NPSIA Professor Wins Best Paper award in Prestigious Journal
Yanling Wang, Associate Professor with the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, co-author of the paper “Plant Size, Nationality and Ownership Change” published in the International Journal of the Economics of Business (Volume 18: Issue 3, 2011) has been named Best Paper for 2011. We congratulate co-authors John Baldwin and Yanling Wang on winning the ... more
Book Release – The Global Power of Talk: Negotiating America’s Interests
Fen Osler Hampson, Professor and Director of The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), and associate I. William Zartman, the Jacob Blaustein Professor Emeritus at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of The Johns Hopkins University in Washington, have just published a fascinating look at how talk can inform public policy on a ... more
Trevor Findlay’s golden opportunity
While the spectacular vistas in the Gatineau hills attract hundreds of visitors each fall, Trevor Findlay can tell you that there’s no better place to experience the changing of the colours than in New England. But in Findlay’s case, it’s not just because of the foliage. On sabbatical from Carleton, Findlay, a full professor at ... more
A Magna Opus
If you’re a university student, making ends meet is likely an ongoing struggle. Between tuition fees, rent, books, and food, and a seemingly endless stream of miscellaneous expenses, that monthly TA paycheque — if you’re lucky enough to earn one — is spread frighteningly thin. If you’re a student engaged in area studies, the financial ... more
, International Affairs , News , Political Science , James Ron in the Ottawa Citizen: Social activism can thrive even amid Mumbai’s wild growth
Byline: Archana Pandya and James Ron Publication: Ottawa Citizen Date: Monday February 28th, 2011 Canadians see India as a rising economic superpower, candidate for permanent Security Council membership, and lucrative trading partner. These positive images are gradually supplanting older and more negative views of the subcontinent as bastion of poverty, overpopulation and human misery. Our ... more
NPSIA’s Chris Penny Awarded Meritorious Service Medal
Carleton’s Chris Penny, assistant professor of International Law, was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (Military Division) by the Governor General on November 2. A reserve legal officer (Army Lieutenant-Colonel) with the Canadian Forces, Penny serves in the Directorate of International and Operational Law in the Office of the Judge Advocate General. He was awarded the ... more