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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.
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Military Integration and Continental Defence
- The consolidation of North American defence and security
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National Missile Defence
- The United States’ ballistic missile defence system
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Diplomacy and the Politics of Security
- The continentalists versus the internationalists
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Border Security
- Immigration, marijuana, and homeland defence
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Can Canada Defend Itself?
- Taking sovereignty for granted
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Globalization and Americanization
- Canada’s place in an interconnected, US-dominated world
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Friendly Fire Incidents
- Accidental deaths, sour relations
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Sleeping With The Elephant
- The future of cooperation along the 49th parallel
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