The Northern Enigma: American Images of Canada.

The crashing of planes into the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington DC on September 11, 2001 altered instantly American thinking about itself and other states. Gone was the view that the US was shielded from foreign incursions and problems. The barriers of the oceans had been breached and the American homeland became a theatre of war for the first time since the War of 1812. This paper will examine the emergence of a new image of Canada as a security threat to the US in the aftermath of the 9-11 terrorist attacks. The paper will argue that the traditional image of Canada as a friendly, benign neighbor has been challenged by this new image of Canada as a source of insecurity in the post 9-11 period, and that the existence of these dual images has had significant policy implications for Canada, particularly in terms of the making of Canada policy in the US. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]