PULPIT DIPLOMACY

In: International journal / Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Band 53, Heft 3, S. 379-406

Abstract

THE AUTHORS ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER FOREIGN MINISTER LLOYD AXWORTHY. SEVERAL INITIATIVES CHAMPIONED BY AXWORTHY -- ESPECIALLY THE CAMPAIGNS TO BAN ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES, TO CONTROL THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN LIGHT WEAPONS, AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS IN COMBAT -- HAVE PROVED TO BE EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH THE CANADIAN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY REFLECT CORE CANADIAN VALUES. MOREOVER, AXWORTHY'S VIGOROUS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS, DISARMAMENT, AND RELATED CAUSES HAS ENERGIZED BOTH HIS DEPARTMENT AND, FREQUENTLY, THE CHRETIEN GOVERNMENT.