The Role of Political Culture in Shaping Canadian, EU and US Disarmament Initiatives
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Title
The Role of Political Culture in Shaping Canadian, EU and US Disarmament Initiatives
Description
Canada and the European Union (EU) share, to a certain extent, a similar political culture, one based on multilateralism and the use of soft power. Nevertheless, over the past fifteen years Canada has been sometimes adopting disarmament policies that are similar to those of the EU and different from those of the US, while in other times it has been adopting policies that are similar to those of the US and different from those of the EU. This indicates that similarity in political culture alone is not sufficient enough to create convergence on foreign policies and that certain conditions must first be met for political culture to take precedence over neorealist explanations when dealing with security issues. Using Canadian, EU and US decisions on the issues of anti-personnel landmines and Iranian nuclear proliferation dilemma as case studies, this article analyses the conditions under which political culture plays a role in forming similar security policies.
Full text available at: https://doi.org/10.22215/rera.v3i3.188
Canada and the European Union (EU) share, to a certain extent, a similar political culture, one based on multilateralism and the use of soft power. Nevertheless, over the past fifteen years Canada has been sometimes adopting disarmament policies that are similar to those of the EU and different from those of the US, while in other times it has been adopting policies that are similar to those of the US and different from those of the EU. This indicates that similarity in political culture alone is not sufficient enough to create convergence on foreign policies and that certain conditions must first be met for political culture to take precedence over neorealist explanations when dealing with security issues. Using Canadian, EU and US decisions on the issues of anti-personnel landmines and Iranian nuclear proliferation dilemma as case studies, this article analyses the conditions under which political culture plays a role in forming similar security policies.
Full text available at: https://doi.org/10.22215/rera.v3i3.188
Creator
Al-Fattal, Rouba
Source
Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies; 2007: RERA V3:3 The European Union Defence and Security Policy (backfile abstracts)
2562-8429
10.22215/cjers.v3i3
Publisher
Centre for European Studies, Carleton University
Date
2007-10-01
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
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Citation
Al-Fattal, Rouba, The Role of Political Culture in Shaping Canadian, EU and US Disarmament Initiatives, Centre for European Studies, Carleton University, 2007, accessed September 21, 2024, http://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/2727