ABSTRACT The two decades since September 11, 2001 have witnessed a dramatically reoriented landscape in policy domains of critical importance to Canada-U.S., all of which have highlighted the need for greater understanding the dynamics of asymmetrical power. That need has been enhanced by the economic populism of the Trump Administration and its insistence on re-negotiating, possibly withdrawing from, the NAFTA. This paper draws on scholarly insights about power and conflict management to recast the last two decades of Canada-U.S. relations within the dynamics of asymmetrical power. The paper offers a more systematic account of the incidence of asymmetrical power that is hierarchical and undercuts the mythology about “special relationships” and “paradoxes” in Canada-U.S. relations.

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加美关系中的大卫和歌利亚：谁真的是谁？

摘要 自 2001 年 9 月 11 日以来的 20 年见证了对加美至关重要的政策领域的戏剧性重新定位，所有这些都强调了更深入地了解不对称权力动态的必要性。特朗普政府的经济民粹主义及其坚持重新谈判，甚至可能退出北美自由贸易协定，增强了这种需求。本文借鉴了关于权力和冲突管理的学术见解，在权力不对称的动态中重塑了过去二十年的加美关系。这篇论文更系统地描述了权力不对称的发生，这种权力不对称是等级制度，削弱了加美关系中关于“特殊关系”和“悖论”的神话。