PART ONE General Survey Essays The USA and Canada: Political and Economic Challenges to Deeper Co-operation ALEXANDER MOENS and TAYLOR JACKSON Climate Change in the USA and Canada; ROBERT E. LOONEY US Foreign Policy in the Arctic Region: Times of Change or Continuity? JOËL PLOUFFE Directory PART TWO The USA Introduction Essays The System of Government and Politics in the USA GILLIAN PEELE The Challenges of US Foreign Policy?: Restored Leadership or Waning Influence? TREVOR McCRISKEN US Defence Policy: An Historical Perspective ALEXANDRA HOMOLAR The Judicial System of the USA YAO YAO and GBEMENDE JOHNSON (based on an earlier essay by CHRIS W. BONNEAU and HEATHER-MARIE RICE) The Role of Religion in Contemporary US Politics GILLIAN PEELE Diversity and Equality in the USA GILLIAN PEELE Economic Overview of the USA ROBERT E. LOONEY When Fiscal Norms Erode: The US Federal Debt DENNIS S. IPPOLITO Agriculture: History, Policy and Emerging Issues JAMES W. DUNN (based on earlier article by THEODORE R. ALTER and MILTON HALLBERG, revised by the editorial staff) US Energy Policy and the Biden Administration: Assessing the Challenges and the Record DAVID HASTINGS DUNN US Service-providing Industries P. W.

DANIELS (revised by the editorial staff) US Manufacturing in Transition ROBERT E. LOONEY Directory PUBLIC AFFAIRS THE ECONOMY SOCIETY The States of the Union and the District of Columbia PART THREE Canada Introduction Essays Contemporary Canadian Politics STEVE HEWITT Justin Trudeau and Canadian Foreign Policy DUANE BRATT The Judicial System of Canada PATRICIA McMAHON Overview of the Canadian Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY Canadian Federal Energy Policy in Transition: A Period of Uncertainty ROBERT E. LOONEY Canadian Manufacturing and Construction ROBERT E. LOONEY Services Industries in Canada ROBERT E. LOONEY Directory PUBLIC AFFAIRS THE ECONOMY SOCIETY The Provinces and Territories of Canada.