Diplomacy affects every conflict, global institution, country, and citizen. This year's Munk Centre for International Studies and World Bank Graduate Student Conference will examine how diplomacy has evolved and its impact on some of the most politically sensitive and complex questions of modern politics.
April 8th, 2010
5:00pm - Registration begins
5:30pm - Evening keynote address: "Information Flow and Media Impact on Foreign Policy and Diplomatic Outcomes"
6:30pm - Reception
Mr. Brian Stewart
Renowned Canadian foreign correspondentApril 9th, 2010
8:30am - Breakfast and registration opens
9:00am - 11:00am - Panel 1: Diplomacy in Flux?
Speakers:
Dr. Alan Alexandroff
Dr. Robert Bothwell
University of Toronto
University of TorontoDr. Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
York University
11:00am - 11:20am - Break
11:20am - 12:00pm - A Practitioner's View
Speakers: TBC
12:00pm - 1:15pm - Lunchtime keynote address: "How Canada Stayed out of Iraq"
Ambassador Paul Heinbecker
1:15pm - 2:50pm - Panel 2: Ethnic Conflicts
Speakers:
Dr. Andrew Andersen
University of Calgary
Dr. Howard Adelman
York University
2:50pm - 3:10pm - Break
3:10pm - 4:45pm - Panel 3: Post-Conflict Resolution
Speakers:
Dr. Rex Brynen
McGill University
Dr. John Murray
Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Arnold M. Noyek
Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto