POLI 3569

This course introduces students to central questions, perspectives, and critiques of Canadian foreign policy to help us make sense of the world around us and better appreciate our place in it. We begin by analyzing our understandings of foreign policy generally before exploring what it means for Canada specifically, recognizing that foreign policy resides far beyond predictable places like battlefields, capital cities, or international organizations. Through diverse approaches, we examine the ideas, actors, and circumstances that shape Canada’s place in the world and how we think about Canada’s place in the world. The second half of the course explores how Canada creates, articulates, and implements its international policies in key areas such as security and development, with particular attention to the relationship between the policy and the people affected by policy.