"Rather, my reading of Holmes's quote suggests that he was not claiming optimism should be the basis of a foreign policy; rather, he was stating that optimism is an instrument of Foreign Policy."
I think that point is rather obvious, considering the quote.
Jacques Drolet
· 2 months ago
Good review and "look forward" David. I would still work on the last paragraph to make it more poignant if I may suggest. As for the key to regive Canadians a "International" positive meaning, I would like to suggest that after taking away the "threat approach" promulgated by Conservatives as you mention, the successful policy will have to make Canadians feel that ethical sustainability is a necessity and that it passes through better human relationships. Once that "necessity to change" will reach a threshold (some say 5% some 10%) the rest will be a matter of doing the work. now so much work is lost without the social acknowledgement of this "human-value" drive/driver. Hope this helps :-)
Peter Loewen
· 2 months ago
Dominic Johnson at Edinuburgh has work well worth looking at. He writes on the role of overconfidence in IR, which is something like optimism.
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"Rather, my reading of Holmes's quote suggests that he was not claiming optimism should be the basis of a foreign policy; rather, he was stating that optimism is an instrument of Foreign Policy."
I think that point is rather obvious, considering the quote.
Hope this helps :-)