This Week @ FPA – December 10, 2012
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| Spotlight on … Melanie Adrian | |||
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Ron Synovitz and Rikard Jozwiak: Gazprom Says South Stream Construction To Start, While EU Begs To Differ |
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| Robert Cutler, a research fellow at Carleton University’s Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies in Canada, maintains that Gazprom’s push to announce the start of construction work on South Stream could also be related to domestic politics. “On live Russian television, [President] Vladimir Putin gave [Prime Minister] Dmitry Medvedev a direct order: Construction of the pipeline should begin by the end of 2012,” Cutler said. |
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Chris Barton: The global battle for internet freedom |
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| The hijacking of the international telecommunications regulations (ITRs) is apparently being done by “a motley assortment of authoritarian countries, legacy telecoms operators, as well as the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and other developing countries.” Well, that’s how Dwayne Winseck, a professor at Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication, describes them. | |||
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GulfNews.com: Canada seeks new oil markets |
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| André Plourde, an oil specialist and Dean of the Faculty of Public Afffairs at Carleton, noted that refineries in the Houston, Texas area largely handle heavy crude oil, and are seeing dwindling supplies from key producers in Venezuela and Mexico. This presents an opportunity for Alberta, which also produces heavy oil, he said. | |||
FPA in focus |
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2012: the year conservatives lost their mojo |
| There was a time when the Conservatives would have acted without hesitation on the CNOOC plan to buy Nexen says Paul Adams of Carleton’s School of Journalism. They might have said firmly they weren’t going to let Communist China into the oilpatch. Or they might have declared that Canada was “open for business.” More… | |
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Canada, the world’s principle power |
| There is much talk these days about “principle” in Canadian foreign policy, as if it were a new mantra says Andrew Cohen. Under less rigorous governments, the Conservatives argue, Canada was guided by opportunism and expediency. No longer. When the Conservatives were elected in 2006, for example, they tried to get tough on China. Canada would condemn China’s sorry record on human rights; conscience would trump commerce. This also meant extending more openness toward Taiwan, the world’s pariah. More… |
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Canada’s led itself into a corner |
| Accodring to David Carment, professor of international affairs at Carleton, the next decade could be different from anything we’ve seen because of an increase in conflicts around the world stemming from struggles over freedom of expression, challenges to ineffective governments and mounting economic inequality in countries throughout the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Canada could easily find itself in demand as a mediator in these conflicts. More… |
Spotlight on . . . |
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 Melanie Adrian, Assistant Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton has launched an exciting new initiative called Be the Choice that offers a forum for breast cancer survivors.Melanie had just gotten back from a surfing competition in April 2011, when the young Carleton law professor found out news that would change her life. She had breast cancer.
“I was shocked and horrified,” says Adrian. “I was at a stage of my life where everything seemed to be coming together.” More… |
FPA Events |
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CSDSCould Mali be the Next Afghanistan? EURUSMoscow Evidence: An Exhibition of Photographs NPSIACanadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC): Guest Speaker Series |
FPA Announcements |
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Got Books?FPA is always on the lookout for books for our display case. If you have written a book or chapter of a book, or edited a book or chapter of a book, that has been published in 2012, send a copy to the Dean’s office so we can include these accomplishments in future editions of This Week@FPA.
FPA Faculty are Encouraged to Set up their MyCarletonOne AccountMyCarletonOne, Carleton’s Identity and Access Management System, has now been rolled out to all faculty members. Roughly 30% of all full time faculty members have signed up for their MyCarletonOne account. When surveyed, 90% of respondents found setting up their accounts easy or very easy to do. As a reminder, this account is required for the new Travel and Expense reimbursement system and for any new CCS provisioned services going forward. To set up your MyCarletonOne account, if you have not already done so, please follow the Initialization of MyCarletonOne Accounts for Staff and Faculty instructions found on the CCS website HERE If you experience any issues, please contact the CCS Service Desk at 520-3700.
Anniversary celebration includes two new scholarships for the Institute of Political EconomyThis year marks the 20th anniversary of the first graduates from the Master’s degree in Political Economy. A number of anniversary activities are planned, including a celebration conference in the spring. At this time, we are pleased to announce two new scholarships sponsored by the 5 Carleton faculty who have been directors of the Institute over this time period. The directors are Michael Dolan (Political Science), Wallace Clement (Sociology and Anthropology), Rianne Mahon (Public Administration and Sociology/Anthropology), Janet Siltanen (Sociology and Anthropology) and Laura Macdonald (Political Science). One scholarship (worth $1500) will be awarded to a second year MA student in Political Economy on the basis of scholarly excellence and community and/or campus engagement. The other (worth $500) is a prize for the best paper submitted to the Political Economy Collaborative PhD Doctoral Seminar. The two scholarships will be awarded annually for a period of 5 years, starting in 2012-2013 the anniversary year.
FPA Reads 2013: Call for Book TitlesWe invite you to suggest titles for FPA Reads 2013. Books may fiction or non-fiction, by a living author of any nationality. Books should connect in some way to one or more themes represented in the Faculty of Public Affairs: governance and policy, media and society, the international realm, and community engagement. Please send the name of the book(s), along with a brief rationale, by email to fpa_reads@carleton.ca by Wed, Jan 16, 2013. For more information and to nominate a book, visit HERE
TW@FPA is now weeklyThe next edition of TW@FPA will be delivered Dec 17, 2012 and will be the last TW@FPA until the New Year. |
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