The troubled U. S. -Canada relationship might be fixed by______.

The relationship between the U. S. and Canada should be as placid as Lake Ontario on a calm summer day. The border is undefended. Their peoples seem like cousins. Each is the other’s largest single trading partner. Yet there has been serious friction between the two neighbors in recent years — friction that might now be eased by the surprise election of a new Canadian Prime Minister.

International roles are primary components of international social structures. As defined by Thies, international roles are social positions constituted by ego- and alter expectations regarding the purpose of an actor in an organized group. The position’s functions in and for the group are limited in time and scope. They depend on the group’s structure and purpose as well as on the actor’s aspirations and capabilities.