The democratization of Canadian foreign policy?

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Recently there have been a number of calls for the “democratization” of Canadian foreign policy, most insistently from Lloyd Axworthy, former Liberal External Affairs critic. Moreover, these calls are seemingly in line with the rise of populism in Canadian politics. This article suggests that we should be skeptical, however. While proposals to make Canada's foreign policy more democratic sound appealing at first, they have not been thought through properly. This article suggests that the would‐be democratizers have it all wrong: their proposals for greater democratization in Canadian foreign policy are little more than techniques of elite management that have little to do with democracy. Rather, this article suggests a different path to a democratized foreign policy process.

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