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North American Futures Conference

July 8, 2010
In March 2010, a two-day "North American Futures" conference was organized in Berkeley by the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of British Columbia with leading scholars, practitioners and media commentators to examine current public policy and political issues. Keynote remarks by two top former ambassadors, Thomas Pickering (US) and Allan Gotlieb (Canada) provided an overview of the relationship and significant points for moving forward between Canada, the US and Mexico.
Tags: Arctic, Border, Canada, Competitiveness, Culture, Economics, Environment, Foreign Policy, Integration, Mexico, National Security, United States

The Dispatch Summer 2010

July 1, 2010
In this edition of "The Dispatch" research fellows Hugh Segal, Sharon Hobson, and David Pratt discuss democracy and national security in Canada. 
Tags: Canada, Democracy, National Security

Featured Report: Geographic and Temporal Variations in Freight Costs for U.S. Imports from Canada: Measurement and Analysis

June 30, 2010
As the border that divides Canada and the US has continued to "thicken" with greater security measures since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, scholars Steven Globerman and Paul Storer of Western Washington University have compiled a comprehensive study of how these changes have come to affect the integration of the North American economy. Using time series data on transportation costs, Globerman and Storer have studied various customs districts to analyze what factors have contributed to changes in cost.
Tags: Border, Canada, Infrastructure, Integration, NAFTA, National Security, Regionalism, Security, Trade, Transportation, United States

Obama's National Security Strategy 2010

June 7, 2010
On May 26, 2010, President Barack Obama released the most recent US National Security Strategy (NSS) which outlines his administration's national security policy. Addressing issues that have been the cornerstones of Obama's presidency thus far, the NSS focuses on the need to re-strengthen the American economy, to promote nuclear non-proliferation, advance the climate change agenda, and improve human rights both domestically and abroad.
Tags: Climate, Defence, Democracy, Economics, Environment, Global Governance, National Security, Security, Terrorism, United States

Necessary Secrets: National Security, the Media, and the Rule of Law

May 25, 2010 12:00 pm - May 25, 2010 2:00 pm at Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center Hudson Institute 1015 15th St, NW, 6th Floor Washington, DC 20005 www.hudson.org
By Gabriel Schoenfeld
Tags: Justice and Law, National Security, Security, United States

U.S. Official: Arms Smuggling into Mexico Goes Unabated

May 20, 2010
Newsweek's Declassified blog reports that a high-level U.S. official says "there's mounting evidence that the illegal trafficking of high-powered U.S. weapons into Mexico is continuing unimpeded and may actually be increasing,
Tags: Border, Mexico, National Security, Security, Trafficking, United States, Violence

Food and Water Sustainability in Mexico: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on a Growing National Security Crisis

April 16, 2010 9:00 am - April 16, 2010 3:00 pm at UCSD, Institute of the Americas, Weaver Center
In recent years, the growing crises of drug trafficking, violent crime, rule of law, elections and public goods distribution have come to dominate headlines in Mexico and abroad.
Tags: Mexico, National Security