'Of Peace and Power' : Promoting Canadian Interests through Peacekeeping

Karsten Jung

ISBN 10: 3631592558 / ISBN 13: 9783631592557

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang, 2009

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - More than 50 years after Canada played an instrumental role in its inception, peacekeeping has once again returned to the center of the national foreign policy debate. Having participated in every peacekeeping operation set up during the Cold War and lived through the fundamental changes the activity has undergone in the 1990s, Ottawa is currently struggling to define a viable approach to peacekeeping for the 21st century. As a timely contribution to this effort, the study reveals the overt and subtle ways in which Canadäs commitment to peacekeeping has contributed to the promotion of vital national interests in the past and might continue to do so in the future.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 'Of Peace and Power' : Promoting Canadian Interests through Peacekeeping
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631592558
• ISBN 13: 9783631592557
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 8D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 189 grams

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Synopsis

More than 50 years after Canada played an instrumental role in its inception, peacekeeping has once again returned to the center of the national foreign policy debate. Having participated in every peacekeeping operation set up during the Cold War and lived through the fundamental changes the activity has undergone in the 1990s, Ottawa is currently struggling to define a viable approach to peacekeeping for the 21st century. As a timely contribution to this effort, the study reveals the overt and subtle ways in which Canada’s commitment to peacekeeping has contributed to the promotion of vital national interests in the past and might continue to do so in the future.

About the Author

The Author: Karsten Jung studied International Relations in Bonn and Washington, D.C. He received his master’s degree in 2007 and currently works as a business consultant in Berlin.