Contents -- Foreword -- INTRODUCTION -- Using Our Wits, Opening Our Wallets: Canadian Diplomacy in the Obama Age -- Building a Stronger, Cleaner, and Fairer Global Economy: A Leading Role for Canada -- NORTH AMERICA -- Bilateral Trilateralism -- Canada in Obama's World -- Canada-United States Relations -- The United States and Canada -- A Mexican Perspective -- A North American's View of the Old nafta and the New North American Agendas -- THE AMERICAS -- Canada and the Hemisphere: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea -- Canadian Policy in the Americas: Between Rhetoric and Reality - A Needless Distance -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Asian Power Shift: Ready or Not? -- Canada-China Relations: Growing Connectivity and Friction -- Return to Realism and Restart the Relationship -- Will Canada Be the Next Argentina? -- Canada and India -- India and Canada: Moving Ahead -- Canada and Japan: Unfulfilled Promise -- In Search af Bilateral, Regional, and Global Synergies -- AFRICA -- Canada and Africa: Where Has Canada Gone? -- The Canada-Africa Relationship and Where It Should Be Headed: An African Perspective -- ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST -- Canada and the Middle East -- Canada and Afghanistan: Regaining the Muscle-Memory of Leadership -- EUROPE AND RUSSIA -- Europe's Perception of Canada, or Lack Thereof -- Canada and France: Past, Present, and Future -- Challenges and Opportunities in the European Union-Canada Relationship: A View from Berlin -- Between Friends: Can Canada and Russia Open a New Chapter in Their Relations? -- AFRICA -- Rethinking the Arctic: A New Agenda for Canada and the United States -- INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- Canada among [The United] Nations: A Personal Reflection -- Canada at the United Nations: A Shadow of Its Former Self -- "The Old Order Changeth": Canada and Economic Summitry -- Canada and Global Financial Governance.

"Trade Policy Is [Still] Foreign Policy," But It's Not Sexy -- Canada's Contribution to Global Economic and Financial Governance -- ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT -- Nuclear Disarmament: Building a Conducive Environment -- Canada's Role in Arms Control and Disarmament -- HUMAN RIGHTS -- Human Rights and Canada's Foreign Policy -- DEVELOPEMENT ASSISTANT AND FOOD SECURITY -- Canadian Aid - More, Not Less, Is Needed -- Innovating in Development -- Responding to the Food Crisis: The Untying of Canadian Food Aid -- CLIMATE CHANGE -- Canada and Climate Change Politics -- Contributors.