Bison Paper 1
Globalism and Regionalism: The Evolving International System
Edited by Lasha Tchantouridze
This volume is a product of a conference on regionalism and globalism held at the University of Manitoba in January-February 2002. The question of convergence of world economy, and security issues is one of the most pressing on the agenda of contemporary international relations. Nations become more and more interdependent both in terms of security and economic well-being. Interdependency is eminent on both global and regional levels. The papers in this volume contribute to the ongoing debate on globalism and regionalism especially with regard to such areas as the Americas, East Asia, and Europe.
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Bison Paper 2
Pluralistic Multilateralism and the New Regionalism in the Americas
Tony Porter
Tony Porter's account of the "new regiionalism" in the Americas is essential reading for anyone who cares about integration in the hemisphere, the future of Canadian trade relations, or the process of regionalism more generally. Adopting the conceptual model of "pluralistic multilateralism," Porter argues that integration in the region is representative of real multilaterism in the world today. Unsatisfied with debates that focus on simple arguments of power politics and domination, on the one hand, or the benefits of global free trade and liberalism on the other, Porter suggests that hemispheric integration in the Americas illustrates the complex nature of initiatives and goals in contemporary regionalism.
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Bison Paper 3
Organized Anarchy: The New World We Live In
Wendelin Ettmayer
The world has changed considerably since the end of the Cold War. These changes have resulted not only from an obvious redistribution of power in the international system, but also from technological advancements in international communications, acceleration in the concentation of global financial capital, mergers among large corporations, and the increased role of NGOs. State sovereignty, the corenerstone of the the Westphalian international system, has been been infringed upon from many different directions. Large multinational corporations affect state employment and welfare policies, international television corporations influence governments' decision-making processes by appealing to the emotions of their viewers, and influential non-governmental organizations claim legitimacy in many areas such as development, democratization, environmental protection, and others.
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Bison Paper 4
Geopolitics: Global Problems and Regional Concerns
Edited by Lasha Tchantouridze
This volume is dedicated to geopolitics, and to the understanding of this concept in contemporary scholarship. It explores the three essential components of geopolitics: geographical characteristics, historical continuity, and identity that play roles in international politics. The twelve chapters of this volume deal with a combination of these components as they relate to various global problems, and concerns of regional significance. The authors of these chapters do not engage in definitions, predictions, and similar scholastic exercises. Instead, they assume that, indeed, geopolitics is about the relationship between geographical space and politics. These two very broard phenomena affect each other or at least they are perceived to affect each other in some way. Starting from this point, the authors analyze and explain how this relationship between things political and spatial plays out globally or in specific geographical areas of the world.
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Bison Paper 5
Canadian Expeditionary Air Forces
Edited by Allan D. English
This volume represents the proceedings of the fifth in a series of Air Symposia held by the Canadian Forces College. The main purpose of the Symposia is to direct Command and Staff Course Air Force students to research, analyze, and present their perspectives on important issues to the future of the Canadian Air Force. A secondary aim of the Symposia is to contribute to the professional development of the Air Force. The present volume examines in detail the concept of expeditionary air forces from a Canadian perspective. While the term "expeditionary" is widely used, there is little detailed explanation of this term in either Canadian Forces or Canadian Air Force doctrine. Thus, the essays collected in Canadian Expeditionary Air Forces address this shortcoming and explore a variety of questions, both theoretical and practical, that are relevant to fuller understanding of the concept, and its implications for Canada and the CAF.
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Bison Paper 6
Transformaion of War in the 21st Century: Old Lessons and New Trends
Edited by Tami Amanda Jacoby
This is a publication based on selected papers given at the 20th Annual Political Studies Students' Conference at the University of Manitoba in 2004. The volume explores the subject of war in relation to military capabilities, the role of institutions, social implications, technological innovations, collective identity structures and lessons to be learnt from contemporary case studies. Together the volume demonstrates that warfare remains a contested and controversial subject both in theory and in practice.
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Bison Paper 7
Canada and the United States: A Relationship at a Crossroads
Edited by George A. MacLean
Many would argue today that Canada-United States relations have not been so cool in a very long time. Students of political science, at least in Canada if not in the United States, cut their teeth on the subject matter of bilateral relations And while it is fashionable for each generation to view corss-border relations as different from what had gone before, a more long-term historical view shows that plus ca change, plus c'set la meme chose.
There are, however, exceptional factors that mark the current state of relations between the United States and Canada. This is not to suggest that the exceptions are unparalleled, or will never again occur, but rather that the condition and context of the bilateral relationship is vital. The papers in this volume were written in the post-9/11 environment when it is fair to say that both countries experienced a vulnerability that had not been felt before. In the United States, the world view of the Bush administration shifted on the spot with the terrorist attacks in 2001, and the same events have affected priorities if not the world view of decision makers in Canada.
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Bison Paper 8
Old Conflict, New Challenges: Peace-building in Israeli-Palestinian Relations
Edited by Sean Byrne, James Fergusson, Eyal Ben-Ari and Kobi Michael
Canadian and Israeli academics and practitioners, both civilian and military, met at the University of Manitoba to bring their unique experiences and knowledge together in the first of a series of academic workshops and subsequent publications to understand peace missions and to develop models for implementation in protracted ethno-political conflicts, with direct attention being paid to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The publication is a joint collaboration of the Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice (AMCPJ) and the Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CDSS) of the University of Manitoba, and the Harry S. Truman Rsearch Institute for the Advancement of Peace (HSTRIAE) of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. The phase of the project seeks to develop a third party peace intervention model, and to highlight the myriad of concrete problems manifest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including regional factors that must be address in developing and implementing such a mission.
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Bison Paper 9
The State of the State: Business as Usual?
Edited by Elliott J. Brown
The State has been the dominant mode of global political organization for at least three centuries. However, several recent developments in international relations, including globalization, European integration, the reassertion of ethnic identity, and the phenomenon of state failure, have highlighted the emergence of other actors and, arguably, the diminution of the power and role of the state in world affairs. The contributors of this volume try to answer questions like: of what significance are these changes? Could they augur death of the state? The papers collected here illustrate that the state is a fundamental concept in political studies, economics, sociology,and law, and new challenges to the form and function of the state have implications which transcend traditional disciplinary barriers within and between the social sciences.
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Bison Paper 10
Maple Sands: Canada-Middle East Relations during the Cretien Era
Edited by Tami Amanda Jacoby and Ayla H. Kilic
Maple Sands explores Canada-Middle East relations during the Chretien era, with particular focus on Canadan foreign policy vis-a-vis the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the War on Iraq. The book is a product of collaboration among contributors from different political backgrounds using a variety of interdisciplinary lenses to generate debate about Canadian priorities in the Middle Easter region.
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Bison Paper 11
Adaptation of NATO: From the North Atlantic Treaty to Security in Pakistan
Edited by Natalie Mychajlyszyn
The new post-Cold War security environment posed questions about the viability and sustainability of NATO, and some have even called into question the continued existence of the Atlantic alliance and whether its mandate was even compatible with current security realities. NATO has, no doubt, endured some aches and pains through its evolution beginning with adapting to the peace dividend to operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan, and its new European partnerships. Despite these growing pains and regardless if one condemns or concurs with the ongoing operations, it appears NATO has found a new purpose, and events in the Balkans and Afghanistan suggest what this purpose is. It is just a question of time whether this new purpose is sustainable in the years to come.
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Bison Paper 12
Thawing Ice - Cold War: Canada's Security, Soveriegnty, and Environmental Concerns in the Artic
Edited by Rob Huebert
Over the past few years, circumpolar governments such as Canada, the United States, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland, have all begun expressing interest in territorial claims over the Arctic region. There has been a renewed interest and sense of importance placed on the Arctic since global warming has begun international claims of historically impassable shipping routes through disputed Canadian waters. The Northwest Passage (NWP) has always been an inaccessible shipping route, mainly due to unpredictable weather conditions and lack of proper navigation routes. However, because of the shift in global weather patterns, the passage has widened, allowing international claims that could potentially affect Canadian sovereignty in the North. This volume is providing a well rounded perspective on the current issues surrounding the expansion of the NWP, promotion of human development and sustainability of the Inuit and northern First Nations, the on-going and essential role of the Canadian Arctic Rangers, and the different perspectives held by both Canadian and American governments on the development of the Arctic.
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Bison Paper 13
Fighting the Simba Rebellion - Cultural, Technological, and Strategic Determinants of Military Performance in Asymmetrical Conflicts
Scott Fitzsimmons
Since the end of the Second World War, mercenary groups have played significant roles in wars throughout the developing world. However, despite being consistently outnumbered by their opponents, these groups have a highly uneven record of military performance. Indeed, some modern mercenary groups have managed to defeat far larger state and insurgent militaries while similar sized groups of private soldiers have experienced crushing defeats at the hands of more numerous adversaries. This volume examined the performance of the mercenary group in the Simba Rebellion, which lasted from January 1964 to November 1965, and tests the case against various theories.
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Bison Paper 14
Actors and Identity in the Middle East
Edited by Brent E. Sasley
Middle Eastern conflicts are not simply reducible to the quest for the dominance of oil by regional or global powers. The Middle East overall, is one major area that while in constant conflict and in some instances containing the same prolonged conflicts; nonetheless oscillates between differing problems between different states. This publication, discusses several issues within the Middle East, that span across a spectrum of historical, economic, political, and social concerns. Taken altogether, conflicts in the Middle East pose a serious threat not only to the stability of the region, leaving many people’s lives seriously affected, but also, surrounding nations that have vested interests in humanitarian, economic, and strategic undertakings.
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