Experts

CIGI experts are recognized authorities in global policy issues, with expertise linked to one or more of CIGI’s research programs: Global Economy, Global Security & Politics, and International Law. Through their research and analyses, CIGI experts aim to contribute to international governance policy innovations that improve the lives of people everywhere, by increasing prosperity and promoting a more secure world.

Featured Experts

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Simon Palamar

Research Fellow, Global Security & Politics
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John Higginbotham

CIGI Senior Fellow
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Bessma Momani

CIGI Senior Fellow
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Armand de Mestral

CIGI Senior Fellow
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Miranda Xafa

CIGI Senior Fellow
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Darrell Bricker

CIGI Senior Fellow
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Pamela Aall

CIGI Senior Fellow
Conflict Analysis
Conflict Management, Resolution and Reconciliation
Mediation and Negotiation
Education and Training
Women and Conflict Management
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Susan Ariel Aaronson

Senior Fellow
International trade
Digital trade
International investments
Progressive trade
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Bassem Awad

Deputy Director, International Intellectual Property Law and Innovation
Intellectual property law
Comparative intellectual property law
Intellectual property management
International business law
James Bacchus

James Bacchus

Senior Fellow
International Trade
Economic Law
Dispute Resolution
Margo A. Bagley

Margo A. Bagley 

CIGI Senior Fellow
Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources
Patent Law
International Intellectual Property
Biotechnology
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Karima Bawa

CIGI Senior Fellow
Intellectual Property Law
Litigation
Commercial Law
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Thomas A. Bernes

CIGI Distinguished Fellow
International Financial Institutions
G8, G20
International Trade
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Carl Bildt

CIGI Distinguished Fellow
Internet governance
International relations and diplomacy
European Union
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Andrea Bjorklund

CIGI Senior Fellow
International trade and investment law
International arbitration and litigation
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Joël Blit

CIGI Senior Fellow
Economics of innovation
Entrepreneurship
Technology clusters
Intellectual property
International trade and multinational corporations
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Paul Blustein

CIGI Senior Fellow
Business and Economics Journalism
International Economic Institutions
Global Financial Crises
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Enrique Boone Barrera

Research Fellow
International investment law
Constitutional law and property rights in Mexico
John Borrows

John Borrows

CIGI Senior Fellow
Indigenous law
Constitutional law
Environmental law
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James M. Boughton

CIGI Senior Fellow
International Monetary Fund
International Monetary System
Finance and Development
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Jorge Braga de Macedo

CIGI Distinguished Fellow
International institutions
Globalization and governance
International finance
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Darrell Bricker

CIGI Senior Fellow
Public opinion polling
Quantitative research methods
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Sarah Burch

CIGI Senior Fellow
Climate change
Sustainability
Urban planning
Entrepreneurship
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Wil Burns

CIGI Senior Fellow
Climate geoengineering
International climate change litigation
Environmental treaty regimes
Marsha Cadogan

Marsha Cadogan

CIGI Post-Doctoral Fellow, International Law Research Program
Geographical Indications
Trademarks
International Intellectual Property Rights
Innovation and Intellectual Property
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Kevin Carmichael

CIGI Senior Fellow
US political economy
Central bank governance
Global financial crisis
Aldo Chircop

Aldo Chircop

CIGI Senior Fellow
International Law of the Sea
Maritime Law
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Dan Ciuriak

CIGI Senior Fellow
International Trade Agreements
Intellectual Property Rights
International Finance
Domestic Innovation
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Bernard Colas

CIGI Senior Fellow
International trade law
Intellectual property
Business law
Accredited mediator
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Jorge Contreras

Senior Fellow
Intellectual property law
Patent law
Technology standards
Scientific research policy
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Roger Cox

CIGI Senior Fellow
Climate change
International environmental law
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A. Neil Craik

CIGI Senior Fellow
International and comparative environmental law
Climate Change Governance
Canadian public law
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Chester A. Crocker

CIGI Distinguished Fellow
International Security
Conflict Management
US Foreign Policy
International Diplomacy
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Charles-Emmanuel Côté

CIGI Senior Fellow
Law of international economic integration
International trade law
Canadian and comparative constitutional law
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Simon Dalby

Senior Fellow
Environmental Security
Geopolitics
Global Security
Political Economy
Jeremy de Beer

Jeremy de Beer

Senior Fellow
Intellectual Property
Innovation Economy
Global Trade and Development
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Armand de Mestral

CIGI Senior Fellow
Law of international economic integration
International trade law
International arbitation
Canadian and comparative constitutional law
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Laura DeNardis

CIGI Senior Fellow
Internet Governance
Globalization and Technology
Technology Policy and Security
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Meinhard Doelle

CIGI Senior Fellow
Environmental law
Energy law
Climate change
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Mark Doms

Senior Fellow
Data-driven economy
Innovation
Applied microeconomics
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Eileen Donahue

Eileen Donahoe

CIGI Distinguished Fellow
Internet Governance
Global digital policy
International human rights
Cybersecurity
Pina D'Agostino

Giuseppina (Pina) D’Agostino

CIGI SENIOR FELLOW
Copyright Contract Law
Intellectual Property & Commercialization
International & Comparative Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property Management
Bushra Ebadi

Bushra Ebadi

Research Associate, Global Security & Politics
Refugee integration
Human rights
Gender and youth mainstreaming
Social innovation
Human security
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Leonard J. Edwards

CIGI Distinguished Fellow
East Asian International Relations and Security
Canadian Foreign Policy
Canadian Trade Policy
G20/G8 and Global Governance
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Barry Eichengreen

CIGI Senior Fellow
International monetary system
Currency internationalization
International economic history
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Dieter Ernst

CIGI Senior Fellow
International Trade Agreements
Intellectual Property Rights
Robert (Bob) Faye, director of the Global Economy Program

Robert Fay

Director of the Global Economy Program
Monetary Policy
International Economics
Labour Economics
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Oonagh Fitzgerald

Director of the International Law Research Program
Social responsibility and corporate governance
International and domestic public law
National security law
Commercial law in public context
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Patrícia Galvão Ferreira

Fellow
International environmental and economic law
Law and development
Human rights
Corporate accountability
Empirical legal studies
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David A. Gantz

CIGI Senior Fellow
International economic and trade law
International arbitration law
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Markus Gehring

CIGI Senior Fellow
International Economic Law
Sustainable Development
International Trade, Investment and Finance Law and Policy
European Environmental Law
European External Relations Law and Policy
International Investment Arbitration
Michael Geist

Michael Geist

Senior Fellow
Intellectual Property
Internet Governance
Trade
Digital Policy
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Jacob Glick

Senior Executive Fellow
Technology
Public Policy
Law
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Patricia Goff

CIGI Senior Fellow
International political economy
International trade
Cultural capacity of international organizations
Richard Gold

E. Richard Gold

CIGI Senior Fellow
Intellectual Property Law
International Intellectual Property
Comparative Intellectual Property
Innovation Policy
Intellectual Property Management
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Bill Graham

CIGI Senior Fellow
Internet governance and critical internet resources
International telecommunication policy
Civil society and Internet policy
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Robert Greenhill

CIGI Senior Fellow
Multi-stakeholder engagement models
Canadian international relations
International development
Business and society

Brenda L. Gunn

CIGI Fellow
Advocating for the Rights of Indigenous People in International Law
Constitutional Law
International Law
Metis People and Canadian Law
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Martin Guzman

CIGI Senior Fellow
Macroeconomics
Monetary economics
Economic development
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James A. Haley

CIGI Senior Fellow
International finance
International trade
macroeconomics
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Fen Osler Hampson

CIGI Distinguished Fellow and Director of the Global Security & Politics Program
International and Regional Security
Canadian Foreign Policy
Middle East
United Nations
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Melissa Hathaway

CIGI Distinguished Fellow
Cyber crime, espionage and security
Internet policy and infrastructure
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Alex He

CIGI Research Fellow, Global Economy
China and Global Economic Governance
China-U.S. relations
China's Domestic Politics
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Paul Heinbecker

CIGI Distinguished Fellow
Canadian Foreign Policy
International Relations and Diplomacy
Turkey and the Middle East
International and Human Security
Arms Control
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Daniel Henstra

Senior Fellow
Climate change adaptation
Flood risk management
Lauren Heuser

Lauren Heuser

6 Degrees-CIGI Fellow
Canadian legal education system
Canadian common-law system
Business law
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John Higginbotham

CIGI Senior Fellow
Arctic governance and economic development
Canada-United States relations
China’s foreign and domestic policy
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Keith W. Hipel

CIGI Senior Fellow
Conflict Resolution
Multiple-Objective Decision Making
Sustainable Development
Fair Resources Allocation
Bernard Hoekman

Bernard Hoekman

CIGI Senior Fellow
Economic Law
World Trade Organization
Trade Law
International Trade and Investment
Valerie Hughes

Valerie Hughes

Senior Fellow
International Trade Law
International Dispute Settlement
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Olena Ivus

CIGI Senior Fellow
International Trade Agreements
Intellectual Property Rights
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Harold James

CIGI Senior Fellow
International Monetary Cooperation
European Economic and Financial History
Globalization
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Eric Jardine

CIGI Fellow
Internet Governance
The Dark Web
Cybercrime
Cybersecurity
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Paul Jenkins

Distinguished Fellow
International Policy Coordination
International Financial Institutions
Financial Stability
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Mark Jewett

CIGI Senior Fellow
International finance law
Taxation and insolvency
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Cally Jordan

CIGI Senior Fellow
Banking and Financial Regulation
Comparative Law
Corporate Law and Governance
Globalization and Law
Private International Law
Law Reform in Developing Countries
Jonathan Kent

Jonathan Kent

Research Associate, Global Security & Politics
International Migration
Global Migration Governance
Border Control

M. Hafijul Islam Khan

Senior Fellow
Climate Change Law and Policy
Environmental Litigations & Community Legal Services
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for Environmental Conflicts
Climate Change Negotiation and Diplomacy
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Malcolm D. Knight

CIGI Distinguished Fellow
International financial regulation
Central banking
Macroeconomics
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R. Andreas Kraemer

Senior Fellow
natural resource
climate and energy policy
global governance
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Patrick Leblond

CIGI Senior Fellow
International trade
International finance
Regional economic integration and free trade agreements
Global economic governance
Meredith Lilly

Meredith Lilly

CIGI Senior Fellow
 International trade policy
Canada-US relations
International security
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Céline Lévesque

CIGI Senior Fellow
International Investment Law
International Economic Law
International Dispute Settlement
Public International Law
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Silvia Maciunas

Deputy Director, Environmental Law, International Law Research Program
Climate Change
International Law
Environmental Law
Public International Law
Trade and Environment
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Gregory Makoff

CIGI Senior Fellow
Global Debt Markets
Sovereign Debt Management
Sovereign Debt Restructuring
Corporate Debt Restructuring
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Marie-Claude Martin

CIGI Senior Fellow
Public policy, human development, poverty and equity
Global health, health financing
Development economics
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Julie Maupin

CIGI Senior Fellow
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Law and Policy
Public International Law
International Trade Law
International Investment Law
Sean McDonald

Sean McDonald

Senior Fellow
Data Governance
Data Trusts
Privacy and Data Protection Law
International Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Platform Economics
Human Experimentation Law
Robert Macdougall

Robert McDougall

Senior Fellow
International Trade
Private Standards
Sustainable Development
Digital Trade
Dispute Settlement
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James Milner

Senior Fellow
Global Refugee Policy
Peacebuilding
African Politics
United Nations
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Bessma Momani

CIGI Senior Fellow
Middle Eastern Economics
Middle Eastern Foreign Policy
International Financial Institutions
International Monetary Fund
Tobi

Oluwatobiloba (Tobi) Moody

Post-doctoral Fellow
International intellectual property law
Traditional knowledge and genetic resources
International trade
Sarah Morales

Sarah Morales

Fellow
Indigenous law
International Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
Tort Law
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Jean-Frédéric Morin

CIGI Senior Fellow
Intellectual Property Law
Global Environmental Politics
International Trade Law
International Investment Law
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David Mussington

CIGI Senior Fellow
Cybersecurity
Cyberdefense
Cybercrime
Threat Reduction

Joshua Nichols

CIGI Fellow
International Law
Constitutional Law
Indigenous Law
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John Odell

CIGI Senior Fellow
Negotiation and conflict resolution
International economic institutions
US trade policy
Chidi Oguamanam

Chidi Oguamanam

Senior Fellow
International Intellectual Property
Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge
Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Food Security & Environmental Sustainability
Ruth Okediji

Ruth Okediji

International intellectual property
Contracts
Traditional knowledge
Patent law
Copyright law
Traditional Knowledge
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Simon Palamar

Research Fellow, Global Security & Politics
Canadian Foreign Policy
North America Relations
Armed Conflict
Nuclear Security & Non-Proliferation
Political Violence
NATO
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Maria Panezi

Research Fellow, ILRP
Public international law
International financial institutions
World Trade Organization law
Maziar Peihani

Maziar Peihani

Research Fellow, ILRP
International Economic Law
Sovereign Debt
International Banking and Finance Law
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Hugo Perezcano Díaz

Deputy Director, International Economic Law
Economic law
International trade law and negotiations
International investment law
NAFTA
Latha

Latha Reddy

Senior Fellow
Internet Governance
Cybersecurity
National Security
International cyber cooperation
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Jeff Rubin

CIGI Senior Fellow
Energy and its impact on the global economy
Climate change and its impact on the Canadian economy
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David Runnalls

CIGI Distinguished Fellow
Sustainable Development
Climate Change
Environmental Policy
International Trade
Charles F. Sabel

Charles F. Sabel

Senior Fellow
Contracting and Regulation Under Uncertainty
Regulatory Cooperation
Semie Sama

Semie Sama

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Environmental Law
International Law
Global sustainability
Teresa Scassa

Teresa Scassa

Senior Fellow
Intellectual property and technology
Privacy
Data ownership
Data and smart cities
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Susan Schadler

CIGI Senior Fellow
Sovereign Debt Crisis
Global Financial Institutions
Global Capital Flows
European Emerging Market Economies
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Steven L. Schwarcz

CIGI Senior Fellow
International finance and regulation, capital markets and systemic risk
Commercial law
Insolvency and bankruptcy law
Sovereign debt crisis
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Sara Seck

CIGI Senior Fellow
Corporate Social Responsibility, Business and Human Rights
International environmental, human rights and sustainable development law
Transnational Legal Theory, Third World Approaches
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Aaron Shull

Managing Director and General Counsel
International Law
Internet Governance
Cyber Security and Espionage
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Pierre Siklos

CIGI Senior Fellow
Central Banks
International Financial Governance
Macroeconomics
Monetary Policy
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Margaret Skok

CIGI Senior Fellow
Canadian foreign policy
International relations, business development, trade policy and security
Former Soviet Union, with focus on Central Asia and Russia
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Gordon Smith

CIGI Distinguished Fellow
Global Summitry
International Diplomacy
Defence Policy and Conflict Resolution
Political Change in the Middle East and North Africa
Internet Governance
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Myra J. Tawfik

CIGI Senior Fellow
International and Canadian Copyright Law
International and Canadian Intellectual Property Law
Corporate and Commercial Law
Legal Education
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Andrew S. Thompson

CIGI Senior Fellow
International human rights
Civil society movements
Fragile States and international security
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Andrew Torrance

CIGI SENIOR FELLOW
Intellectual Property Law
Collaborative Innovation
Patent Law
Biotechnology Law
Biodiversity Law
Hector Torres

Hector Torres

CIGI Senior Fellow
International trade law
International economic law
Public international law
Paul Twomey

Paul Twomey

Distinguished Fellow
Internet Governance
E-Commerce
Cybersecurity
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Basil Ugochukwu

Research Fellow, ILRP
International environmental law
Law and development and human rights
Corporate social responsibility accountability
Brigitte Vézina

Brigitte Vézina

CIGI Fellow
International Intellectual Property
Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions
Indigenous Cultural Heritage
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Hongying Wang

CIGI Senior Fellow
International political economy
East Asian politics
Globalization
Yong Wang

Yong Wang

CIGI Senior Fellow
Canada-China Trade
Bilateral Investment Treaties
Foreign Direct Investment
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Olaf Weber

CIGI Senior Fellow
Environmental and sustainable finance
Sustainable financial and credit risk management
Socially responsible investment and social banking
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David A. Welch

CIGI Senior Fellow
International Security
International Relations Theory
Foreign Policy Decision Making
Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy
Japanese Foreign and Defence Policy
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Miranda Xafa

CIGI Senior Fellow
International Monetary Fund
Euro zone economics and finance
Sovereign debt crises
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Ton Zuijdwijk

CIGI Senior Fellow
International intellectual property law
International economic law
International trade law
European Union Law
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