Michael W. Manulak is Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto, his M.A. from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, and earned a D.Phil in International Relations from the University of Oxford.
His research focuses on international organizations, multilateral diplomacy, Canadian foreign policy, global environmental politics, and Non-Proliferation. His forthcoming book, Change in Global Environmental Politics: Temporal Focal Points and the Reform of International Institutions, will be published in 2022 with Cambridge University Press.

An alumnus of the Government of Canada’s Recruitment of Policy Leaders program, he served mainly within the Department of National Defence. In government, he represented Canada in international proliferation security negotiations, supported the national security review of foreign investments, and composed Cabinet documents within National Defence’s Cabinet Liaison bureau.

He is a Fellow at BSIA and at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. He also serves on the External Advisory Board of the Canadian Foreign Service Institute, providing advice on Canada’s diplomatic training priorities.

For more information about Michael, visit his website www.michaelmanulak.com.