"Once an influential nation in the world, Canada has abandoned its spirited internationalism", argues ANDREW COHEN in this timely and provocative book. "We have become a free rider,"he says, "practising foreign policy on the cheap, and it is compromising our traditional commitments abroad."

Cohen traces Canada’s decline in the world , explores the storied past of Canadian diplomacy and the role our country can play in the future. The time has come to re-examine our role abroad, Cohen urges, and to find the voice we once had.

Cohen is a professor of journalism and international affairs at Carleton University. He is also a best-selling author, an award-winning journalist and a former editor for The Financial Post and The Globe and Mail.