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One month into 2026, and the world continues to grapple with major geopolitical shifts and escalating world events.
As referenced in Prime Minister Mark Carney鈥檚 headline-grabbing speech at the World Economic Forum, Canada finds itself trying to navigate the 鈥渞upture鈥� of the rules-based world order as a middle power by striking new trade deals (such as the one with China last week) and contending with questions around sovereignty and alliances in the face of aggressive U.S. interest in Greenland. From international diplomacy and trade relations to economic policies and impacts, 天美mv天美 experts are available to comment from a Canadian perspective.
NATO/International relations
JAMES HORNCASTLE, assistant professor, humanities, Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations
jhorncas@sfu.ca
Expertise: international relations, U.S. foreign policy moves, Russia-Ukraine war, strategic studies, defence policy, irregular warfare, Iran
RADOSLAV DIMITROV, professor, political science
rdimitro@sfu.ca
Expertise: international diplomacy (including security, Greenland), global climate change politics and negotiations
PARSA ALIREZAEI, researcher, Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies
parsa_alirezaei@sfu.ca | cell: 604-916-2958 (calls or texts preferred)
Expertise: international relations: Iran, Western Sahara, Palestine/Israel, Kurdistan (Middle East)
DARREN BYLER, associate professor, international studies
darren_byler@sfu.ca
Expertise: effects of surveillance on stateless populations, role of infrastructural state power, China, Central Asia, Southeast Asia
Comments: 鈥淎s Canada seeks to diversify its trade partners it is important that Mr. Carney also remains committed to Canadian values. In Canada, human rights protections include prohibitions on forced labour鈥攁n issue that is present in the Chinese economy. For instance, given the lack of transparency and independent oversight in Chinese production, there is no guarantee that the electric vehicles that are being discussed do not involve forced labour in their supply chain.鈥�
JEREMY BROWN, professor, history
jeremy_brown@sfu.ca
Expertise: human rights issues linked to Canada-China trade deals鈥�
AMYN SAJOO, scholar-in-residence, continuing studies
asajoo@sfu.ca
Expertise: Human rights law and politics, migration and citizenship, international law, war crimes, migration
IRENE PANG, assistant professor, international studies
irene_pang@sfu.ca
Expertise: China, India, governance, labor, state-citizen relations, development
PAUL MEYER, adjunct professor, international studies
pmeyer@sfu.ca
Expertise: Canadian and international diplomacy, international security issues, NATO, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, outer space security and international cyber security policy.
Canadian economy/political economy/tariffs
STEWART BECK, executive lead of the LINC Asia Micro-credential Program at the Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies, Beedie School of Business
stewart_beck@sfu.ca
Expertise: Canada-Asian relations
Comments: 鈥淧rime Minister Carney鈥檚 visit to China, together with Canada鈥檚 re-engagement with India, pragmatically catalyzes the economic diversification we need鈥攂eyond our traditional North American markets and toward the faster growing economies of the Indo-Pacific.鈥�
GUSTAVO ALBUQUERQUE, lecturer, economics
gta50@sfu.ca
Expertise: narcoviolence, political economy, economics of crime, economic history
NICOLAS SCHMITT, professor emeritus, economics
schmitt@sfu.ca
Expertise: international trade, migrations, industrial organization/competition policy
ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, finance, Beedie School of Business
apavlov@sfu.ca
Expertise: economic impact of tariffs. internal investment climate, economic conditions
STEEVE MONGRAIN, professor, economics
mongrain@sfu.ca
Expertise: public economics, law and economics, taxation, economic policies
TOM GUNTON, professor, resource and environmental management
gunton@sfu.ca
Expertise: environment, oil and gas development, LNG, oil and gas pipelines, resource development and natural resource markets, climate change
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