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This issue marks the start of our second year as editors of IJ, and we continue to be impressed by the vitality and originality on display in the study of international affairs, in Canada and abroad.
The current issue opens with Brendan Kelly’s assessment of the fraught relationship between Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the External Affairs mandarin Marcel Cadieux (this article was submitted and accepted before Brendan joined our team as Book Reviews Editor). Then, Kari Roberts offers a provocative and timely take on the roots of Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy orientation. This is followed by an exploration by Gerard Prinsen and Séverine Blaise of a new form of “Islandian” sovereignty being pioneered by non-self-governing islands. Then, Young Chul Cho and Mun Suk Ahn present an imaginative appraisal of the prospects for enhancing Taiwan’s international visibility without jeopardizing regional security in East Asia. And Saul Schwartz, Dmitry Lysenko, and Lisa Mills raise the question of whether Canada should reintroduce Trade Adjustment Assistance in light of the recent intensification of trade negotiations.
We also feature two Policy Briefs in this issue. Ali Tejpar takes a look at the implications of the Canada–EU Comprehensive Trade Agreement for Canadian federalism, while David Webster discusses Truth and Reconciliation processes in Southeast Asia and the Melanesian Pacific, with an eye to their Canadian dimensions and applications. And in this issue’s Lessons from History piece, Stephen Saideman analyzes Canada’s mission in Afghanistan. Finally, we have the usual assortment of well-judged reviews of recent books. Brendan Kelly has brought together an exceptional collection of reviews of timely books, including works by Norman Hillmer, Kim Richard Nossal, Adam Chapnick and Chris Kukucha, and Fen Hampson and Stephen Saideman.
With the start of a new year, we have the pleasure of announcing the 2016 winners of the three prizes we award for outstanding articles published in our pages. Our publisher, SAGE, funds the $1000 SAGE Prize for International Scholarship, which goes to the author of the best article on international affairs. The 2016 prize goes to Srdjan Vucetic, for “Who framed the F-35? Government–media relations in Canadian defence procurement” (vol. 71, no. 2). The Marvin Gelber Essay Prize, funded by the Canadian International Council, awards $1000 for the best article by a junior scholar. The 2016 winners are Aaron Ettinger and Jeffrey Rice, for “Hell is other people’s schedules: Canada’s limited-term military commitments, 2001–2015” (vol. 71, no. 3). Finally, the CIC also funds the $1000 Marcel Cadieux Distinguished Writing Award for the best article on Canadian foreign policy, which this year goes to Asa McKercher and Leah Sarson, for “Dollars and sense? The Harper government, economic diplomacy, and Canadian foreign policy” (vol. 71, no. 3). Congratulations to all for their sterling contributions to the field.