Although its name suggests a domestic sphere of activity, the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) has, since its establishment after 9/11, developed a significant presence
abroad and played a major role in defining how the United States interacts with the rest of the
world. Dr. Christopher Sands, an expert on U.S.-Canadian relations and North American
integration at the Hudson Institute in Washington, will discuss how the DHS has developed
its foreign policy, how it interfaces with other U.S. foreign affairs agencies such as the U.S.
State Department, and how these relationships affect the world, with particular attention to
the impact of DHS policies on neighbouring North American societies and economies. He
argues that Canada, the largest U.S. trading partner on the front lines of the challenges of
coping with DHS, may have figured out best how to approach DHS, with lessons for Britain
and Europe.