Steven Weber (UC Berkeley) is a specialist in international relations. Trained in history and international development at Washington University, and medicine and political science at Stanford, Weber joined the Berkeley faculty in 1989. In 1992 he served as special consultant to the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. He has…
DetailsDr. Denis Stairs (Canada) is a distinguished academic in the field of political science and international studies. In his capacity as an educator, he has contributed greatly to the understanding of Canada and its role in international relations. A Rhodes Scholar from Dalhousie University, Stairs has been teaching at his alma mater in various positions…
Sir Anthony Parsons (UK) is retired from a long and varied career in the British Diplomatic Service. After graduation from Balliol College, Oxford, and service in H.M. Forces from 1940-1954, Sir Anthony joined the Diplomatic Service as an expert in the Middle East. During twenty years with the Foreign Office, he was posted to British…
Robert MacNeil (Canada) is best known for his prominent role in American broadcasting. After beginning his career with CBC radio and television in Halifax, MacNeil moved to the USA in 1963. He served in London, Washington, and New York as foreign correspondent for NBC before becoming senior correspondent for the National Public Affairs Center for…
Dr. Sylvia Ostry (Canada), the incoming president of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. Dr. Ostry had several important positions in Canada’s federal government, including Chief Statistician, Deputy Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, and Deputy Minister of International Trade. She was also Ambassador for Multilateral Trade Negotiations and the Prime Minister’s Personal Representative for…
International jurist and teacher. After graduating, he began teaching law at Osgoode Hall, Western Ontario, and then University of Toronto, where he was dean of law 1967-72. He then returned to Dalhousie as professor of international law and dean, holding the latter post until 1979. He served as arbitrator in the Republic of Cyprus 1974-78,…
American international relations scholar, who spent much of her career at Columbia University‘s Institute of War and Peace Studies. She was a pioneer in the academic study of small powers and middle powers and the books and articles she wrote on that subject are highly regarded in the field. She was director of the institute’s…
William H. Barton is retired from a notable career with the Department of External Affairs, which spanned over thirty years. Barton served in the R.A.F. and was seconded to External Affairs in 1952. With the Ministry, he assumed several senior positions both in Canada and abroad, including Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs in 1970,…
Former Vice President at the Trent University. He was Master of Champlain College from 1969 to 1971 and a professor in the Department of Political Science to 1983 when he left to teach and become Dean of Social Sciences at the University of Western Ontario. Smith was an editor of the Journal of Canadian studies…