Kim Richard Nossal

Professor Kim Richard Nossal.

Kim Richard Nossal, Ph.D., is the former head of the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He was born in London, England, and schooled in Melbourne, Beijing, Toronto, and Hong Kong. He attended the University of Toronto, receiving his PhD in 1977. In 1977 he joined the Department of Political Science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where he taught international relations and Canadian foreign policy for more than 20 years, serving as chair of the Department in 1989-90 and 1992-1996. In 2001, he was appointed as head of the Department of Political Studies at Queen's, a position he held until 2009.

Nossal has served as editor of International Journal (1992–1997), and as the North American editor of Global Change, Peace and Security and has served on the editorial boards of several scholarly journals, including Études internationales, Revista Méxicana de Estudios Canadienses, and Civil Wars. He served as president of the Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America between 1999 and 2001, and president of the Canadian Political Science Association in 2005-2006.

His books include: Relocating Middle Powers: Australia and Canada in a Changing World Order (written with Andrew Cooper and Richard Higgott, 1993); Rain Dancing: Sanctions in Canadian and Australian Foreign Policy (1994); The Politics of Canadian Foreign Policy, 3rd edition (1997); The Patterns of World Politics (1998); Diplomatic Departures: The Conservative Era in Canadian Foreign Policy, 1984-1993 (edited with Nelson Michaud, 2001), Politique internationale et défense au Canada et au Québec (written with Stéphane Roussel and Stéphane Paquin, 2007), and Architects and Innovators (edited with Greg Donaghy, 2009). His latest book, written with Stéphane Roussel and Stéphane Paquin, is International Policy and Politics in Canada (2011).

His research interests include:

• Stablization missions in Canadian foreign policy
• The effects of international sanctions on particular countries, economies, and groups
• Issues in Australian-Canadian relations
• A range of topics in Canadian foreign and defense policy and Canadian-American relations

Publications

• The Beijing Massacre: Australian Responses Australian Foreign Policy Papers (1993)
• Relocating Middle Powers: Australia and Canada in a Changing World Order (written with Andrew Cooper and Richard Higgott) (1993)
• Rain Dancing: Sanctions in Canadian and Australian Foreign Policy (1994)
• A Brief Madness: Australia and the Resumption of French Nuclear Testing Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence 121 (written with Carolynn Vivian)(1997)
• The Politics of Canadian Foreign Policy, 3rd edition (1997)
• The Patterns of World Politics (1998)
• Diplomatic Departures: The Conservative Era in Canadian Foreign Policy, 1984-1993 (co-edited with Nelson Michaud) (2001)
• Politique internationale et défense au Canada et au Québec (written with Stéphane Roussel and Stéphane Paquin) (2007)
• Architects and Innovators: Building the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 1909-2009 (co-edited with Greg Donaghy) (2009)
• International Policy and Politics in Canada (written with Stéphane Roussel and Stéphane Paquin) (2011)

External links

• Kim Richard Nossal's homepage

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