The North Atlantic Triangle: A Canadian Myth?

In: International journal / Canadian International Council: Canada's journal of global policy analysis, Volume 66, Issue 1, p. 197-207

Abstract

John Baitlet Brebner's notion of a "north Atlantic triangle" is now 65 years old, but it shows no signs of being ready for retirement -- although there are certainly critics who believe that it should be put out to pasture. To its supporters, it is a key concept that reveals important insights about Canadian foreign policy and its historical relationship with the United States and Britain. To its detractors it gives, at best, an exaggerated view of Canada's role in international relations and, at worst, conveys a complete misunderstanding of its relationship with the US and the United Kingdom. A few historians have even doubted the very existence of a north Atlantic triangle, in any meaningful sense. And yet the term is still one that interests historians and political scientists, not only in Canada but also in Britain and the US. Adapted from the source document.