Obama's Foreign Policy: 'Yes We Can' or 'No We Can't'?
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST
Stedman directs Stanford's Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies and is a director of 'Managing Global Insecurity,' a joint project with Stanford, New York University and the Brookings Institution. His research addresses the future of international organizations and institutions, an area of study inspired by his work at the United Nations. In 2003, he was recruited to serve as the research director of the U.N. High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change. Upon completion of the panel's report, A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility, Secretary General Kofi Annan asked Stedman to remain at the U.N. as an assistant secretary-general to help gain worldwide support in implementing the panel's recommendations.
Fighting Al Qaeda in Yemen: Re-thinking the Islamist Threat
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:00:00 EST
Christina Hellmich is a specialist in Middle East politics with a particular research interest in Political Islam, International Security and Global Health. During fieldworkd in Iraq and the Yemen she has conducted extensive research into the role of Islamic preaching in the process of radicalisation as well as gender relations and women's health.
Toughing It Out in Afghanistan
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:30:00 EST
Michael O'Hanlon, author of the newly published book Toughing It Out in Afghanistan, is director of research and senior fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, where he specializes in U.S. defense strategy, the use of military force, homeland security and American foreign policy. He has advised General Petraeus on the Central Command Strategy Review of 2009 and General McChrystal's strategic analysis group for its 2009 strategic assessment document. Through the summer of 2009, he has made six trips to Iraq or Afghanistan, most recently with the International Republican Institute to help monitor the 2009 Afghan presidential election.
Canada's Voice: The Public Life of John Wendell Holmes
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST
Adam Chapnik is deputy director of education at the Canadian Forces College and associate professor of defence studies at the Royal Military College of Canada. He is the author of the newly published book, Canada's Voice: The Public Life of John Wendell Holmes.
The UN Security Council : Can an Elected Member Like Canada Really Hope to Make an Impact?
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:00:00 EST
Ambassador Colin Keating is the Executive Director of Security Council Report which produces regular reports on the work of the United Nations Security Council. He is a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University. Ambassador Keating was formerly a New Zealand diplomat. He was the New Zealand Ambassador to the UN between 1993 and 1996 and served on the Security Council in 1993 and 1994. He was Council president during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and led the Council Mission to Somalia. Also, he chaired the Security Council Committee on Sanctions against Iraq and was actively involved in UN reform, serving as Co-Chair of the General Assembly working group dealing with reform at that time.
Violences et reconfigurations politiques: Le cas du Caucase du nord
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST
(In French) Aurélie Campana is a professor of Political Science at Laval University and has held the Canada Research Chair in identity conflicts and terrorism since June 2007. Her presentation focuses on patterns of violence and conflict in the North Caucasus.
Development in a Changing World
Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST
Ms. Biggs is President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Her presentation addresses the challenges and hopes for development in a changing world.
Security, Development and the Fragile State: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Policy
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST
David Carment is Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, and Fellow of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. In addition Professor Carment serves as the principal investigator for the Country Indicators for Foreign Policy project. Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy is Associate Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University.
Climate Change: What Does it Mean for Our Security?
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:30:00 EST
Frances Wood is the Head of Climate Security in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). She leads a small team in London and a network of attaches to broaden and deepen the debate globally on the security implications of climate change. The issue for the UK is in two main parts - limiting the threats to security by addressing the underlying cause - GHG emissions - and by planning for the security implications stemming from the climate impacts already committed to.
From the Front Line: Canadian Forces in Afghanistan
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:30:00 EST
Brigadier General Jonathan Vance, former Canadian commander in Kandahar Summary/Description: Brigadier General Vance recently returned from Afghanistan where he served as Commander of Canadian and NATO Forces in Kandahar Province from February to November 2009.