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This article examines the history and future of Canada's involvement in the strategic defense of North America and advocacy of strategic stability. It begins with an overview of Canada's strategic defense and stability policies during the Cold War and post-Cold War eras, with a particular focus on the politics surrounding Canadian participation in BMD. Next, it analyzes how the governments decision to decline a formal role in BMD in 2005 represented a reapplication of the two-track approach. It concludes with a discussion of the strategic defense and stability options a future Canadian government is likely to face. Adapted from the source document.

Examines the significance of party politics & partisanship to foreign policy making in Canada. The ability of parties to work together "at the water's edge" to overcome their differences in the interest of addressing foreign policy problems is explored, comparing the Canadian system to that of the US. The power structure of the Canadian system & political parties within this system is reviewed & the importance of leadership & intraparty dynamics, & interparty differences on key policy issues is evaluated. Adapted from the source document.