Book Launch | Chr茅tien and the World: Canadian Foreign Policy from 1993 To 2003
Date
Thursday January 29, 202611:45 am - 1:30 pm
Location
Law Building, Room 3SPS is thrilled to host a special book launch event for Chr茅tien and the World: Canadian Foreign Policy from 1993 To 2003 (UBC Press, 2025) with editors Jack Cunningham and John D. Meehan.
Margaret Biggs, Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy, School of Policy Studies, will provide brief remarks.
Please note the different time and location.
Jack Cunningham is fellow and assistant professor at Trinity College, University of Toronto, where is also program coordinator of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History and teaches in the Master of Global Affairs program at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. He is a former editor of International Journal.
John Meehan, S.J., is director of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at Trinity College and affiliated faculty at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. He is also a senior fellow at Massey College.
From UBC Press:
Conventional wisdom holds that foreign policy was not a priority for Jean Chr茅tien over his ten years as Canadian prime minister. In reality, he and his government pursued an often ambitious, activist policy to forward not only national interests but liberal ideals on the world stage.
Chr茅tien and the World combines the perspectives of key players of the time with analyses by leading scholars. They draw on personal recollections, interviews, and research to portray a foreign policy that was more coherent and engaged than previously believed. As arguably Canada鈥檚 first post鈥揅old War prime minister, Chr茅tien responded to events that reshaped the international landscape, notably the 9/11 attacks on the United States, the subsequent war on terror, the US-led invasion of Iraq, and Canadian involvement in Afghanistan. Working with trusted ministers, he emphasized trade liberalization, strong bilateral and multilateral relations, human security, and humanitarian intervention. Often characterized as purely pragmatic, Chr茅tien鈥檚 tenure in fact marked a high point of liberal internationalism through an agenda that emphasized Canadian values and leadership in global affairs.
This insightful collection provides a new understanding of how Canada navigated crucial years between the end of the Cold War and the emergence of a new geopolitical reality.
Chr茅tien and the World will engage scholars of political history, Canadian history, international relations, and foreign policy, and more broadly readers who follow Canadian politics and foreign policy.
