After reading the following statement, answer the question that follows: By 2010

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After reading the following statement, answer the question that follows: By 2010 the lacklustre results of interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq were leading the U.S. and other Western governments to rethink their approach, particularly given the fiscal constraints generated by the global economic recession. FCAS governments were also questioning prevailing priorities and calling for new approaches. Their calls were informed by surveys, coordinated by the OECD Development Assistance Committee, on the implementation of the Paris Declaration and the Principles for International Engagement in Fragile States. Those surveys showed that Western donors were not meeting their commitments on issues like donor alignment on national priorities, or on linking rapid action with long-term engagement, despite significant advances in some FCAS (OECD 2010). Are there significant differences between Canada’s approaches to the security-development nexus in distinct fragile and conflict-affected states, since 2001? What are they and how can they been explained?

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The Canadian government is a major proponent of human security and has adopted it as a guiding principle for its foreign policy.

Canada advocates for a narrow understanding that focuses on “freedom from fear”.

The government was instrumental along with Norway in setting up the Human Security Network (HSN) in 1998. It is a network of like-minded states and transnational activist groups coordinating their actions under the header of Human Security on a regular basis.

The group assembles once a year at the level of foreign ministers, and the ministers also meet every year during the Session of the UN General Assembly.

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