Canada’s Growing Interest in the Far Away West Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9976752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kamaran M K Mondal (Chandidas Mahavidyalaya, The University of Burdwan, P.O. Khujutipara, Dist-Birbhum, West Bengal, India, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1-4 |
| Pages | 27-37 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8817 • E-ISSN: 0973-0702 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020881717715329 |
| OpenAlex | W2779781968 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
West Asian region is known for the presence of the Arab oil-rich countries. In the post-Second World War, Arab–Israeli conflict was one of the major international issues of the world. This Arab–Israel region of the West Asia was under the British control. Britain failed to handle the conflict and handed it over to the newly formed United Nations (UN) and through the UN mediation, the state of Israel was created in 1948. All the major powers of the world got involved in one way or other in the process of creation of the state of Israel in the midst of the Arab countries. Canada as a member of the UN Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) became involved in the West Asian region. In the post-Second World War period, Canada had virtually no commercial or strategic interests in any countries of the region. Now Canada works closely with its network of diplomatic missions across the region to promote and defend Canadian values and interests and strengthen development and trade cooperation with a range of government, private sector and civil society partners, as well as regional organizations. The West Asian region—the Arab countries and Israel—is one of the areas where merchandise trade as well as arms trade is a significant area of interest of Canada. This article discusses Canada’s involvement in West Asia since the creation of the state of Israel. Canada supported Israel and their relations are multifaceted and have been enhanced in recent years through increased cooperation in several areas, including arms trade, investment and innovation. Canada has also many trade agreements including the arms trade to West Asian Arab countries. This article shows various issues of Canada and West Asia trade relations, particularly arms trade with Israel and other West Asia Arab countries, which has more of a political orientation rather than an economic one
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Government (linguistics · Political science · Spanish Civil War · State (computer science · World War II · Canadian Policy and Governance · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |