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Guest Editors' Introduction

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AuthorMonica Serrano,Jane Boulden
DOI10.1177/002070200606100301
Date01 September 2006
Published date01 September 2006
Subject MatterArticle
Jane Boulden &
Monica Serrano
Guest editors’
introduction
| International Journal | Summer 2006 | 529 |
The articles in this collection have their origins in a research project that set
out to examine the implications of the end of the Cold War, the attacks of
9/11, and the US decision to go to war in Iraq for North American politics
and security. To what extent did these events alter the relationship between
and among the three actors? Did the absence of the Soviet threat and the
reprioritization of security after 11 September push the three towards
greater integration or pull them apart? To what extent did the decisions by
Canada and Mexico not to support the US decision to go to war in Iraq
affect the relationship? To explore these questions, academics and policy-
makers from Canada and Mexico were asked to pursue particular aspects of
these issues.
The framework of analysis within which these articles fall has three
general areas of focus. The first four articles set the stage by examining the
nature of relationships between Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Mauricio Tenorio, Andrew Hurrell, and Stephen Clarkson examine the
Jane Boulden holds a Canada Research Chair in international relations and security stud-
ies at the Royal Military College of Canada and is a senior research associate at the Centre
for International Studies, University of Oxford. Monica Serrano is professor of politics at
El Colegio de México and a senior research associate at the Centre for International
Studies, University of Oxford.

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