National Power in Canada

This research examines the elements of national power in Canada. Considered are factors related to geography, economics, national psychology, military power, and international relations. Probable Canadian positions on significant current issues in international relations are also assessed.

Ahthough in terms of geographic size, Canada is the second largest country in the world, its real strengths derived from geography are related to strategic position and natural resources, more than to sheer size. With broad access to both the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, Canada is a maritime power, and its oceanic economic zones provide it with control of major fisheries. The country's arctic territories enable it to claim control over the important water route near the North Pole, although the United States disputes this claim with a counter claim that the Arctic waterway is international in character.

Geographically, Canada is also strategically important because of its more than threethousand mile long border with the United States. In the American view, Canada provides a significant strategic buffer on its north. Canada is, thus, of

1 2great strategic importance to the Americans, who would slip into a deep paranoia if an unfriendly government controlled Canada.

Canada is one of the world's industrial market economies (The World Bank, 1989). Further, among the industrial market economies, Canada is one of the Grou

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