Assessing the role of order, interests, and agency as determinants of the Harper government's response to the Ukrainian crisis.

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 International Order and Canadian Aspirations: An Appreciation -- 2 The Ukrainian Crisis, Canada, and World Order: Systemic Imperatives and the Canadian Response -- 3 The Crisis and Canadian Interests: Canada's Support for Ukraine -- 4 The Leadership of Stephen Harper: Agency, Worldview, and the Ukrainian Crisis -- 5 Stephen Harper's Ukraine Policy: Toward an Understanding -- The Harper Government's Response to the Ukrainian Crisis: A Chronology -- Notes -- Index.