Fen Osler Hampson

Fen Osler Hampson is a former CIGI distinguished fellow and director of the Global Security & Politics Program (2012-2019). Currently, he serves as chancellor’s professor and professor of international affairs at Carleton University and continues to provide leading research and insight to policy makers in the areas of Canadian foreign policy and global affairs. He is also the president of the World Refugee Council & Migration Council and was co-director of the Global Commission on Internet Governance and director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (2002-2014). A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada is also the recipient of an honorary degree from Trinity College, University of Toronto (2025).

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International and Regional Security Canadian Foreign Policy Middle East United Nations

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Fen Osler Hampson is a former CIGI distinguished fellow and director of the Global Security & Politics Program (2012-2019). Currently, he serves as chancellor’s professor at Carleton University and continues to provide leading research and insight to policy makers in the areas of Canadian foreign policy and international and regional security. He also serves as executive director of the World Refugee Council and was co-director of the Global Commission on Internet Governance and director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.

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Burney, Derek H. and Fen Osler Hampson.. 2014. "Brave New Canada: Meeting the Challenge of a Changing World". Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
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Hampson, Fen Osler and I. William Zartman.. 2012. "The Global Power of Talk: Negotiating America's Interests". Boulder and London: Paradigm Books.

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