|
|
 |
|
Feature: |
| |
| You are here:
Home > Features > Military
& Security in North America |
Military & Security in North America
The United States and Canadian Military Issues
by Scott Fogden
Sept 11, 2003
On June 19th, 2003, the United States military announced that it would not prosecute
the two pilots who fired on a Canadian army training exercise in Afghanistan, killing
four soldiers. This so-called ‘friendly fire’ incident is fuelling heightened tension
levels between the two countries, on several fronts.
In addition to economic and trade disputes, diverging approaches to international security,
diplomacy, immigration, and social policies are threatening the longstanding North American
defence alliance.
This feature will break down the security and defence relationship in order to examine
its health and the issues at stake.
-
- The consolidation of North American defence and security
-
- The United States’ ballistic missile defence system
-
- The continentalists versus the internationalists
-
- Immigration, marijuana, and homeland defence
-
- Taking sovereignty for granted
-
- Canada’s place in an interconnected, US-dominated world
-
- Accidental deaths, sour relations
-
- The future of cooperation along the 49th parallel
-
|
