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• Self-fulfilling prophecies and human rights in Canada's foreign policy: lessons from East Timor.

Canadians talk a good game on international human rights, but a vast gap too often exists between rhetoric and actions. Canadian policy towards East T...

• International Journal
• Vol. 65 Nbr. 3, June 2010

• Stephen Harper's Cuba Policy: From Autonomy to Americanization?

The Harper government claims that it is keen to develop a strong policy towards Latin America. Yet it is a flawed approach, supporting US policy at a time when it is at its lowest point in decades, while ignoring both a clear leftward swing of elected Latin American governments in the last five years and the significant importance of Cuba in the region. This paper examines the Harper government's approach to Cuba. Following some general comments on the evolution of Canadian policy towards revolutionary Cuba, it examines some of the errors in the Harper approach, suggests an explanation for the approach employed, and makes suggestions about policies that Ottawa should consider to improve relations. In sports terms, Cuba "punches above its weight"-a fact which is known widely in Latin Ame...

... thrust, most clearly seen in the Middle East- but also in Latin America.1 This is unfortunate b... $500,000 committed right away by tiny East Timor (pop. one million), a stance that clearly reveals ...

• Canadian Foreign Policy
• Vol. 15 Nbr. 1, April 2009