This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates and issues in Canadian defence policy studies. The contributors examine topics including the development of Canadian defence policy and strategic culture, North American defence cooperation, gender and diversity in the Canadian military, and defence procurement and the defence industrial base. Emphasizing the process of defence policy-making, rather than just the outcomes of that process, the book focuses on how political and organizational interests impact planning, as well as the standard operating procedures that shape Canadian defence policy and practices.

Most up-to-date comprehensive treatment of Canadian defense policy that bridges the gap between practice and theory Brings together the latest contributions by the top researchers and practitioners in the field Identifies new trends and best practices across contemporary Canadian defence priorities and what they mean for Canada's involvement with the rest of the world

Autorentext

Thomas Juneau is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Philippe Lagassé is Associate Professor and Barton Chair in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Canada.
Srdjan Vucetic is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. The Imperatives of Canada's Strategic Geography.- 3. Canadian Strategic Cultures: From Confederation to Trump.- 4. Holding Canadian Governments to Account for National Defence.- 5. Canadian Defence Budgeting.- 6. From Policy and Strategy to Outcomes.- 7. Canada and Defence against Help: The Wrong Theory for the Wrong Country at the Wrong Time.- 8. Canadian Civil-Military Relations in Comparative Perspective: It Could Be Worse?.- 9. The Political Economy of Defence.- 10. Public Opinion and Canadian Defence Policy.- 11. The Demographics of Force Generation: Recruitment, Attrition, and Retention of Citizen Soldiers.- 12. Culture Clash: Why the media and the military can't get along.- 13. Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Defence.- 14. Defence Policy Perspectives: Special Interests and Lobbying.- 15. Achieving Consensus and Effectiveness in Canadian Defence Policy.- 16. You've Gotit All Backwards: Canada's National Defence Strategy.- 17. Law and political-military strategy: the importance of legal advice in the decision to deploy the Canadian Armed Forces.- 18. CAF Operations: A Comprehensive Approach to Enable Future Operations.- 19. Capability Acquisition and Canadian Defence Policy: Program Achievability and Resilience?.- 20. Women in the Canadian Armed Forces.- 21. Defence Policy in the Canadian Arctic: From Jean Chrétien to Justin Trudeau.- 22. Canadian defence and new technologies.- 23. Deterrence in Space and Cyberspace.