Canadian-American Relations, 1900 to the present

Harvard FAS

How best to describe the Canadian-American relationship: special relationship, alliance of the likeminded, asymmetrical partnership, or heated rivalry? For two hundred years a major element in relations between Canada and the United States has been the management of continental challenges including border security, overlapping natural resources, economic opportunities, and national security, as well as coordination in response to global geopolitics like the two world wars, the Cold War, and…