Editors’ Introduction

DOI10.1177/00207020211050973
AuthorW. Andy Knight,Susan Colbourn
Date01 September 2021
Published date01 September 2021
Subject MatterEditors’ Introduction
Introduction
International Journal
2021, Vol. 76(3) 357358
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EditorsIntroduction
Susan Colbourn
W. Andy Knight
As a new editorial team, we are committed to diversifying the conversation that takes
place in the pages of International Journal. Since its creation over seventy-f‌ive years
ago, IJ has blended contemporary issues and historical perspectives. In that same
interdisciplinary spirit, we want to create the space for a more diverse and repre-
sentative conversation of what global affairs look like in Canada and beyond.
This issue features f‌ive scholarly essays. Jeremy Wildeman, in the f‌irst of these
articles, illustrates how the Middle East fundamentally shaped the way Canadians think
about themselves and Canadas place in global affairs. In the second, Charalampos
Efstathopoulos explores the vantage point of two southern middle powers’–Brazil and
South Africaand their attitudes toward the liberal order. Core elements of Brazils
internationalism have waned in recent years, Efstathopoulos argues, while South Africa
has more actively pursued a version of internationalism designed to enhance the
countrys role in international affairs.
The third scholarly essay, written by Benjamin Johnson, examines the role sur-
veillance can play within the Arctic. Johnson makes the case that enhancing sur-
veillance can not only meet Canadas current security requirements, but also prepare the
country to meet future challenges over the long-term. In the fourth of this issues
articles, Marco Munier considers Canadas intelligence culture, concluding that the
nations approach is primarily defensive and minimalist.Finally, in the f‌ifth scholarly
essay, Yvon Grenier investigates Canadian policy regarding Venezuela, paying par-
ticular attention to when and on what terms Ottawa promotes liberal values in its
foreign policy. The case of Venezuela, Grenier concludes, is an unusual one.
In this issues Lessons of History section, Isabel Campbell ref‌lects on how histories
of the Canadian military shed light on past discrimination and can shape current
conversations about how to change institutional culture within the military.
Corresponding author:
Email: susan.colbourn@duke.edu

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