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Introduction: Canada in International Affairs

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Since the end of World War II, the political geometry of the international system has shifted from the bipolarity of the Cold War to the unipolarity of the post-Cold War period and is currently undergoing another shift in polarity.

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Murray, R.W., Gecelovsky, P. (2021). Introduction: Canada in International Affairs. In: Murray, R.W., Gecelovsky, P. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Canada in International Affairs. Canada and International Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67770-1_1

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