Does North America Exist?: Governing the Continent after NAFTA and 9/11 March 30, 2009

The Canada Institute, in collaboration with the Hudson Institute, invites you to a discussion of the themes and issues raised in renowned scholar Stephen Clarkson’s new book Does North America Exist?: Governing the Continent after 9/11. Clarkson and fellow panelists will debate whether North America exists in a meaningful way economically, politically, and culturally by looking at the institutions created by NAFTA, a broad selection of economic sectors, and the security policies put in place by the three neighboring countries following 9/11. This timely conference aims to foster discussion to examine to what extent the United States’ dominance in the continent has been enhanced or mitigated by trilateral connections with its two continental partners.

Panelists:

Stephen Clarkson, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto (confirmed)

Charles Doran, Director of the Center of Canadian Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University (invited)

John Fonte, Director, Center for American Common Culture, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute (invited)

Robert Pastor, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for North American Studies, American University (confirmed)

Christopher Sands, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute (confirmed)

Sidney Weintraub, William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, Center for Strategic and International Studies (confirmed)

Official Website: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1420&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_id=504953