Canada's global role: a strategic assessment of its military power.

From: Parameters | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

The comity between Canada and the United States is testimony to the strength of liberal peace. The Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1818 is still in effect and has been described as the "longest lasting and most successful disarmament treaty in international history." (1) Canadians do not go to bed worrying if the United States is going to attack. We have become so interdependent that it is impossible to see our paths diverging to such a degree that our special relationship is jeopardized. Within the Americas, Canada is the democracy with which we have the most in common, whether it is ...

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