The following links are recommended readings for individuals who seek to better understand current issues in Canada-U.S. defence and security relations with emphasis upon the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD), United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), ballistic missile defence, and the Arctic. Special emphasis has been put upon the inclusion of U.S.-sourced documents and analysis in order to place bilateral North American defence relations in the larger context of American national security policy.

 

Ballistic Missile Defence

The Arctic

  • Looking North, Wikistrat

Further background readings

  • Anderson, Greg and Sands, Christopher, Eds., Forgotten Partnership Redux: Canada-U.S. Relations in the 21st Century (Amherst, N.Y: Cambria Press, 2012), Introduction, Chapters 3-4, 6. 
  • McDonough, David, S., Ed., Canada’s National Security in the Post 9/11 World: Strategy, Interests and Threats, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012), Chapters 4-6.