Contributors
The Rise of the Rest? Opportunities & Implications
7th Annual Political Science Graduate Symposium
Keynote Presentations by:
Jorge Heine, CIGI Chair in Global Governance; and Distinguished Fellow at BSIA
Mark Brawley, Department of Political Science; Professor, McGill University
Sean Clark, Department of Political Science; Assistant Professor, Memorial University
Admission:
All welcome. Registration required.
Registration:
Contact gradsym@dal.ca
Comment (0)Maritime Security and Sovereignty: The Threat to Canada
Presented by CIC-Halifax Branch and The Halifax Club.
A Roundtable Discussion of Maritime Security and Sovereignty with one of Canada’s leading experts, Hugh Williamson, head of the Marine Piracy Research Project, and Adjunct Professor at the Oceans Institute, Dalhousie University. A rare opportunity to discuss the threats to Canada’s security in the Arctic, recent security breaches, as well as the impact of piracy on the seas. Proir to the event, the CIC Halifax Branch will hold its Annual General Meeting for 2012.
- Reception at 4:30 pm
- AGM at 4:45 pm
- Roundtable at 5:00 pm
Speaker’s biography:
Hugh Williamson is Lead Investigator and Project Manager of the Marine Piracy Project, and an Adjunct Professor at Dalhousie University.
Admission:
Free
Registration:
Please contact Paul W. Bennett
director@schoolhouseconsulting.ca | (902) 233-2414
United Nations Reform: The Problem with Global Governance
Louise Frechette, CIGI Distinguished Fellow, will be speaking in Halifax this week at a Seminar focusing on the challenges of reforming our Global Governance system. The event, sponsored by the Dalhousie Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, will also involve members of CIC’s Halifax Branch. It will be held on Thursday November 24, 2011, at the Lord Dalhousie Room, Henry Hicks Building, Dalhousie University, 6299 South Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, 12:30 pm to 2 pm
UN Reform: The Problem of Global Governance (CANCELLED)
Event CANCELLED!
Louise Frechette, CIGI Distinguished Fellow, will be speaking at a Luncheon Seminar focusing on the challenges of reforming our Global Governance system. The event, sponsored by the Dalhousie Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, will also involve members of CIC’s Halifax Branch.
Admission:
Free
Speaker’s biography:
Madame Frechette is currently a Distinguished Fellow with CIGI (Centre for International Governance Innovation). Her Seminar will draw upon her years working with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (1998-2006) and as both Canadian UN Ambassador (1992-94) and Canada’s Deputy Minister of National Defence (1995-98)
Event partners
Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University
Contact:
Sabrina Hoque
shoque@dal.ca
Prosecution as a Tool of Persecution
The CIC Halifax branch is pleased to invite CIC members to a Rights and Democracy event on December 5 honouring the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, winners of Rights & Democracy’s 2008 John Humphrey Freedom Award. Please find event information and RSVP details in the event poster attached below.
Organized by Rights & Democracy in collaboration with the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, Dalhousie Law School and the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
“Prosecution as a Tool of Persecution”
by Irene Petras and Andrew Makoni of Zimbabwe
FREE ADMISSION
The Business of Development
The Canadian International Council and
The Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
Presents the next joint
- Seminar Series -
“The Business of Development”
Todd Diamond
Director on Latin America and the Caribbean for Chemonics International
Refreshments and snacks will be served.
All are welcome to attend.
A Strategic Partnership? The Future of Canada-China Relations
The Canadian International Council and Saint Mary’s University proudly present
an afternoon discussion forum:
A Strategic Partnership? The Future of Canada-China Relations
with: Ambassador Mei Ping Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation Chairman, China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation Former Chinese Ambassador to Canada (1998-2005)
with reception and snacks. FREE ADMISSION but space is very limited With special thanks to the Office of the President of Saint Mary’s University
Amb. Mei Ping and his colleague Amb. Jiang Chengzong are in Canada for September and October as a Senior Visiting Fellow and Visiting Fellow respectively at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Ontario, where they are conducting a research project on the future of Canada-China relations. Their research will lead to a report to be made public in the months following their fellowship. CIC is cooperating in this project by providing a forum at events in several cities and by organizing private meetings and consultations for the Ambassadors with selected experts, organizations and business leaders. Find out what’s next in Canada-China relations and ask Amb. Mei and Amb. Jiang your questions.
This event will be held under the Chatham House Rule (i.e. comments are not for attribution) No Media
For more on the Canadian International Council, visit: www.canadianinternationalcouncil.org
For more on CIC’s Halifax Branch, visit: www.igloo.org/canadianinternational/branches/branchloca/halifax
For more on Saint Mary’s University, visit: www.smu.ca
For more on the Centre for International Governance Innovation, visit: www.cigionline.org
Intent for Change: Climate Change and Arctic Sovereignty
The Halifax Branch of the Canadian International Council is pleased to present a lecture on
11 June by Professor Michael Byers of the University of British Columbia entitled:
Intent for Change: Climate Change and Arctic Sovereignty
Professor Michael Byers, UBC
Canadian Chair in International Law & Politics
Professor Byers is considered one of Canada’s best in a new generation of public
intellectuals. From his most recent book, Intent for a Nation; What is Canada for?, Dr.
Byers, professor at UBC an
American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security
The Working Group on Nuclear Strategy of the CIC Halifax Branch is organizing this workshop to bring together a group of prominent strategic thinkers and arms control experts to discuss recent American nuclear weapon developments.
American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security
The United States has been preoccupied with weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats and ‘nuclear’ counterproliferation options since the end of the Cold War. This trend has accelerated under the Bush administration and its proposals to implement important modifications to American nuclear weapon policy. These nuclear revisions have the potential to augment an already impressive counterforce capability that will feature critical qualitative improvements as part of ongoing strategic force modernization programmes.
The ongoing ‘transformation’ of the American nuclear arsenal will likely continue irrespective of the outcome in the 2008 presidential elections, with important and potentially unforeseen strategic consequences. The US could obtain a strengthened ability to unilaterally deal with WMD proliferation, while these nuclear revisions could facilitate the American use of threats and other forms of coercion during any crisis with a near-peer competitor.
These potential developments cannot be divorced from Canada’s support for the embattled non-proliferation regime or its preference for regional and strategic stability. Canada remains a close American ally and a global actor in its own right, and it is imperative that policy-makers in Ottawa examine the salient and strategically far-reaching issues surrounding US nuclear strategy.
The working group on nuclear strategy of the Canadian International Council (CIC) Halifax Branch is organizing this workshop to bring together a group of prominent strategic thinkers and arms control experts to discuss recent American nuclear weapon developments. We are targeting experts in order to stimulate sophisticated dialogue on these issues, and as such, we have not sought a wide audience for this event. But this workshop is open to a selected number of observers.
Agenda
The Branch Working Group is delighted that 18 strategic analysts and arms control experts will share with us their insight on American nuclear weapon developments. Six panels of experts will lead us in a discussion on different facets of US nuclear strategy, including: Counterproliferation; Missile Defence; US Grand Strategy; Canada-US Relations; NATO Alliance; and Strategic Stability.
The workshop will begin with an evening reception for participants at the Lord Nelson Hotel. The second and third day will feature panel discussions at the Boardroom (Arts and Administration Building), University of King’s College. Refreshments (coffee, tea, juice, some breakfast items) and a light lunch will be available at both the Friday and Saturday sessions.
Please see the attached agenda for detailed information.
Participants
Please see the attached biographical information on the workshop participants.
Information
About Halifax
Halifax, situated on the world’s second largest natural harbour, has flourished as a prominent port and Atlantic Canada’s largest city. With a downtown only twenty minutes away from Dalhousie University, participants will be able to enjoy the city’s art galleries, museums, historic sites, sidewalk cafés and friendly pubs and nightclubs. For further information, click here.
Dalhousie University is one of Canada’s leading universities, with a vibrant community of 15,000 students and an outstanding academic reputation. The University of King’s College, where the workshop will be held, is a small undergraduate liberal arts college located on the campus of Dalhousie University and associated with Dalhousie through a joint Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Science. Further information on Dalhousie University can be found by clicking here.
Observers
As noted earlier, this is a semi-closed ‘workshop’ designed to spark a candid discussion amongst strategic studies and arms control experts. We do have room for a limited number of selected observers to sit-in on these discussions, and observers are certainly welcome to personally interact with and ask questions to participants during breaks. But as an expert workshop, panel sessions will primarily revolve around official participant discussions.
We have not sought a wide audience and space is limited. For further information on observer registration, please contact David McDonough – Email dsmcdonough@hotmail.com.
Directions to Dalhousie University / University of King’s College
1. Map of Halifax: Dalhousie University campus is bounded by Summer Street (medical /hospital area), Coburg Rd, South Street (University Ave in the centre), and Oxford St, just to the East of the Northwest Arm. The University of King’s College is located on the north-west corner of the Dalhousie campus, near the Coburg Rd and Oxford St intersection.
2. Campus map – Dalhousie University: The University of King’s College is located near the corner of Coburg Road and Oxford Street (on the C-part of the grid). The workshop will be held at the Boardroom, which is on the 2nd floor of the College’s Arts and Administration Building. A more detailed map of the University of King’s College can be found by clicking here.
3. Halifax International Airport is located about 35 kilometres from downtown Halifax and takes about 30 to 45 minutes to drive by car. The AirBus shuttle service drives to the Lord Nelson Hotel (and others), and charges $18 one-way. Taxis charge about $53 oneway to the city centre. Rental cars are available, but not necessary for symposiums and other events at Dalhousie, unless your plans are to travel outside the city.
4. Directions from the Lord Nelson Hotel to the nuclear strategy workshop at the University of King’s College: Turn left outside the Lord Nelson and take an immediate right on Spring Garden Road. Go several blocks down the street (pass two intersection lights) – the road will become Coburg Road after you pass the Robie Street intersection. The University of King’s College is located on the left-side of Coburg Road just before the third intersection at Oxford Street – and the Arts and Administration building is on the west side of the College campus (see the map above). All said, this should be no more than a 30 minute walk from the hotel.
Resources
For information on related publications, please click here.
Partners
Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University
Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba
Dr. Tom Traves, President, Dalhousie University
Security and Defence Forum, Department of National Defence
Contact Email dsmcdonough@hotmail.com
International Society and the Crisis in Darfur
International Conference:
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY AND THE CRISIS IN DARFUR
The protracted crisis in Darfur has precipitated intenseinterest, mobilization, and activity among diverse actors in“international society,” yet with wholly inadequateresults. How do we explain this chasm between activity and positiveoutcomes? This conference explores the role of a wide range of themost important actors in this crisis, from the Sudanese governmentin Khartoum and neighbouring regimes in the “GreaterHorn” of Africa, to key international organizations, toleading states in international society.
Topics:
• Regional actors and initiatives: the Government ofSudan, neighbouring states, sub- and transnational insurgencies andfactions
• Multilateral organizations and initiatives: the UNSecurity Council and the African Union
• Major powers: the USA and China
• Other “pivotal states”: France, theUK, and Canada
Invited Participants:
Einas Ahmed, Centre d’Etudes et de Documentation EconomicJuridique (CEDEJ) -Khartoum/Associate researcher in Centre d’Etudesd’AFrique Noire-Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux-France(Topic : the Government of Sudan)
Lee Seymour, Northwestern University (Topic: regional actorsin the Greater Horn of Africa)
Michael MacKinnon, Dalhousie University and CanadianInternational Council (Topic: the UN Security Council)
Cristina Badescu, U of T and the City University of New York(Topic: the African Union)
Scott Stedjan, Oxfam America (Topic: the United States)
Ian Taylor, the University of Saint Andrew’s (Topic:China)
Paul D. Williams, University of Warwick/George WashingtonUniversity (Topic: the United Kingdom)
Bruno Charbonneau, Laurentian University (Topic: France)
David Black, Dalhousie University (Topic: Canada)
RSVP: Admission is free but we need to keep track ofattendance as space might be limited, so please indicate you planto join us by contacting the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, byphone at 494.3769 or email at centre@dal.ca.
Sponsored by:
Canadian International Council; Centre for Foreign PolicyStudies and Department of International Development Studies,Dalhousie University and Security & Defence Forum, Departmentof National Defence.
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