Andrew Johnston Discusses US-Canada Relations
In this newly launched podcast, Adrian Harewood invites his guest Dr. Andrew Johnston (Department of History) to discuss US and Canada relations.
Andrew Johnston is a professor of late 19th and 20th Century US History. He’s a specialist in imperialism and foreign relations, liberalism and pluralism in American social thought, and the history of international thought.
Donald Trump’s second presidency has already been a game changer. His brazen public statements about his desire to annex Canada and slap tariffs on imports entering the US from Canada seems to have fundamentally altered the nature of the Canada – US relationship. Transforming perhaps for all time, the way Canadians see their American neighbours and possibly transforming the way Canadians understand themselves.
For most of the last century Canadians have imagined the United States as a friendly neighbour, a vital trading partner, a trusted ally. And yet in mere months the ground has shifted under Canadians’ feet.