Permanent Allies? The Canada-US Defence Relationship

Authors

  • Andrew Richter University of Windsor

Abstract

The Canada-US defence relationship is at a crossroads. While the two countries have been close allies since before World War II, a series of disputes and developments over the past few years have raised new tensions in the relationship. This paper will look at two such issues -- the 2005 Canadian decision to decline participation in the US missile defence program, and Canada's low level of military expenditures and the effect it has had on the Canadian Forces (CF). The paper concludes that while the relationship is declining, some recent positive developments provide some hope going forward.

Author Biography

Andrew Richter, University of Windsor

Andrew Richter is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Windsor. In the fall of 2007, he was the Fulbright Visiting Chair in Canada-US Relations at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, in Washington, DC. He has published articles in numerous journals, including Comparative Strategy, The American Review of Canadian Studies, Naval War College Review, and Canadian Military Journal, and is the author of Avoiding Armageddon: Canadian Military Strategy and Nuclear Weapons, 1950-1963 (2002).

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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2009): Fall 2009

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