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There is growing consensus that Canada needs to “do more” in the Indo-Pacific region as it becomes the centre of gravity in a changing international landscape—a landscape challenging several traditional assumptions about the nature and configuration of global power which Canadian foreign policy has rested upon for decades, specifically due to the emergence of Sino-American rivalry. It is clear Canada needs a regional approach which is rooted in and better informed by geopolitical considerations, but there remains an absence of analytical frameworks to compare and evaluate alternative approaches. In addressing this void, this paper sketches out and compares four possible orientations Canada could pursue towards the Indo-Pacific region: Minimal Engagement, US-Aligned Confrontation, Regional Multilateralism, and Selective Minilateralism. Remaining agnostic about which one(s) Canada should choose, the paper is designed to highlight the stark trade-offs Canada must increasingly confront as it navigates this uncertain environment.

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The current edition is largely based within a Canadian context, though we did receive article submissions from as far away as Russia. Specifically, change is a recurring theme underlying and tying the various articles in this edition together. Federalism is not a stagnate form of governance, especially within a large, diverse polity such as Canada. In this regard, Canada serves as a case study of the challenges faced by other conciliatory federations. The current journal has been ordered chronologically to provide a stream of historical and contemporary accounts that demonstrates the constant need for adaptation to deal with change within the Canadian federal system. Though some issues researched in this journal may seem to be nothing more than historical, their impacts on Canadian politics still resonate today for each author, while researching a specific topic is at the same time addressing generic concerns about the nature of the Canadian Federation; concerns that need to be addressed for they have not be resolved [...]