Canada and Pan America
Herman Kahn said recently that Canada is a regional power without a region. Canada is something of a sport, a nuisance to those who like their political geography neat—rather like Australia or Albania. There are arguments for attaching us to various regions or groups of states. If there is one regio...
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crcambridgeupr:10.2307/165383 2023-05-15T16:28:55+02:00 Canada and Pan America Holmes, John W. 1968 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/165383 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0885311800000284 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of Inter-American Studies volume 10, issue 2, page 173-184 ISSN 0885-3118 2326-4047 General Medicine journal-article 1968 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/165383 2022-04-07T08:58:37Z Herman Kahn said recently that Canada is a regional power without a region. Canada is something of a sport, a nuisance to those who like their political geography neat—rather like Australia or Albania. There are arguments for attaching us to various regions or groups of states. If there is one region, however, to which Canada does not naturally belong it is the so-called Western Hemisphere. Although the Rio Treaty somewhat presumptuously included Canada and Greenland in the area to the defence of which Argentina would rush, we are for purposes of election to the Security Council attached to Western Europe. The Western Hemisphere, as I understand it, begins in the east end of London, includes most of England, all of Ireland, and then goes westward into Siberia. The term has acquired a certain geopolitical significance because it has been a handy way to describe the unnatural but historical relationship between the United States and Latin America. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Siberia Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Argentina Canada Greenland Kahn ENVELOPE(-61.583,-61.583,-64.350,-64.350) Journal of Inter-American Studies 10 2 173 184 |
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Herman Kahn said recently that Canada is a regional power without a region. Canada is something of a sport, a nuisance to those who like their political geography neat—rather like Australia or Albania. There are arguments for attaching us to various regions or groups of states. If there is one region, however, to which Canada does not naturally belong it is the so-called Western Hemisphere. Although the Rio Treaty somewhat presumptuously included Canada and Greenland in the area to the defence of which Argentina would rush, we are for purposes of election to the Security Council attached to Western Europe. The Western Hemisphere, as I understand it, begins in the east end of London, includes most of England, all of Ireland, and then goes westward into Siberia. The term has acquired a certain geopolitical significance because it has been a handy way to describe the unnatural but historical relationship between the United States and Latin America. |
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