Fen Osler Hampson

Fen Osler Hampson is Chancellor's Professor at Carleton University and director of the Global Security and Politics program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.

Articles by this author

An end to Canadian complacency

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World was intended as satire but there is nothing satirical about the need for Canada to be brave in meeting the challenges of a dramatically changing world. The purpose of this …

Iran won't blink: Lessons from the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

It's a game of chicken. But don't expect Iran to blink first in its growing nuclear standoff with Israel and the United States. In the classic game of chicken, as conceived by Nobel laureate Thomas Schelling, …

The perils of summitry

Late this month Canada will host and co-host respectively the G8 and G20 summits of world leaders. The G8 Summit will focus on political and development issues, including ways to improve maternal and child health …