Comprendiendo la política de seguridad internacional de Canadá: tras las huellas de los discursos liberales y realistas de una potencia media (1993-2008)
Thesis
This research attempts to contribute to the understanding of Canada’s international security policy. In order to fulfill this goal, this research attempts to achieve two specific goals: a) to offer a critical review of the state of knowledge about this policy, b) to interpret the liberal and realist discourses, which shaped the Canadian International security policy during the Jean Chrétien (1993-2003), Paul Martin (2003-2006) and Stephen Harper (2006-2008)’s governments. The liberal discourses are understood here as complex beliefs that specify the moral obligation to engage in cosmopolitical projects, such as the promotion of human rights, the stabilization of the so-called fragile and failed states or the contribution to the liberal-democratic values. The realist discourses are conceived as complex beliefs derived from the realpolitik spirit. Those beliefs specify that states must pursue its national interests regardless of moral considerations.
