Fen Osler Hampson

Fen Osler Hampson (born 1953) is a Distinguished Fellow and Director of the Global Security Research Program at The Centre for International Governance Innovation. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is also Chancellor’s Professor at Carleton University and the former Director of The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton.

Dr. Hampson is the recipient of various awards and honors, including a Research & Writing Award from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship from the United States Institute of Peace. He has also been a fellow at the Belfer Center for Science & Technology at the John F. Kennedy School of Government where he also served as the Coordinator of the Project on Avoiding Nuclear War and Arms Control funded by the Carnegie Corporation.

His research focuses on international and regional security and conflict management, Canadian foreign policy, and the Middle East. His articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, the Globe and Mail, Foreign Policy Magazine, Policy Options, the National Post, the Ottawa Citizen, and elsewhere. He is a frequent commentator on the CBC, CTV, Sun Media, and Global TV news networks. He is also international affairs columnist for iPOLITICS and also Diplomat and International Canada Magazine.

Dr. Hampson has served as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lester B. Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, a Board Member of the Social Sciences Foundation at the Joseph Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, and is currently a member of the Board of the Parliamentary Centre in Ottawa, Canada. He has been a consultant to the Social Science Research Council in New York, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the MacArthur Foundation, the International Development Centre, and Foreign Affairs Canada. He served as chair of the Human Security Track of the Helsinki Process on Globalization and Democracy, a joint initiative of the Governments of Finland and Tanzania. He was also Chair of the Working Group on International Institutions and International Cooperation Oversight Coordinator for the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism, and Security.

Dr. Hampson is the author or co-author of 10 books, 26 edited volumes, and more than 100 journal articles and book chapters. His newest book, Brave New Canada (co-authored with Derek Burney) will be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press early in 2014. His other recent publications include The Global Power of Talk: Negotiating America’s Interests (co-authored with I. William Zartman) and Rewiring Regional Security co-edited with former US Assistant Secretary of State, Chester Crocker and Pamela Aall, Vice-President of the United States Institute of Peace, which were published in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

Dr. Hampson holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University where he also received his A.M. degree (both with distinction). He also holds an MSc. (Econ.) degree (with distinction) from the London School of Economics and a B.A. (Hon.) from the University of Toronto.

Selected bibliography

“Brave New Canada”. With Derek Burney. (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, forthcoming 2014).

“The Global Power of Talk: Negotiating America’s Interests”. With I. William Zartman. (Boulder and London: Paradigm Books, 2012). 224 pp.

“Canada’s International Policies: Agendas, Alternatives, Politics”. With Brian W. Tomlin and Norman Hillmer. (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2008). 432 pp.

“Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases”. With Chester A. Crocker and Pamela Aall. (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2004). 240 pp.

“Madness in the Multitude: Human Security and World Disorder”. With contributions by John Hay, Jean Daudelin, Holly Reid, and Todd Martin. (Toronto, New York, and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002). 210 pp.

“Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World”. With Chester A. Crocker and Pamela R. Aall. (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, November 1999). 756 pp.

“Nurturing Peace: Why Peace Settlements Succeed or Fail”. (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1996). 278 pp.

“Multilateral Negotiations: Lessons From Arms Control, Trade, and the Environment”. With a contribution by Michael Hart. (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995 and 1999) 421 pp.

“Unguided Missiles: How America Buys its Weapons”. (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989). 370 pp.

“Forming Economic Policy: The Case of Energy in Canada and Mexico”. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986). 161 pp.

Edited Volumes

“Conflict Management and Global Governance in an Age of Awakening”. Co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Pamela Aall. (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace, In Press).

“Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World”. Co-authored and co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Pamela Aall. (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2011). 587 pp.

“As Others See Us: Canada Among Nations 2010”. Co-edited with Paul Heinbecker. (McGill-Queen’s University Press). 388 pp.

“Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World”. Co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Pamela Aall. (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2007). 726 pp.

“Grasping the Nettle: Analyzing Cases of Intractable Conflict”. Co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Pamela Aall. (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press). 406 pp.

“Setting Priorities Straight: Canada Among Nations 2004”. Co-edited with David Carment and Norman Hillmer. (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004). 291pp.

“Coping with the American Colossus: Canada Among Nations, 2003”. Co-edited with David Carment and Norman Hillmer. (Toronto, New York, and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2003). 354 pp.

“From Reaction to Conflict Prevention: Opportunities for the UN System in the New Millennium”. Co-edited with David Malone. (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner and the International Peace Academy, 2002). 411 pp.

“Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict”. Co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Pamela R. Aall. (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001). 894 pp.

“The Axworthy Legacy: Canada Among Nations 2001”. Co-edited with Maureen Appel Molot and Norman Hillmer. (Toronto, New York, and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001). 317 pp.

“Vanishing Borders: Canada Among Nations 2000”. Co-edited with Maureen Appel Molot. (Toronto, New York, and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000). 341 pp.

“A Big League Player? Canada Among Nations 1999”. Co-edited with Michael Hart and Martin Rudner. (Toronto, New York, and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999). 273 pp.

“Leadership and Dialogue: Canada Among Nations 1998”. Co-edited with Maureen Appel Molot. (Toronto, New York, and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998). 304 pp.

“Asia Pacific Face Off: Canada Among Nations 1996”. Co-edited with Maureen Appel Molot and Martin Rudner. (Ottawa: Carleton University Press/McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996). 352 pp.

“Managing Global Chaos: Sources of and Responses to International Conflict”. Co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Pamela R. Aall. (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1996). 642 pp.

“Earthly Goods: Environmental Change and Social Justice”. Co-edited with Judith Reppy. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996). 263 pp.

“Big Enough to be Heard. Canada Among Nations 1995-96”. Co-edited with Maureen Appel Molot. (Ottawa: Carleton University Press/McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995). 323 pp.

“Global Jeopardy. Canada Among Nations 1993-94”. Co-edited with Christopher J. Maule. (Ottawa: Carleton University Press/McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993). 319 pp.

“A New World Order? Canada Among Nations 1992-93”. Co-edited with Christopher J. Maule. (Ottawa: Carleton University Press/McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992). 301 pp.

“After the Cold War. Canada Among Nations 1990-91”. Co-edited with Christopher J. Maule. (Ottawa: Carleton University Press/McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991). 280 pp.

“The Arctic Environment and Canada's International Relations”. Co-authored with members of the Working Group of the National Capital Branch of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. (Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, 1991). 110 pp.

“The Allies and Arms Control”. Co-edited with Harald von Riekhoff and John Roper. (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992). 375 pp.

“The Challenge of Change: Canada Among Nations 1989-90”. Co-edited with Maureen Appel Molot. (Ottawa: Carleton University Press/McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990). 243 pp.

“Managing Regional Conflict”. Co-edited with Brian S. Mandell. Special issue of International Journal. Vol. 45, No. 2 (Spring 1990). 307 pp.

“Securing Europe's Future: Changing Elements of European Security”. Co-edited with Stephen Flanagan. (Boston: Auburn House and London: Croom Helm, 1986). 334 pp.

“Canada and Mexico: The Comparative and Joint Politics of Energy: Report of a Symposium” at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs, with Elliot J. Feldman, W. Douglas Costain, and Lauren McKinsey. (Cambridge, Mass.: University Consortium for Research on North America and Harvard University Center for International Affairs, 1981). 76 pp.