Editors' Introduction
| Published date | 01 June 2005 |
| Author | David G. Haglund,Joseph T. Jockel |
| Date | 01 June 2005 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070200506000201 |
| Subject Matter | Editors' Introduction |
David
G. Haglund &
Joseph
T. Jockel
Editors'
introduction
We
are pleased to collaborate with the American Assembly on this issue of
the
International Journal
devoted to US-Canada relations. The American
Assembly
was joined in this project, we are also
happy
to say, by the Canada
Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in
Washington, DC and by our publisher, the Canadian Institute of
International Affairs. Most of the articles here were first used as working
papers
for the 105th American Assembly, held at Arden House in
Harriman, NY, 3-6 February 2005. That gathering, which one participant
described as "a
loya jirga
of US-Canada relations," involved 70 people from
both countries, including government
officials,
representatives from busi-
ness,
labour, law, nonprofit organizations, and the media. It was formally
addressed by Québec Premier
Jean
Charest and US Ambassador Paul
Cellucci;
their addresses have been
adapted
here as articles.
As
Norman Hilmer observes in his piece, "the American Assembly has
an exquisite sense of timing" when it comes to US-Canada relations. The
assembly
first
turned
its attention to our bilateral relationship in 1964
when it was emerging from the turmoil of the Diefenbaker years. Twenty
years later it gathered amidst the "Reagan challenge" (as one widely read
Canadian
study
then put it ) and at a time when the two countries were
about to consider a free-trade agreement with one another. The 2005
assembly
met in the wake of the recent tensions between the two countries
precipitated in large
part
by the Iraq War,
cool
relations between President
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International
Journal | Spring
2005
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