Canada (En)Counters Terrorism: U.S.-Canada Relations and Counter-terrorism Policy

Veronica Kitchen and Karthika Sasikumar

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2009, vol. 21, issue 1, 155-173

Abstract: This paper examines the role of identity in shaping counter-terrorism policy in Canada. We show that identity functions in three ways: constitutively by defining the range of choices a state is likely to consider; strategically by being a resource to buttress arguments based in economic or sovereignty interests; and heuristically by using identity as a marker for risk. This three-faceted explanation helps explain why, despite close economic, social, and political links between Canada and the United States which might lead us to expect Canada to follow American counter-terrorism policy, Canadian counter-terrorism policy often diverges from the American lead.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/09546550802587572

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