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The U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship and the Growing Role for Asia
Apr 26, 2013Canada Institute Advisory Board member Jim Slutz's working paper for the National Bureau of Asian Research on the growing importance of Asian companies in the development of North American fossil fuels.
Nik Nanos talks with CBC's Power and Politics
Apr 25, 2013Nik Nanos explains his polling of environmental attitudes of Canadians and Americans. Topics include Keystone XL and the importance of tackling climate change together.
Keeping the Lights On: Cyber Threats and the North American Power Grid
Apr 25, 2013Attempted cyber attacks on critical infrastructure occur daily throughout the world. And the job of protecting critical infrastructure from potentially catastrophic disruptions is a 24-7 undertaking. Leading cyber security expert Mark Fabro discusses the U.S. and Canadian efforts to protect the North American power grid.
New Poll: Reducing Foreign Oil Trumps Greenhouse Gas
Apr 22, 2013A new poll on the XL Keystone Pipeline Project conducted by Public Policy Scholar Nik Nanos suggests that energy security trumps the concern about greenhouse gas emission among both Americans and Canadians.
Nik Nanos speaks with Power & Politics host Evan Solomon
Apr 12, 2013Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Nik Nanos discusses the results of his firm's recent poll of Canadian attitudes toward current and potential political party leaders.
Canada Institute director David Biette LIVE on Dialogue: Sunday, April 7 at 10:30a (EST)
Apr 05, 2013This week on Dialogue at the Wilson Center we present a discussion of America’s borders. We begin with a look northward. Our guest is the director of the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute David Biette. We also turn our sights south to the U.S.-Mexico border with Christopher Wilson, an associate with the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute.
Canada Institute Advisory Board Co-Chair Paul Frazer discusses the new American ambassador to Canada, Bruce Heyman
Apr 04, 2013Bruce Heyman, a longtime Obama fundraiser and Chicago-based partner at the investment firm Goldman Sachs, is to become the next U.S. ambassador to Canada.
Former Quebec Scholar Vincent-Joël Proulx releases Transnational Terrorism and State Accountability: A New Theory of Prevention
Feb 06, 2013Vincent-Joël Proulx, the 2009 Wilson Center Canada Institute Quebec Scholar, recently released his book, Transnational Terrorism and State Accountability: A New Theory of Prevention. In it, he details the shortcomings of the extant scheme of state responsibility regarding terrorist activities, and identifies a paradigm shift towards more indirect modes of accountability. Ultimately, the legal and policy sensibilities that he emphasizes converge into a new theory of prevention in counterterrorism contexts.
Nik Nanos speaks with The Globe and Mail about Canada/U.S. energy relations
Jan 23, 2013Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Nik Nanos discusses energy issues with The Globe and Mail.
Public Policy Scholar Nik Nanos speaks with the CBC
Jan 17, 2013Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Nik Nanos discussed his firms recent polling of North American energy opinions with the CBC.
