CDA Institute 25th Annual Seminar: Canada-US Relations: The Security Dimension
February 26, 2009

Keynote Address
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Canada-US Relations: The Security Dimension [video]

Special Address
General (ret’d) Ray Henault, former Chairman of the Military Committee of NATO, CDA Institute Board of Directors
NATO at 60: A Military Perspective [video]

Panel I – Canada-US Relations under New Administrations [video]
Cross-border economic relations – Mr. Michael Hart, Simon Reisman Professor of Trade Policy, Carleton University
Continental defence – Dr. Joseph Jockel, Professor and Director, Canadian Studies Programme, St. Lawrence University

Luncheon Speaker
Senator Hugh Segal, CDA Institute Board of Directors
Keeping Recession Angst From Turning Into War: The Civilian-Military Challenge [video]

Panel II – Asia-Pacific and Canadian Defence and Security [video]
Looking west, not east, to Afghanistan – Colonel John Blaxland, Defence Attaché, Australian Embassy, Thailand
Trade and security – Dr. Jim Boutilier, Asia-Pacific Policy Advisor, Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters
Regional balance of power – Dr. Norman Friedman, defence analyst

Panel III – Contemporary Security Concerns
Arctic security – Commander James Kraska, US Naval War College
Strategic significance of cyberspace – Mr. Rafal Rohozinski, The SecDev Group
The Russian Challenge – Dr. Mark Katz, George Mason University