2024

Employment Opportunity: Events and Social Media Coordinator

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Position Title: Events and Social Media Coordinator Salary range: $58,000-62,000 per year Benefits: Competitive health and dental package and optional RSP match program Location: Waterloo, ON Reports to: Manager, BSIA & Special Projects Experience level: Junior level – two + years of experience Education: Post-secondary degree/diploma preferred Contract Term: One-year contract with the possibility of […]

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Adam Ladha addressing a room of students during the MNATO at Carleton University.

Dispatch from the Carleton Model NATO: Adam Ladha’s blog from the field

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Photo credit: Adam Ladha By Adam Ladha, MAGG Earlier this year in February, I had the opportunity to participate in Carleton’s Model NATO simulation. The simulation was three days of discussion and debate, highlighting the geopolitical dynamics of NATO. I personally was assigned the role of special representative to Ukraine for the NATO Ukraine council,

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PhD Candidate Seyed Ali Hosseini Successfully Defends His Dissertation

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The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Seyed Ali Hosseini who successfully defended his dissertation, “Disempowered and Disappointed Locals: The Impact of Negative Hybrid Peacebuilding on Sociocultural Transformation of Afghanistan”, on April 24, 2024. We extend thanks to Ali’s supervisor, Dr. Alistair Edgar, committee members Dr. Timothy Donais and Dr. Jasmin Habib, internal/external  Dr.

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Inaugural Technology Governance Policy Challenge features a disinformation campaign theme

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Photo credit: J Weston/BSIA The Balsillie School of International Affairs, in collaboration with the School of International Service at the American University in Washington, D.C., hosted the first annual Technology Governance Policy Challenge on April 18 and 19, 2024. This unique challenge offered an opportunity for students to engage with critical issues in the evolving

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BSIA faculty member wins the IPE Best Book prize from ISA

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Congratulations to Eric Helleiner, who has won the International Political Economy Best Book Award from the International Studies Association for his recent book, “The Contested World Economy: The Deep and Global Roots of International Political Economy.” The IPE Best Book Award recognizes an outstanding monograph in the field of International Political Economy published within the

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Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Rwanda: Adwoa Konadu-Yiadom’s third blog from the field

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Photo credit: Adwoa Kondu-Yiadom By Adwoa Kondu-Yiadom, MIPP student As I approach the six-month mark of my volunteer journey with the UNDP in Rwanda, I can’t help but feel a sense of nostalgia. It has been a joy stepping into the UNDP office each day. A place where individuals from diverse backgrounds unite under a common

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BSIA PhD graduate wins Best Dissertation Award from ISA Human Rights Section

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Photo credit: Allison Petrozziello/Alba Congratulations once again to Allison Petrozziello, who has won the ISA Human Rights section’s Lynne Reiner Publishers Award for Best Dissertation for her 2023 dissertation “Birth Registration as Bordering Practice: A Feminist Analysis of Migration Governance and the Production of Statelessness.” The selection committee wrote that Allison’s dissertation “develops novel insights

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Six students standing beside each other.

Dispatch from the Carleton Model NATO: Justin Myers’ blog from the field

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Photo credit: Ben Lalancette By Justin Myers, MAGG Carleton’s Model NATO consisted of four action-packed days of discussion, collaboration, and eye-opening learning, all in the heart of Canada’s capital region. Alongside nearly one hundred other delegates from fifteen universities across the country, I spent the weekend getting an inside look into how diplomacy and military

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Carleton MNATO military committee posing with signs.

Dispatch from the Carleton Model NATO: Olubunmi Onilude’s blog from the field

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Photo credit: Olubunmi Onilude By Olubunmi Onilude, MIPP I had the privilege of participating in the Model NATO 2024 conference hosted by Carleton University, which took place from the 22nd to 25th of February 2024. The experience was nothing short of transformative. As I reflect on the journey from Toronto to Ottawa and the whirlwind

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Dispatch from the Carleton Model NATO: Jessica Stewart’s blog from the field

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Photo credit: Marcelo Jaramillo Cárdenas By: Jessica Stewart, MIPP The months of preparation played a pivotal role in the challenging yet rewarding weekend of the Carleton Model NATO. From marking position papers to slamming the gavel, Model NATO taught me the importance of collaboration, the difficulty of reaching consensus, and the value of Canadian alliances.

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Dispatch from the Field: Burgess Langshaw Power’s blog about the technology governance of climate interventions

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Photo credit: Burgess Langshaw Power By Burgess Langshaw Power, PhD in Global Governance We have now crossed the threshold of 1.5 degrees centigrade warming, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. This is catastrophic news for the world, as we seek to reduce emissions and manage an economic, social, and environmentally secure future.

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