Gordon
Smith is the Executive 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 1998
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), 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), co-editor
(with Harold Coward) of Religion and Peacebuilding, as well as
numerous book chapters and articles. Since 1997, Dr. Smith is
Chairman of Canada’s International Development Research
Centre and Co-Chair of the Canada Corps. He currently holds positions
as Executive Director of the Canadian Institute for Climate Studies,
Visiting Professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the University
of Westminster (London and Paris), Member of the Advisory Committee
for the Conflict Analysis and Management Program at Royal Roads
University and Associate Faculty, Member of the Canadian Group
of the Trilateral Commission, and Co-Chair, Advisory Board, Consortium
for Economic Policy and Research in Russia. He holds a Ph.D. in
Political Science from M.I.T.
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