Editors' Introduction
| Author | Brian Bow,Jack Cunningham |
| Date | 01 March 2018 |
| Published date | 01 March 2018 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020702018765088 |
| Subject Matter | Editors' Introduction |
Editors’ Introduction
Volume 73, issue 1, is the first of our third year as co-editors of IJ, and we are
looking forward to an exciting line-up over the next few issues.
Before outlining this new issue, the editors would like to apologize for a pro-
duction error in our last issue (vol. 72, no. 4). In Srdjan Vucetic’s article, ‘‘A Nation
of Feminist Arms Dealers?,’’ Tables 1–7 were mis-printed, and some data were
omitted. The error was discovered after publication of the print issue, but was
corrected in the digital version, available to subscribers through the SAGE website,
at http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ijxa/72/4. Dr. Vucetic has also helpfully pro-
vided an ‘‘appendix’’ to his article, which outlines and explains the supporting
data: https://srdjanvucetic.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/appendix-nation-of-femin-
ist-arms-dealers.pdf.
The new issue features a diverse mix of topics and viewpoints. In our lead article,
David Dewitt, Mary Young, Alex Brouse, and Jinelle Piereder present a broad
overview of Canada’s defence engagement with the Asia-Pacific region, and rec-
ommend expanded efforts to bring defence efforts into line with rhetorical com-
mitments. Ki-Hyun Bae then challenges the common perception that ASEAN is
supported by Southeast Asian leaders as a means to forestall the encroachment of
liberal ideas and practices, arguing that it can instead be seen as a ‘‘platform for
spreading liberalism’’ in the region.
Misha Boutilier looks into the Mulroney government’s approach to intervention
in the former Yugoslavia, arguing that it was quick to choose a leading role there
because doing so satisfied its own conception of Canada’s place in the post-Cold
War world and appealed to Canadian voters. Christopher Spearin then picks up in
the late 1990s, with an exploration of the lasting impact that growing reliance on
private military and security companies have had on United Nations peace support
operations.
Graeme Thompson then explores the philosophical foundations of Canadian
foreign policy, with an overview of Liberal thinking about international relations in
the 19th century. And finally, Colleen Bell upends the conventional view that the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have recently taken on an international
role, making the case that they have always been ‘‘international,’’ as the predom-
inant policing mechanism for settler colonialism—serving both as a ‘‘civilizing’’
instrument and as constitutive of contemporary ideas about Canada as an actor in
world politics.
This issue’s Lessons of History (LOH) feature is an essay by Asa McKercher, on
Pierre Trudeau’s record in supporting human rights abroad. This is the last LOH
essay shepherded by David Webster of Bishop’s University; we would like to thank
International Journal
2018, Vol. 73(1) 3–4
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