Article
Canada, the America First agenda, and the western security community
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal
(2020)
Abstract
Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda seemingly departs drastically from United States foreign policy as practiced for many decades. This paper assesses the implications of the new U.S. approach for its relationship with Canada and for world order more broadly. America First overtly threatens the status of a wide array of bilateral and multilateral agreements as the U.S. seeks new one-sided deals with friends and foes alike. The President’s bombastic populist rhetoric and the labeling of aluminum and steel imports from Canada and other states as national security threats to the U.S. also weaken social cohesion in the western security community. The paper discusses whether U.S. behavior aligns with expectations of international relations theories and explores how Canada and other middle powers are responding to the changes wrought by America First.
Keywords
- Multilateralism,
- western security community,
- America First,
- NAFTA,
- alliances
Disciplines
Publication Date
January, 2020
DOI
10.1080/11926422.2020.1712219
Citation Information
Rodger A Payne. "Canada, the America First agenda, and the western security community" Canadian Foreign Policy Journal Vol. 26 Iss. 2 (2020) p. 120 - 136 ISSN: 1192-6422 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rodger-payne/43/