This special event is one of a series of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the creation of the first international peacekeeping force to defuse the 1956 Suez crisis, and the subsequent awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 to the Canadian who was instrumental in its creation – The Hon. Lester B. Pearson.

The discussion will center on Canada’s contribution to peace operations over the last five decades and the changing nature of our conflict interventions, especially in countries where Cana

There are enormous pressures facing Canada and the International community on the key issue of the approach to, and funding for, international development. Robert Greenhill, former member of CIIA National Board of Directors, will address these critical issues followed by a reception.

Graham Fuller is currently an independent writer, analyst, lecturer and consultant on Muslim World affairs & Adjunct Professor of History at Simon Fraser University. He is a former Vice-Chairman of the National Intelligence Council at CIA. After leaving government he served as Senior Political Scientist at RAND for twelve years.
He received his BA & MA at Harvard University in Russian & Middle Eastern Studies.
He served twenty years in the Foreign Service, mostly in the Moslem World, working in German

The CCBC and CIIA-Toronto Branch are pleased to host a special luncheon with Margaret MacMillan, author of the recently published Nixon in China. In 1972, Richard Nixon shocked the world, becoming the first American President to visit China. His visit marked the beginning of the thaw in Sino-American relations, and a dramatic and unexpected shift in the dynamics of a Cold War world. Nixon in China presents a comprehensive and compelling narrative of how that historic week in 1972 came about. In the forefro

To Register: RRSP to Valerie Shapiro at 604-739-3726 and mail payment by cheque payable to CIIA Vancouver Branch, to The Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Vancouver Branch, c/o James Taylor, Miller Thomson LLP, 1000-840 Howe St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2M1.
$20 (CIIA members, non-member students)
$25 (non-members)
$18 (student members- limited space)

Though experiencing the fastest economic growth in Africa, Sudan is at a tipping point. Appalling violence is rapidly spreading from Darfur to neighbouring countries, a nascent peace process is unraveling in the east, and the south is struggling to rebuild after more than three decades of civil war. The country suffers from the archetypical resource curse – oil, and has long been considered one of the frontiers in the so-called 'war on terror'. Awash in arms, Sudan is an unstable ecosystem. Robert Mugga

DINNER: If you plan to attend the dinner, please meet at 6:00 p.m. Cost per person is $22.00. Please call Cynthia or Tanis at 966-4654 by Friday January 19, 2007, before 4:00 p.m. Calls cannot be accepted after that time. Reservations for dinner cannot be made for persons who call late. Reservations will be made for all persons who call on time and such persons will be expected to pay even if they can not or do not attend. Persons with reservations who cannot attend, are encouraged to find someone else to t

Presented in conjunction with Dalhousie University and the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies. RSVP by January 24, 2007.

To Register: RSVP to Valerie Shapiro at 604-739-3726 and mail payment by cheque payable to CIIA Vancouver Branch, to The Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Vancouver Branch, c/o James Taylor, Miller Thomson LLP, 1000-840 Howe St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2M1.
$20 (CIIA members, non-member students)
$25 (non-members)
$18 (student members- limited space)

An address by Senator Hugh Segal, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Canadian Senate