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Journal overview

Canadian Foreign Policy Journal ( CFPJ ) is a fully peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal published three times a year by the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. Established in 1992, CFPJ is now Canada’s leading journal of international affairs.

We welcome submissions on:

  • trade and international economic policies
  • multilateral, bilateral and regional relationships
  • development assistance and aid
  • Third World political and economic development
  • public diplomacy and international public policy
  • global governance
  • human security
  • diaspora
  • identity politics and social movements
  • failed and fragile states
  • international migration
  • human rights and governance
  • preventive diplomacy, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding
  • humanitarian emergencies and interventions
  • new diplomacy and cyber diplomacy
  • intelligence and national security
  • post-cold war defence policy
  • role of culture and communications in international relations
  • the history of foreign policy making
  • comparative analyses of foreign policy

The Journal’s international advisory and editorial boards reflect diverse political, disciplinary and professional perspectives. Contributors are drawn from Canada and around the world. Essays are fully referenced, peer-reviewed, authoritative yet written for the specialist and non-specialist alike. Our readers include government officials, academics, students of international affairs, journalists, NGOs, and the private sector. We welcome your submission.

Peer Review Policy: All articles submitted to Canadian Foreign Policy Journal undergo initial editorial screening. Once deemed suitable, research articles are sent out for rigorous double-anonymous peer review by at least two independent referees. Policy commentaries and book reviews are reviewed by the Journal Editor and are peer reviewed on a discretionary basis.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

From the first issue of the 2021 volume year the online version of record of each original article published in Canadian Foreign Policy Journal will be freely available on Taylor & Francis Online twelve months after the original publication of the issue in which is appears.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.

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