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"China as the "Thirsty Dragon" and Canada as the "Energy Superpower"Dr. Jiang, Associate Professor of Political Science and Acting Director of the China Institute at the University of Alberta, Canada, discusses policy options for Canada in light of the ever-increasing demand for energy by China. | |
"The Troubling Economics and Politics of Today's Global Financial System: Diagnosis and Suggestions for a Replacement"Dr. Palley, the founder of the Economics for Democratic and Open Societies Project, discusses international monetary policy, and disputes the stability of the current global financial system. | |
| "Slipping into Obscurity? Crisis and Reform at the IMF"Bessma Momani interviewed by Daniel Schwanen. In this video, Ms. Momani and Mr. Schwanen discuss the contemporary relevancy of the IMF, in light of its recent “legitimacy crisis” and competition from private capital markets. |
| "Global Financial Relations Today Versus the 1920s: How Worried Should We Be?"Dr. Randall Germain - Associate Professor and Supervisor of Graduate Studies, Carleton University By comparing global financial relations of the present day with those of the 1920s, Prof. Germain is able to draw some conclusions about what the state of global financial relations will be in the future. |
2007 -April | "The Earth Charter"Dr. Mitra Doherty Dr. Doherty outlines the development process and goals of The Earth Charter, which calls for a greater focus on environmental and health issues by policy makers. |
2007 -April | "The IMF: Victim of Its Own Success or Institutional Failure?"Professor Paul Masson - Adjunct Professor of Business Economics, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto The various challenges facing the IMF are outlined by Prof. Masson, and he presents a background to those challenges and potential paths of reform. |
2007 - March | "The Future of the Global Trade Regime after Doha"Professor Richard Higgott - Professor of Politics and International Studies and Foundation Director, UK ESRC Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick In this presentation addressing the institutional structures of the global trade system, Prof. Higgott examines options available to the WTO in the wake of the Doha Development Round. |
2007 - Jan | "The WTO Doha Round in the Dumps: Should Canada Care?"Mr. William Dymond - Senior Executive Fellow, Centre for Trade Policy and Law Mr. Dymond examines the importance of the Doha Development Round outcome, with a focus on what it means to Canada. |
2006 - Dec | "Afghanistan: Transition Under Threat"Christopher Alexander, Omar Samad and Ali A, Jalali Chris Alexander, Canada’s former ambassador to Afghanistan. Ali A. Jalali, a Visiting Fellow in the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defence University in Washington D.C. Afghanistan’s ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Omar Samad. |
2006 - Nov | "The End of Convergence: Searching for a New Consensus in the Americas"Mr. Michael Shifter - Vice President for Policy, Inter-American Dialogue. |
2006 - August | "Whither the WTO After the Doha Debacle"Professor Debra Steger - B.A. (Honours History), British Columbia; LL.B., Victoria; LL.M., Michigan, USA In this lecture, Dr. Steger shares her thoughts on the state of the WTO in the wake of the failed DOHA Round of discussions. |
2006 - June | "Economic Empowerment for Poor Families in Egypt" |
2006 - May | "Economies of Peace: Corporate Responsibility in Zones of Conflict"Dr. Virginia Haufler - Associate Professor, Government and Politics, University of Maryland, USA Dr. Haufler discusses the movement away from the use of traditional regulatory instruments, and towards independently created corporate social responsibility programs, as the primary method for enforcing corporate responsibility in conflict zones. |
2006 - May | "Governing the Electronic Commons: From ICANN to WSIS"Dr. Leslie Pal - Director and Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton Dr. Pal provides a background of the Internet, and of the various attempts that have been made to govern it (including ICANN). He then looks into the possibilities for global governance created by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). |
2006 - May | "Making Poverty History and Debt Cancellation: What Lessons from Bush, Blair and Bono?"Dr. Eric Helleiner - CIGI Chair in International Governance and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science of University of Waterloo. Dr. Helleiner discusses the progress and potential impact of the debt cancellation debate, with an emphasis on the effect of the Make Poverty History campaign. |
2006 - April | “Economic Aspects of Greenhouse Gas Reduction”Daniel Schwanen - CIGI's Chief Operating Officer and Director of Research Mr. Schwanen looks at the economic impact that greenhouse gas reduction policy decisions are going to have on Canada and the rest of the World. |
2006 | CIGI '06 - Conference on International Governance Innovation
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2005 - Oct | "Revolution in Poverty"Dr. Jeffrey Sachs Prof. Sachs delivers a keynote address on extreme poverty, and calls for a “revolution” in the way that governments and NGOs alike confront the problem. |
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