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THE LARGEST AND MEANEST DOGS, WE ARE TOLD, GET THE BIGGEST AND MEATIEST BONES. CANADA, AS A MIDDLE-SIZED DOG, OUGHT ACCORDINGLY TO END UP WITH A MIDDLE-SIZED SHARE OF THE BONES. FOREIGN POLICY OUGHT THEN TO BE A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT CANADA DOES GET ITS FAIR SHARE. CANADA WOULD BE NEAR THE TOP OF ALMOST ANYONE'S LIST OF MIDDLE POWERS. THAT CANADA IS ONE OF THE BIG SEVEN WHOSE LEADERS MEET BIENNIALLY TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC PROBLEMS INDICATES WIDE RECOGNITION OF CANADA'S 'UPPER MIDDLE POWER' STATUS. WHETHER CANADA IS TO BE LISTED AS ABOVE OR BELOW, SAY, ITALY OR INDIA OR EAST GERMANY IS NOT VERY IMPORTANT. IT IS ENOUGH TO SAY ABOUT ITS GENERAL POWER POSITION THAT IT IS IN THE TOP DOZEN. THIS FACT IS CENTRAL BUT BY ITSELF TELLS LITTLE ABOUT CANADIAN WILL AND CAPACITY IN PARTICULAR CASES. IT DOES NOT TELL US WHAT KINDS OF OUTCOMES RESULT FROM WHAT KINDS OF FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS TO ACHIEVE WHAT KINDS OF ENDS UNDER WHAT KINDS OF CONDITIONS.

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