

Contents:

Five new challenges in a turbulent world

Canada-US : a time to rest

The global economic transformation

An age of diminished multilateralism

Managing new global security threats

Restoring the allure of pluralistic democratic values

Managing internal fault lines

Invigorating and engaging the private sector

A third option with legs.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 26, 2014).

ISBN:

0-7735-9622-4

0-7735-9621-6

OCLC:

887636229