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the time of Sir Wilfred Laurier’s free trade proposals. But the important bilateral institutions—such as the International Joint Commission (IJC), which oversees the management of water levels in the Great Lakes and much more, and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which has served bilateral security so well—are structures that remain in place though they continue to evolve. For example, NORAD, with its bilateral maritime provision, might well find a role in Arctic surveillance and defense, monitoring space, air, and water.
The essays in this volume, by scholars from around North America, reflect the diversity, depth, richness, scope, and insight of contemporary interpretation in U.S.-Canada relations. Sensitive to policy, wide ranging, and balanced, these essays will carry the study of U.S.-Canada relations forward through the next quarter century.