Christopher Sands

Christopher Sands is a senior research professor and director of the Center for Canadian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and a nonresident senior associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, both in Washington, DC.

Articles by this author

Canada’s space policy and the US’s gravitational pull

Canadians have never been more prominent in space. Former astronaut Chris Hadfield has become a YouTube sensation for his video and Internet chats with schoolkids from space and has written a bestselling children’s book. Marc …

Maple moon rising: a gateway to better Canada-US relations?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on February 28 that Canada would join the United States in its Lunar Gateway project, becoming the first international partner to officially sign on. The announcement came with a financial …

The case for a “mutual recognition” deal with the US

Maryscott Greenwood makes a characteristically strong and persuasive case that the United States and Canada should be bolder in reconciling the differences in our regulatory standards. Doing so would make it possible to overcome obstacles …