Whether the introduction of Canada’s first comprehensive anti-terrorism legislation, the development of a Smart Border Agenda with the United States, the creation of CATSA, budget increases and operational upgrades for CSIS, the RCMP, CSE, and ultimately, the creation of a new department, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and a new border agency, the CBSA, all spoke to a recognition that we. [...] As the Development, Concept and Doctrine Centre of the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (DCDC, 2007: v) observes: The future will happen as a result of long wave themes and developments that unite the past, the present and the future. [...] From this perspective, the dominant threats to much of the world’s security remain state-based in origin, such as major power realignments, major-power confrontation and conflict, and the proliferation and use of weapons of mass destruction, the rise of illiberal democracy and competitive authoritarianism, and the rise of neo-isolationism in the United States. [...] Finlay opens the collection with a discussion of the challenges of trying to “manage across borders.” He focuses on the range of transnational and other threats faced by the contemporary global community, arguing that security policy is deeply influenced by the emergence of private ac- tors as central cogs in the new global order, by the expansion of emerging markets in the Global South, and by th. [...] Examining the state of the global economy, and Canada’s place in it, Leonard suggests that we need to keep our attention firmly fixed on key issues, such as the implications of the shift to emerging economies, industrial espionage, and the position of the United States in the global economy, since the economic fate of the US in the decades ahead will have profound effects on Canada’s security situ.
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