The Military Implications of Canada's New Latin American Policy.

Abstract

In November of 1989, the Canadian Government announced that it had conducted a review of Canadian foreign relations with the countries in the southern portion of the western hemisphere. As a result, a single cohesive foreign policy for the region based upon trade, development and closer multilateral relations was enunciated. The government moved quickly to join the Organization of American States and to undertake initiatives in Latin America. This approach to the region reversed almost 80 years of cautious and often indecisive Latin American relations. The Canadian Armed Forces have always been used as an instrument of national domestic and foreign and foreign policy. This paper outlines the new policy and the potential military implications of such an approach to the region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 12, 1991
Accession Number
ADA235206

Entities

People

  • Angus M. Brown

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Central America
  • Commerce
  • Economic Development
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Students
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies