ABSTRACT
Th e Great Lakes regime continues to be in transition. It must respond to both the existing and emerging ecological stresses as well as the ever changing political and social priorities. The regime has demonstrated enormous innovation and success over the years, in part, because it has evolved to respond to changing circumstances. Th ere is no doubt, however, as the U.S. and Canadian governments continue to renegotiation a new GLWQA, the regime is at cross roads and it will be of great interest to assess whether the changes to the regime will allow it to regain its eff ectiveness to respond to the needs and stresses of the upcoming decades.
