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Gordon
Smith is the Director of the Centre for Global Studies, and Adjunct
Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria. Dr.
Smith arrived at the University of Victoria in 1997 following a
distinguished career with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs,
which included posts as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from
1994-1997, Ambassador to the European Union in Brussels from
1991-1994, and Ambassador to the Canadian Delegation to NATO, from
1985-1990. He is the author (with Moisés Naím) of Altered States:
Globalization, Sovereignty, and Governance (Ottawa: IDRC, 2000), and
co-editor (with Daniel Wolfish) of Who is Afraid of the State? Canada
in a World of Multiple Centres of Power (Toronto: University of
Toronto Press, 2001), as well as numerous book chapters and articles.
Since 1997, Dr. Smith has served as Chairman of Canada’s International
Development Research Centre. He currently holds positions as Executive
Director of the Canadian Institute for Climate Studies, and Board
Director of the International Forum de Montréal. He holds a Ph.D. in
Political Science from M.I.T.
Keywords:
Globalization, governance, security, foreign policy.
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