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Études internationales

Volume 19, Number 2, 1988

Table of contents (41 articles)

  1. Les besoins alimentaires de l’Afrique et la réponse du Canada : Les limites de l’aide alimentaire au développement

    Mark W. Charlton

    pp. 221–244

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    Abstract

    EN:

    In recent years there has been an important shift in the pattern of Canadian food aid distribution towards a greater concentration on Africa. Recent projections call for increased transfers of food aid to Africa in the foreseeable future. Given the growing concern about the long-term contribution that food aid might make to increasing food sufficiency in Africa, this paper examines the concept of « developmental » food aid and its implications for Canadian food aid policy. First, the article discusses some of the problems that arise out of the provision of increased volumes of non-emergency food aid to Africa. Then, it examines the recent evolution of Canadian food aid policy with particular attention to some of the difficulties involved in implementing a strategy of providing « developmental » food aid to Africa on a long-term basis. The issues of policy dialogue, recipient selection, donor co-ordination, and food aid dependence are discussed respectively.

  2. Les missiles de croisière soviétiques aéroportés et la géopolitique de la défense aérienne  de l’Amérique du Nord : Une nouvelle perspective du Nord canadien

    David G. Haglund

    pp. 245–272

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    Abstract

    EN:

    Recent developments in the technology of weaponry have brought about a reconsideration of the "geopolitical" importance of Canadian northern spaces to the physical-security interests of the two superpowers, and especially of the United States. Those technological developments have been apparent in three areas : ballistic missile defence (BMD), nuclear-propelled (and sometimes-armed) submarines, and air-launched cruise missiles (ALCM). Both the BMD and nuclear-submarine issues have generated much debate of late in Canada ; considerably less attention has been accorded the analysis of developments in the domain of the ALCM. It is with this latter weapon-system and in particular with the manner in which Washington regards Soviet ALCMs, that this article is concerned. Argued here is the view that the perceived Soviet ALCM threat has been of major importance in the recent modernization of North American air-defence Systems. In addition to discussing the development and consequences of Soviet ALCMs, this article also explores the extent to which technological transformations in weapons-systems might also have the effect of achieving conceptual transformations in strategic analysis. A major sub-theme of the article is the contention that technological variables have been occasioning a reconsideration of the manner in which theorists of international relations and strategic studies have been assessing the relationship between geographical configuration and the perceived strategic significance of states. The article observes that the once-moribund field of "geopolitics" has been undergoing a modest revival among theorists, in part because of changes in those weapons technologies in discusses.

  3. L’OACI au sein de l’ONU : le fonctionnalisme et ses applications

    Eugène Sochor

    pp. 273–291

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    Abstract

    EN:

    The theory of functionalism is based on the notion that the cumulative effect of "functional" activities will tend to influence the political aims of governments towards more cooperation and fewer conflicts. This has not been the case in ICAO and it remains to be seen whether technical cooperation can transcend the vested national interests of states in the other aspects of civil aviation. Anything that is non-technical is likely to be political in nature, even when such issues come up before the ICAO Council, under the guise of technical problems. Any expectation that political and functional activities in aviation could be separated were dashed as soon as ICAO joined the United Nations System. As a consequence, it is bound to follow political positions which do not necessarily accord with its mandate and with the requirements of air transport.

  4. Déséquilibires, endettement et ajustement au sein du CAEM : Quelels relations entre l’URSS et ses partenaires européens? (Note)

    Harriet Matejka

    pp. 293–300

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Chronique des relations extérieures du Canada et du Québec

  1. I- Les relations extérieures du Canada

    Hélène Galarneau

    pp. 301–327

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  2. II- Les relations extérieures du Québec

    Hélène Galarneau

    pp. 327–334

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Études bibliographiques

  1. Le Fonds monétaire international et le Tiers-Monde, l’Afrique… et la dette

    Michel Lelart

    pp. 335–343

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  2. La révision de la politique de défense canadienne

    Paul Létourneau

    pp. 345–355

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Comptes rendus : Théories, idéologies et problèmes internationaux

  1. Dobry, Michel, Sociologie des crises politiques. La dynamique des mobilisations multisectorielles. Paris, Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 1986, 320 p.

    Raymond Hudon

    pp. 356–358

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  2. English, Philip E. La Grande Évasion? Un examen du tourisme nord-sud. Ottawa (Ont.), Institut Nord-Sud, 1986, 111 p.

    Michel Houndjahoué

    pp. 358–359

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  3. Guay, Pierre-Yves, Les firmes transnationales et l’État-nation: l’émancipation par la dépendance. Montréal, Les éditions Agence d’Arc, 1987, xv + 498 p.

    Raymond Hudon

    pp. 359–362

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  4. Mauroy, Pierre, « À Gauche », Paris, Albin Michel, 1985, 447 p.

    Fidèle Pierre Nze-Guema

    pp. 362–363

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Comptes rendus : Développement et assistance internationale

  1. Chantebout, Bernard, Le Tiers Monde, Paris, Armand Colin, Coll. « U », 1986, 184 p.

    Paul Gagné

    pp. 363–366

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  2. Comeliau, Christian, Mythes et espoirs du tiers-mondisme, Paris, L’Harmattan, Coll. CETRAL, 1986, 184 p.

    Marie-Blanche Tahon

    pp. 366–368

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  3. Gauvreau, Danielle, Gregory, Joel, Piché, Victor, Kempeneers, Marianne (Ed.) Démographie et sous-développement dans le Tiers-Monde. Montréal, Center for Developing Area Studies, 1986, 318 p.

    J.C. Willame

    pp. 368–369

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  4. Greeley, Martin, Postharvest Losses, Technology, and Employement: The Case of Rice in Bangladesh. Boudler and London, Westview Press, 1987, 363 p.

    Peter Calkins

    pp. 369–371

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  5. Moran, Theodore H. et al. Investing in Development: New Roles for Private Capital, Washington (D.C.), Overseas Development Council, Coll. « U.S.-Third World Policy Perspectives », no 6, 1986, 208 p.

    Gabrielle Lachance

    pp. 371–373

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Comptes rendus : Économie internationale

  1. Baptista, Luiz O., Durand-Barthez, Pascal. Les associations d’entreprises (Joint Ventures) dans le commerce international. Paris, Fondation pour l’Étude du Droit et des Usages du Commerce international – Librairie Général de Droit et de Jurisprudence, 1986, 289 p.

    André Farand

    pp. 373–375

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  2. Magdoff, Harry et Sweezy, Paul M. Stagnation and the Financial Explosion. New York, Monthly Review Press, 1987, 208 p.

    H. R. C. Wright

    pp. 375–376

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  3. Moreau, François, Le développement international des banques canadiennes: croissance, expansion, concentration. Montréal, Coll. Interventions économiques, Les Éditions Coopératives Albert Saint-Martin, 1985, 160 p.

    Raymond Hudon

    pp. 376–378

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Comptes rendus : Études stratégiques et militaires

  1. Gasteyger, Curt, Les Défis de la Paix: un monde à la recherche de sa sécurité. Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, Coll. « Publications de l’Institut Universitaire de Hautes Études Internationales-Genève », 1986, 256 p.

    Michel Fortmann

    pp. 378–379

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  2. Hanrieder, Wolfram F. (Éd.) Technology, Strategy, and Arms Control. Boulder and London Westview Press, 1986, 172 p.

    Carmen Schaefer

    pp. 379–380

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  3. Bessis, Juliette, La Libye contemporaine. Paris, Éditions L’Harmattan, Coll. « Histoire et Perspectives Méditerranéennes », 1986, 224 p.

    A. Moussally

    pp. 380–381

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  4. Boesen, Jannick, Havnevik, Kjell J., Koponen, Juhani, Odgaard, Rie (Edited by), Tanzania: Crisis and Struggle for Survival. Uppsala (Sweden), Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1986, 325 p.

    Martin E. Perron

    pp. 381–382

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  5. Glélé-Ahanhanzo, Maurice, Introduction à l’organisation de l’unité africaine et aux organisations régionales africaines. Paris, Librairie Général de Droit et de Jurisprudence, 1986, 574 p.

    Daniel Colard

    pp. 383–384

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  6. N’Tandou, Jean Baptiste. L’Afrique mystifiée. Paris, Éditions l’Harmattan, coll. « Points de vue », 1986, 175 p.

    Gabrielle Lachance

    pp. 384–386

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Comptes rendus : Moyen-Orient

  1. Balta, Paul, L’Islam dans le monde. Paris, Éditions La Découverte, 1986, 383 p.

    Khaled Belkhodia

    pp. 386–388

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  2. Day, Arthur R., East Bank/West Bank: Jordan and the Prospects for Peace. New York, Council on Foreign Relations, 1986, 176 p.

    Nelly Najjar

    pp. 388–391

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  3. Ismael, Tareq Y., International Relations of the Contemporary Middle East: A Study in World Politics. Syracuse, N.Y., Syracuse University Press, 1986, 301 p.

    Joseph Maïla

    pp. 391–393

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Comptes rendus : États-Unis

  1. Burns, Arthur F. The United States and Germany: A Vital Partenership. New York (N.Y.), Council on Foreign Relations, 1986, 64 p.

    Paul Létourneau

    pp. 393–394

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  2. Novik, Nimrod, Encounter with Reality: Reagan and the Middle East (The First Term), Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Telaviv University, Westivew Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1985, 106 p.

    Denise Artaud

    pp. 395–396

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Comptes rendus : Union soviétique

  1. Bark, Dennis L. (Ed.) The Red Orchestra: Instruments of Soviet Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean, Stanford, Hoover Institution Press, 1986, 158 p.

    Claude Morin

    pp. 396–398

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  2. Destler, I.M. American Trade Politics: System under Stress. Washington (D.C.) Institute for International Economics, New York (N.Y.) The Twentieth Century Fund, 1986, 383 p.

    Frank Davidson

    pp. 398–400

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  3. Hammer, Darrell P. The USSR: The Politics of Oligarchy, second edition. Boulder (Col.), Westview Press, 1986, 271 p.

    Gérard Beaulieu

    pp. 400–401

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Notices bibliographiques

  1. Communautés Européennes – Commission, Recherches universitaires sur l’intégration européennes (14-198)/University research on European integration (14-1987). Luxembourg, Office des publications officielles des Communautés européennes, 1987, XVII, 717 p.

    André Binette

    p. 402

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  2. Farley, Lawrence T., Plebiscites and Socivereignty. The Crisis of Political Illegitimacy. Boulder, Westview Press, 1986, 179 p. Westview Special Studies in Interantional Relations.

    Guy Gosselin

    pp. 402–403

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  3. Torrelli, Maurice (sous la direction de), Les grands dossiers de la Communauté européenne. Convergences et divergences franco-hellénique (sic). Collection travaux et recherches de l’Institut du droit de la paix et du développement de l’Université de Nice. Presses universitaires de France, 1986, 233 p.

    Guy Gosselin

    p. 403

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  4. Gueneau, M.C. Afrique - Les petits projets de développement sont-ils efficaces?, Paris, l’Harmattan, Coll. « Alternatives paysannes », 1986, 230 p.

    Michel Lelart

    pp. 403–404

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  5. Van Helmont, Jacques, Options européennes 1945-1985. Luxembourg, Office des Publications officielles des Communautés européennes, 1986, 186 p. Collection Perspectives européennes.

    Guy Gosselin

    p. 404

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  6. Vogels, Jean-Paul, Le monde depuis 1940. Un demi-siècle de relations internationales. Bruxelles, De Boeck-Wesmael, 1987, 189 p.

    Guy Gosselin

    p. 404

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  1. Ouvrages reçus

    pp. 405–406

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