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Human security and the new diplomacy : protecting people, promoting peace / edited by Rob McRae & Don Hubert.: E2-206/2001-1E-PDF

"This is a rather special book. It is an account of the early years of a Canadian initiative to develop and lead a radically new foreign policy agenda, built around the concept of human security. Our goal was to take stock of this first phase of work. Cumulatively, the chapters highlight just how much has been accomplished in such a relatively brief span of time. But they also point the way forward to the challenges of the future. The human security paradigm not only changes the way we look at the world, it leads to a new way of acting in the world — and to a new diplomacy. This book is special for another reason. The authors of the chapters are all foreign policy practitioners, professionals from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Their papers are not academic studies, but "insider" accounts of how each issue developed and what obstacles were overcome. Hence, it goes without saying that what follows is not "official government policy," but rather the more personal accounts of individuals who are ultimately responsible for the views reflected in these chapters"--Editor's Preface, page [xxi].

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, issuing body.
TitleHuman security and the new diplomacy : protecting people, promoting peace / edited by Rob McRae & Don Hubert.
Variant title
  • Protecting people, promoting peace
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Other formatsPhysical text-[English]
Note(s)
  • Digitized by Publishing and Depository Services Program.
  • Issued also in French under title: Sécurité humaine et nouvelle diplomatie : protection des personnes, promotion de la paix.
  • "To all those Canadians who have kept the peace, delivered the aid, and provided support for countless people at risk and suffering around the world. This book is dedicated to them, their families, and in certain tragic instances, their memory."
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Foreword / Kofi A. Annan -- Editor's Preface -- Introduction / Lloyd Axworthy -- 1, Human Security in a Globalized World / Rob McRae -- Case Study: Landmines and Human Security / Mark Gwozdecky and Jill Sinclair -- 2, The Evolution of Peacekeeping / Patricia Fortier -- Case Study: Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone / Alan Bones -- Case Study: The Challenge of Microdisarmament / Jennifer Loten -- 3, Peacebuilding in Postconflict Societies / Michael Small -- Case Study: Bosnia and Herzegovina / Sam Hanson -- Case Study: Haiti / David Lee -- Case Study: Guatemala / Daniel Livermore -- 4, Humanitarian Military Intervention / Don Hubert and Michael Bonser -- Case Study: The Kosovo Air Campaign / Paul Heinbecker and Rob McRae -- 5, Protecting the Most Vulnerable: War-Affected Children / Carmen Sorger and Eric Hoskins -- Case Study: The Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict / Ross Snyder -- 6, The Evolution of International Humanitarian Law / Darryl Robinson and Valerie Oosterveld -- Case Study: The International Criminal Court / Darryl Robinson -- 7, Resources, Greed, and the Persistence of Violent Conflict / Don Hubert -- Case Study: Angola Sanctions / Robert Fowler and David Angell -- 8, Transnational Crime in a Borderless World / Terry Cormier -- Case Study: Terrorism / Victor Rakmil -- 9, The New Multilateralism / Roman Waschuk -- Case Study: The Security Council and the Protection of Civilians / Elissa Golberg and Don Hubert -- Case Study: The Human Security Network / Michael Small -- 10, Human Security, Connectivity, and the New Global Civil Society / Rob McRae -- Conclusion: International Relations and the New Diplomacy / Rob McRae -- Postscript: Reflections on the Ghana Conference and the Freetown Visit / Lloyd Axworthy -- Timeline: Human Security in Canadian Foreign Policy -- Contributors.
  • Issued also in printed form.
Publishing information
  • Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press ; Ottawa, Ontario : Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada : Public Works and Government Services Canada, [2001]
  • ©2001
Author / Contributor
  • McRae, Robert Grant, editor.
Description1 online resource (xxii, 279 pages) : graphs, photographs
Catalogue number
  • E2-206/2001-1E-PDF
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