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News and Events Archives

2010

• March 12: Conference by the Honourable Senators Art Eggleton and Hugh Segal on "In from the Margins: A Call to Action to End Poverty"
• March 4: Conference by Robin Higham, Senior Fellow at the GSPIA, on "Foreign Policy and Canadian Identity" (lecture in English/ bilingual discussion)
• March 3: Conference by Eliot Cohen on "Bush's Wars, Obama's Choices?"
• March 1 : Conference by François Boutin-Dufresne of the International Monetary Fund on "Le rôle du Fonds monétaire international dans l'économie mondiale : perspectives pour 2010" (French only)
• February 26: Conference by Christina Hellmich on "Fighting Al-Qaeda in Yemen: Re-thinking the Islamist Threat"
• February 25: Conference by Will Reno ( Nortwestern University) on "Evolution of Warfare in Independent Africa"
• February 9: Conference by Sheridan Scott on "The Civil War in Canadian Television" (bilingual)
• February 4: Conference by Margaret Biggs, President of the Canadian International Development Agency. (bilingual)
• February 2: Conference by Louis W. Pauly on “India and China in the World Economy: Conflict, Competition or Collaboration?”  
• January 27: Roundtable organized by the Federalism and Institutions Study and Research Laboratory (FEDLAB) on "La réforme du nombre de sièges à la Chambre des communes :uniquement une question de nombre ?" (French only)
• January 26: Conference by Christian Navarre, professor at the Telfer School of Management, on "The Auto Industry: Restructuring or Revolution?"
• January 21: Conference by Gaetan Lavertu, senior fellow at the GSPIA, on "Canada's Policy Towards the Americas" (bilingual)
• January 20: Conference by Margaret Henoch, Former Senior Operations Officer, CIA Clandestine Service, on "Reform of the US Intelligence Community:  What Was Intended, and How Well Has It Worked?
• January 14: Conference by Frank Milne (Queen's School of Business) on "Regulatory Failure and Failure to Regulate: Are We wasting a Good Crisis?"

2009

• November 24: In the series The Ottawa Roundtable on Security and Intelligence, conference by Paul Kennedy on " The RCMP and Terrorism: Have we Come Full Circle?"
• November 20: Lecture by Professor Sir Adam Roberts, President of the British Academy and Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for International Studies in Oxford University's Department of Politics and International Relations entitled "Civil Resistance and Power Politics: Reflections on the Collapse of European Communist Regimes in 1989"
• November 20: In the series The Ottawa Roundtable on Security and Intelligence, conference by Margaret Purdy on "Climate Change: A Mainstream Security Issue for Canada?"
• November 19: Lecture Series on Canada's Foreign Policy " Canada's Policy Crisis: the Foreign policy implications ". Conference by Dan Livermore, Senior Fellow at GSPIA.
• November 18: Conference by Nur Batur, political editor at the Sabah newspaper and lecturer at the Gazi University on "New Dimensions in Turkish Foreign Policy: Regional Actor or Leading Power?"
• November 11: Conference by professor David Tal (University of Calgary) on “The Foundations of Israeli Security Conceptions”.
• November 5: Lecture Series on Canada's Foreign Policy "Canada and Europe of today and tomorrow". Conference by Claude Laverdure, Former Canada's Ambassador to France and Senior Fellow at GSPIA
• November 5: In the series The Ottawa Roundtable on Security and Intelligence, conference by Marie-Lucie Morin, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, on "Canada’s National Security Challenges".
• November 4: Conference by Surendrini Wijeyarante, Program Officer (Peace and Conflict) at the Canadian Council for International Cooperation, on “Canada and Peace Processes”. This conference will take place in the Desmarais Building, room 3102 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• November 3: Conference by Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada, on The Unheard Truth – Poverty and Human Rights.
• Starting November 2: Don't miss the events that will take place during the Conflict Studies and Human Rights Week !
• November 2: Conference by professor Asher Susser, a leading authority on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, on "Israel, The palestinians and Barak Obama"
• October 26: Conference by Robinson Harris on "Tomorrow’s Navies: The Path Forward for Surface Combatants"
• October 8: Lecture Series on Canada's Foreign Policy " Development as part of Canada's Foreign Policy ". Conference by Carolyn McAskie, Former Deputy UN Secretary and Senior Fellow at GSPIA
• October 7: Conference by Karen Phillips on What a Way to Run a Railroad: Business, the Border and Transportation in the Post 9/11 Era
• October 6: Start of The Ottawa Roundtable on Security and Intelligence. The first conference The Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Obama’s Strategy will be presented by Bruce Riedel.
• April 2, 2009: Conference by Mohieddine Hadhri (Université de Tunis Manouba) on La Méditerranée dans le nouvel ordre économique international
• March 25, 2009: Conference by Prof. Kemal Kirisci ( Boğaziçi University, Istanbul) on A Critical Assessment of Turkey's 'New' Foreign Policy
• March 24, 2009: Policy Lunch Series: Public Lecture by Mr. Gordon Betcherman (World Bank) entitled “ Now it’s Everybody’s Crisis : The Social and Economic Challenges of the Spread of the Global Crisis to the Developing World”
• March 23, 2009: Conference by Giovanni Di Girolamo (Delegation of the European Commission to Canada) on The European Union and the Challenges of International Governance in the 21st Century
• March 13, 2009: Conference by Dr. Michael Warner on Change and Continuity in US Intelligence

2008

• February 21 and 22, 2008: Seminar and the 71st annual general meeting of the Conference of Defence Associations (CDA)
• November 20, 2008: Wesley Wark, Visiting Research Professor at the University of Ottawa will host a public lecture on Never Say Never Again: Canada's Foreign Intelligence Needs.
• November 25, 2008: Abdulkader Sinno, Assistant Professor at Indiana University presents a public lecture on Organisational structures and war: Why the Taliban Succeeds.
• November 27, 2008: Public lecture by Gilles Kepel entitled: Au-delà de la terreur et du martyre : l'avenir du Moyen-Orient (in French only).
• December 3, 2008: From Allies to Partners: The EU and NATO in a Multipolar World. Public lecture by Sven Biscop, Senior Research Fellow, Royal Institute for International Relations (Brussels)
  and Visiting Fellow, College of Europe.
• December 17, 2008: Workshop on Gulf Security: Legacies of the Past, Prospects for the Future - Gulf Security: Legacies of the Past, Prospects for the Future
  A workshop chaired by Matteo Legrenzi, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Location: To be confirmed. Time: Full day. Starting time to be confirmed. Participation in this workshop is restricted to invitees; however, observers are welcome to attend. Pre-registration is required for observers: please email mlegrenz@uOttawa.ca. For more information on the workshop, please click here.

2007

• December 10-11, 2007: Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

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