Human security is a key force motivating anyone involved in international relations. This book explores how our conceptions of human security have evolved in the latter half of the twentieth century, analyzing the debate about how to promote and advance security as we enter the new millennium.

Canada's thirty-four million people and trillion dollar GDP don't occupy much space on a planet of seven billion whose economy is worth forty trillion dollars. This title explores the space that Canada occupies in the global policy landscape and considers the bureaucratic players who manage this "occupation."

This edition offers a critical overview of a number of landmarks in the last 100 years of Canadian foreign policy. The editors take a look at the now almost mainstream 'declinist' thesis and at the continued relevance of Canada's relationships with its principal allies - the United Kingdom, France and the United States.

This edition offers a critical overview of a number of landmarks in the last 100 years of Canadian foreign policy. The editors take a look at the now almost mainstream 'declinist' thesis and at the continued relevance of Canada's relationships with its principal allies - the United Kingdom, France and the United States.

As a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement Canada's relations with Mexico and Latin America have reached a turning point both politically and economically. Beyond Mexico is a timely assessment of the dynamic state and the prospects of Canada's relations with Latin America. Every day, trade developments under nafta are redefining political, economic and social connections between Canada, Mexico and the United States. In this well-documented, policy-relevant and eminently accessible study, specialists address the challenges raised by non-governmental organizations, security and...

Building on extensive interviews and field work, the authors map out the city's drug markets and explore the reasons why some of those markets are violent, and others are not.